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AP visit to Myanmar highlights its struggle to rebuild after an earthquake while a civil war rages

By Associated Press

AP visit to Myanmar highlights its struggle to rebuild after an earthquake while a civil war rages

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) -- Thae Mama Swe stood atop a pile of earthquake rubble in the monsoon rain as she watched an excavator below tear away at the concrete and rebar, while a second machine scooped the wreckage away.

It has been a daily ritual for the 47-year-old seamstress for five months, ever since a 7.7-magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar brought down a 10-story condo and office building with her son inside. Nearly 200 bodies have been recovered from the site, including seven in the past week, but not his.

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