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UN to resume Burma aid flights on Saturday
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says it will resume aid flights to cyclone-struck Burma on Saturday.
UN aid arrives in Burma
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Burma's death toll rising
The death toll from Burma's devastating cyclone has now risen to more than 22,000, state media have said.
Burma death toll reaches 15,000
The death toll from last weekend's devastating cyclone in south-west Burma has reached 15,000, the Burmese government has said.
Bush pledges $770m to ease world hunger
American President George W Bush has asked the US Congress to approve $770m in new international food aid.
Austrian cellar children awed by outside world
A policeman has told how two children kept prisoner in an Austrian cellar for their entire lives were "open-mouthed with awe" when shown the outside world for the first time.
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