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A U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft carrying Egyptian refugees arrives at Cairo's International Airport, in Egypt, March 6, 2011. This is the first of many scheduled flights from Djerba, Tunisia, to Cairo, Egypt. The U.S. government is working with the international community to meet the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people and others in their country who fled across the border because of political unrest.

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A U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft carrying Egyptian refugees arrives at Cairo's International Airport, in Egypt, March 6, 2011. This is the first of many scheduled flights from Djerba, Tunisia, to Cairo, Egypt. The U.S. government is working with the international community to meet the humanitarian needs of the Libyan people and others in their country who fled across the border because of political unrest.

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