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UN humanitarian chief, Japan FM visit Indonesia quake zone

PADANG - The United Nations' humanitarian chief and Japan's foreign minister visited quake-hit areas of Indonesia's Sumatra island Wednesday to inspect relief efforts. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Wed, Oct 14 2009

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