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                          Thousands Flee Burma Floods

   by VOA News

   The worst monsoon floods to hit southern Burma in years have forced
   nearly 70,000 people to flee their homes and have inundated wide areas
   of crop lands.
   Officials say hundreds of relief centers are housing the displaced
   after weeks of flooding rains.  They say the deluge is the worst the
   annual monsoon rains have been since 2004.
   The same region was devastated by a 2008 cyclone that left 130,000
   people dead or missing.
   No casualties have been reported in the current flooding.
   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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