But spokeswoman Kym Wiggins said the agency was not told the items were still needed -- a statement that didn't sit well with groups working to rebuild the stricken coast.

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Once, in a lecture, a doctor Church did not know stood up and told him he needed to change the dose of his cholesterol medicine.

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Earlier, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne told the BBC that tax increases would not be needed to achieve the halving of the deficit.

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