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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's military junta will set up orphanages for the hundreds of children whose parents died in the recent cyclone, state media reported Wednesday.
The New Light of Myanmar newspaper said orphanages will be opened in Pyapon district and Labutta, Irrawaddy River delta towns among those hit hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis.
The newspaper did not say how many orphans the government estimated had survived the May 3 disaster, or how many orphanages would be built.
UNICEF's representative in Myanmar, Ramesh Shrestha, said the agency believes the number of children left without guardians is over 600 and could rise.
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