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02 Oct 2006
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Vietnamese Nguyen Minh Loc, 13, a victim of dioxin poisoning code-named "agent orange", writes at the Peace Village in Ho Chi Minh City September 15, 2006. Brain-damaged babies and children with shortened limbs and other physical deformities are still being brought to hospitals for specialized care, four decades after the United States sprayed Vietnam with the highly toxic defoliant. Picture taken September 15, 2006. To match feature VIETNAM DIOXIN
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Vietnamese Nguyen Minh Loc, 13, a victim of dioxin poisoning code-named "agent orange", writes at the Peace Village in Ho Chi Minh City September 15, 2006. Brain-damaged babies and children with shortened limbs and other physical deformities are still being brought to hospitals for specialized care, four decades after the United States sprayed Vietnam with the highly toxic defoliant. Picture taken September 15, 2006. To match feature VIETNAM DIOXIN


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