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Junta releases aid supplies
news.com.au May 10, 2008
THE UN food agency says Burma's military regime has released a plane-load of cyclone aid into its custody, but that two previous shipments remain impounded. ... "The supplies are in our hands, they've been handed over to us," said Marcus Prior, a spokesman for the World...
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- Disasters, Accidents & Crises,
- Intergovernmental Organizations,
- International Relations,
- Natural Disasters,
- Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar,
- Storms
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