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Warming could create 150 million 'climate refugees'

Climate refugees of cyclone Nargis

People displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up by their tents for a visit from UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon in 2008 in Kyondah, Myanmar. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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