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Larry Dinger, Charge d’Affaires of the Yangon-based US embassy, hands over rice to a beneficiary at the WFP food distribution camp in Myanmar
02 Apr 2009
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Larry Dinger (L), Charge d’Affaires of the Yangon-based US embassy, hands over rice to a beneficiary at the World Food Programme (WFP) food distribution camp in Gaw Tu Wai Chaung, Labutta in Myanmar April 1, 2009 in one of the villages hit badly by cyclone Nargis last in May last year. The United States has donated more than 16,000 tonnes of rice to help survivors of last year's devastating cyclone in military-ruled Myanmar, officials said. The rice is part of a $28 million American food aid package distributed through the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) to survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which left 140,000 people dead or missing and 2.4 million people severely affected last May. Picture taken April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun (MYANMAR DISASTER SOCIETY)
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Larry Dinger (L), Charge d’Affaires of the Yangon-based US embassy, hands over rice to a beneficiary at the World Food Programme (WFP) food distribution camp in Gaw Tu Wai Chaung, Labutta ...


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