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Army helps as desperation mounts in flood-hit India

PATNA, India (Reuters) - The Indian army and navy stepped up efforts on Monday to rescue hundreds of thousands of people marooned by floods and facing severe shortages of food in the east of the country. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/worldNews?a=A3tMTe"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/worldNews?i=A3tMTe" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?a=NhrpvL"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?i=NhrpvL" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?a=gOWAOl"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?i=gOWAOl" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?a=mrK6zl"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?i=mrK6zl" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~4/380225396" height="1" width="1"/>