Sunday, May 11, 2008

First UNHCR trucks enter Burma from Thailand

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said its first trucks had arrived in Burma without a hitch Saturday, carrying 20 tons of emergency aid for survivors of the cyclone.The trucks, with enough emergency material to provide shelter for up to 10,000 people, had crossed over from Thailand at the Friendship Bridge border at Mae Sot. They bore plastic sheets and tents.
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