Manila Flights Depart With Aid, Return With Survivors

U.S. Marine and other American military planes airlifted fifty tons of supplies into Tacloban on Tuesday, where several hundred thousand survivors are growing desperate after days without food or clean water. Five days after Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the region, killing more than 2,200 people, authorities say airports and major roads are opening. Soon a fleet of U.S. Navy vessels, led by the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, will join the effort. U.S. Marine Corps...

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