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First US airlift of aid lands in Myanmar (AP)

Posted by on May 12, 2008

A villager sails at the river in Pyapon, a town in the Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, on Sunday, May 11, 2008, a week after devastating cyclone Nagris slammed into the low-lying region and Yangon. (AP Photo)AP - The first U.S. relief airlift arrived in Myanmar on Monday after prolonged negotiations with the country’s isolationist junta, which considers Washington its enemy and has restricted international aid to as many as 2 million cyclone victims.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

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