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Food Dropped to Indian Villagers

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 4, 2007 6:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Helicopters dropped food today to some two million Indian villagers left stranded by heavy monsoon rains, the AP reports. Floods in South Asia have driven 19 million from their homes and left hundreds dead. Villagers have been killed by collapsing houses, violent waters and even... Read full story »

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