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Article: UAE sends new relief convoy for Swat Valley refugees.

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May 29, 2009
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ISLAMABAD 29 May (WAM) - The UAE's Red Crescent Authority (RCA) on Friday said it is sending yet a new relief convoy to help out refugees who escaped the fighting in Swat Valley, Pakistan.

The recent humanitarian consignment due to move on Saturday to Swat Valley refugee camps is in line with directives from President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces and is being followed up on by H.H Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of RCA.

RCA's latest convoy is part of the second phase of RCA's ...

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