UN aid arrives to help refugees of war

THE United Nations refugee agency’s first airlift has arrived in Georgia.

This comes amid reports that 100,000 people have been uprooted by the fighting in South Ossetia.

A UNHCR-chartered cargo plane landed in Tbilisi yesterday carrying tents, jerry cans, blankets and kitchens sets from the agency’s emergency stockpile in Dubai. It was the first UN humanitarian flight to reach Georgia since fighting broke out last week.