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Monsoon rains are hindering relief efforts in Myanmar as humanitarian agencies attempt to get aid into the cyclone-ravaged country, a UNICEF spokesman said on Monday.

More than 77,000 people have already died in the secretive southeast Asian since Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy delta region in early May, according to United Nations estimates.

But at least 55,000 more remain missing and as many as 600,000 require relocating after losing their homes. Aid agencies have been frustrated in their rescue efforts by restrictions placed on their movements inside the country by Myanmar's military junta government. Read full article »

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