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MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter air lifts supplies from another ship onto the USS Essex south of Myanmar
17 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF MYANMAR An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter air lifts supplies from another ship onto the USS Essex, about 50 nautical miles south of Myanmar's Irawaddy Delta, May 17, 2008. The USS Essex is currently stationed in international waters to the south of the delta pending permission to carry out the delivery of humanitarian relief goods to people hit by Cyclone Nargis. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INTERNATIONAL WATERS)
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Red Cross workers distribute relief supplies and provide assistance to cyclone-affected villagers in Bogale in the Irrawaddy Delta in this undated picture released May 20, 2008. Flags flew at half-mast across ...




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