10 May 2011 00:54
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Evacuations in Brandon, Manitoba
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Troops called in to help fill sandbags (Recasts, adds Manitoba breaking dikes)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 9 (Reuters) - Manitoba will take the drastic step of breaking its dikes on the flooded Assiniboine River, swamping a vast swath of farmland in the Canadian Prairie province and displacing hundreds more people to avoid worse flooding.
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