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An American C-130 transport plane, the first U.S. military aid flight into cyclone-hit Myanmar
12 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
REFILE - CLARIFYING LOCATION OF AIRFIELD U.S. military C-130 transport plane departs from at the Utapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, located on the border of Thailand's Chonburi and Rayong provinces about 140 kilometers (87 miles) southeast of Bangkok May 12, 2008. May 12, 2008. The plane is the first U.S. military aid flight to leave Thailand on Monday for Myanmar, an "outpost of tyranny" according to Washington, as relief supplies continued to dribble into the reclusive state nine days after the devastating Cyclone Nargis. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND)
REUTERS/SUKREE SUKPLANG


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A Red Cross worker delivers rice to a shelter for displaced people affected by Cyclone Nargis on the edge of Yangon May 12, 2008. Between 1.2 and 1.9 million people have ...




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