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Inside Toronto: Feds match Chinese, Burma aid donations - Mike Adler

Source: BurmaNet

Shanghai : China | about 1 year ago

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Disasters struck Burma and China this year, wiping out villages in an instant and leaving millions of people homeless. But Canadians and their government responded swiftly, groups from the Chinese and Burmese communities and the Canadian Red Cross said this week.

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Inside Toronto: Feds match Chinese, Burma aid donations - Mike Adler

News Source: BurmaNet | about 1 year ago

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