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Storm-hit Myanmar says enough rice for domestic use

YANGON
Tue May 6, 2008 4:18am EDT

YANGON (Reuters) - Cyclone-battered Myanmar has enough rice for domestic consumption despite damage to some grain stored in the Irrawaddy delta, a minister in the military government said on Tuesday.

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"I think there was some damage to rice stored by private merchants and growers, but we have enough surplus for domestic sufficiency," Information Minister Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan told a news conference in the badly-damaged former capital of Yangon.

(Reporting by Aung Hla Tun; Editing by Grant McCool)



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