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Bangladeshis live on the edge as sea rises

By Amy Kazmin in Lebu Bunia, Bangladesh

Published: September 21 2009 17:45 | Last updated: September 22 2009 02:14

Bangladeshi villagers rebuild an embankmentGetty
Bangladeshi villagers rebuild an embankment in the wake of cyclone Aila earlier this year

Over his 45 years, Siddique Ur-Rahman, a Bangladeshi rice farmer, has watched as his world has been gradually swallowed by water.

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