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Source: BBC World Service-PRI-WGBH Boston "The World"

Roundup

9-3-05

Comparing New Orleans to Bangladesh

Host Ken Bader speaks with the BBC's Sabir Mustafa, who covered the cyclone that killed more than 131,000 people in Bangladesh in 1991.

Read entire article at BBC World Service-PRI-WGBH Boston "The World"