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UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma

Agency bristles at junta's intervention

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2008 10:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – The UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar...   Read full story »

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