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Aid Efforts in the Wake of the Cyclone in Myanmar
On May 3, a massive category 3 cyclone struck the low-lying Irrawady delta in Myanmar. Nearly 100,000 people are feared dead while 1.5 million are in need of food, clean drinking water and shelter. Aid efforts have been very slow in the wake of the disaster.
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Mauritania Modernizes Its Technologies
Recently, the ministry of new technologies inaugurated a videoconferencing system in its Nouakchott offices. Mrs. Mognana Sow Mohamed Deyna, secretary of state to the prime minister, explained the benefits of videoconferencing and outlined the roll-out of the new technology throughout the government. The government has planned to modernize and computerize all ministries.
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