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A man speaks to workers in front of a plane chartered by the U.N.'s World Food Programme and bound for Myanmar, at Sharjah International Airport
07 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A man speaks to workers in front of a plane chartered by the U.N.'s World Food Programme and bound for Myanmar, at Sharjah International Airport May 7, 2008. The plane, departing from Sharjah, was one of the first planes from the U.N. to send in goods to aid the victims of Cyclone Nargis in military-ruled Myanmar. The forty tonnes of goods loaded onto the plane included storage boxes, food and medical kits. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
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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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