Myanmar leader visits cyclone refugees

Two weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar; the country's junta leader Than Shwe visited a refugee camp outside Yangon, according to state media. Surrounded by fellow junta members dressed in olive-green military suits, Shwe walked through streets talking with the people who lined up outside their constructed tents. The junta leaders, who traveled about 320 km south to Yangon from the new capital Naypyidaw, looked on as aid workers at the camp opened plastic cases filled with relief supplies.

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