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Red Cross Aid Boat Sinks in Burma

Crew survives, but precious supplies are lost as clock ticks

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Red Cross aid boat delivering desperately needed supplies to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis hit a submerged tree and sank in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta today, reports CNN. All those on board survived, but the 500 bags of rice, 5,000 liters of drinking water,...   Read full story »

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