ALGERIA: Second UAE aid plane arrives

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Att.Editors: The following item is by the United Arab Emirates news agency (WAM)

ALGIERS, May 29 2003 (IPS) - A second relief plane arrived here yesterday night, as part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Red Crescent Society (RCS) air bridge to victims of the devastating earthquake which hit the Algerian capital and its surrounding areas last week.

The planeload of relief assistance included 400 tents, large quantities of blankets, first aid kits and especially designed chairs for the disabled.

A UAE RCS team currently in Algiers headed by Abdullah Aqeeda Al Muhairi, RCS Deputy Secretary General for Financial and Administrative Affairs, is exerting efforts in coordination with the UAE Ambassador in Algiers, Ahmed Mahamoud Ghaith Al Hosani, to purchase necessary relief aid from the local market to relieve the affected population.