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U.S. plans 2 more aid flights for Myanmar
12 May 2008 14:00:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The United States expects to send two more flights into Myanmar and offer another $13 million in aid to U.N. agencies, the White House said on Monday after the first U.S. military flight reached the cyclone-ravaged country.

"We will send two flights of relief supplies tomorrow and then we'll take it one day at a time from there but we hope that this is just the beginning of what will be much-needed assistance that we are happy to provide," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. (Reporting by Paul Eckert)


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