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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: airlift

airlift stories: 2 news summaries

 Forget Snakes: 
 Penguins Get Their Plane Ride 

Flightless birds fly home with a little help from Brazil

Oct 7, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wayward penguins marooned on Brazil's beaches got a one-way ticket home over the weekend, but ferrying hundreds of birds 2,000 miles is no simple feat, explains Nina Shen Rastogi in Slate. After being fed and tagged, 399 Magellanic penguins were crated and loaded aboard an Air Force plane... More »

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climate change • Brazil • beach • migration • penguin • airlift

 Analysts Urge
 Washington to
 Invade Burma 

Others advise against forcing aid on devastated country

May 10, 08 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Analysts and aid workers appalled by Burma’s attitude to foreign aid are urging Washington to invade, Time reports. One observer has called for the US to airlift food regardless of the junta’s restrictions; a retired general wants China to pacify Burma about US aid, or Thailand to paint... More »

MORE ABOUT:
China • United Nations • Thailand • Myanmar • Burma • Yangon • US Navy • US military aid • humanitarian aid • Cyclone Nargis • airlift

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