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Published Date: 21 May 2008
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon said yesterday that Burma's junta had granted permission for the World Food Programme to use helicopters to distribute aid to cyclone-hit areas.
This will be to the Irrawaddy delta, where an estimated 2.4 million people were left destitute.

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  • Last Updated: 20 May 2008 9:56 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
 

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