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Tragedy in Burma: UN halts aid supplies
scotsman.com May 9, 2008
THE United Nations is to suspend aid shipments to Burma after discovering all supplies sent in so far have been seized by the ruling military junta. ... An official said the World Food Programme had no choice but to stop sending supplies until the matter was resolved....
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