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the PEOPLE in NEED in ISOLATED SOUTHERN TOWNS</SPAN></U></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">"Our aid operation is
like a patient starved of oxygen facing paralysis, verging on death” said Zlatan
Milisic, World Food Program emergency co-coordinator in <?xml:namespace prefix =
st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Medecins Sans
Frontieres (MSF) has meanwhile warned that hospitals in south
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> are running out of food, fuel
and medical supplies. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">UN's top humanitarian official Jan
Egeland noted: "It is a disgrace really. We have not had any access for many
days to the besieged population of southern <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>"
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relief group Mercy Corps said it was repositioning aid material closer to
southern cities after having to call off convoys because their destinations were
under attack. </SPAN></DIV>
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