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Two powerful typhoons swept across the Philippines in September and October.

The devastation and disease they have caused have now killed more than 1,000 people.

The scale of the disasters has raised serious questions about both the government's preparations for, and their response to the storms.

In this edition of 101 East we talk to Gilberto Teodoro, the Philippines defence minister and ask if the inaction of the Philippines government cost lives, or if this was a natural disaster they were powerless to prevent.

In the aftermath of recent typhoons which battered the Philippines, could the country have been better prepared?

This episode of 101 East airs from Thursday, November 05, 2009 at the following times GMT: Thursday: 1230; Friday: 0300; Saturday: 0530, 1730; Sunday: 0330, 1130; Monday: 1630; Tuesday: 1430; Wednesday: 0830, 1930; Thursday: 0630.