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Bangladesh: the Longterm Pain
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11-22-2007 1:32 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/03831bca-86d3-4291-bb00-18162a5aa15a/FA2CAEF5-A426-44C6-9F1E-D121D464E91C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F368A9E-F578-43D7-9591-D05069548BEC.htm" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F368A9E-F578-43D7-9591-D05069548BEC.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">english.aljazeera.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F368A9E-F578-43D7-9591-D05069548BEC.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/english.aljazeera.net/img/02AC50C6-8482-42D9-9338-664AC7BE2B3B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F368A9E-F578-43D7-9591-D05069548BEC.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Battered and bruised by Cyclone <ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on"><ST1:CITY _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Sidr</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Bangladesh</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION></ST1:PLACE> will take years to rebuild the devastated regions, experts say.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>The high-velocity storm bore down on the impoverished country last week, leaving swaths of destruction in its wake.</SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Already more than 3,000 people have died and the toll is still rising. </SPAN><SPAN>The loss to livestock and property has also been huge.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Most Bangladeshis living along the affected coastline are poor and struggle to make ends meet.</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F368A9E-F578-43D7-9591-D05069548BEC.htm">The numbers are daunting: millions have been affected, thousands of houses have been destroyed, and countless have been robbed of their livelihood.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F368A9E-F578-43D7-9591-D05069548BEC.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>The stronger and the mightier would seek to corner the aid, at the cost of those who are comparatively weak and meek.<O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>The politics of aid is also likely to be an unwanted distraction. <O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Those in positions of power are prone to helping only those who they see as their constituents. 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