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    Relief Is Slow to Reach Myanmar

    In Myanmar, formerly Burma, corpses are floating in the flood waters in the aftermath of Saturday's cyclone. But a massive international aid effort is reportedly still being held back by the country's military rulers. Elisabeth Byrs speaks for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Switzerland.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In Myanmar, formerly Burma, corpses are floating in the flood waters in the aftermath of Saturday's cyclone. But a massive international aid effort is reportedly still being held back by the country's military rulers. Elisabeth Byrs speaks for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Switzerland.

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    Hillary Clinton Just Won't Quit
    1. 1:33Relief Is Slow to Reach MyanmarYou’re reading this
    2. 7:42Clinton Soldiers On as Options Dwindle
    3. 42:51Dmitry Medvedev Is Sworn In as Russia's Third President
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      Warren Olney

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Elisabeth Byrs

      Spokeswoman, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Hillary Clinton Just Won't Quit
    1. 1:33Relief Is Slow to Reach MyanmarYou’re reading this
    2. 7:42Clinton Soldiers On as Options Dwindle
    3. 42:51Dmitry Medvedev Is Sworn In as Russia's Third President
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