First U.S. Relief Flight Reaches Myanmar
                   
cbs2chicago.com     May 12, 2008            

The first U.S. relief airlift has arrived in Myanmar carrying emergency supplies for last week's cyclone victims. ... A military C-130 cargo plane left a Thai air force base Monday and landed in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon. After the plane's arrival, the supplies were... [read full story]                

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yahoo.com     10 hrs ago   3 related          

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bostonherald.com     12 hrs ago   29 related          

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US Expands Sanctions Against 'Illegitimate' Zimbabwe Government

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