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Asean’s Weak Haiyan Response

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John Berthelsen
Nov 23, 2013
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Lê Lương Minh, the secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, arrived in the Philippines today to inspect the damage from Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, which made landfall on Nov. 8 – two full weeks after the storm smashed into the center of the country and killed more than 5,000 people.

There are 381,022 persons in refugee camps. A…

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