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A boy cries as he recuperates after surgery during "Operation Smile" at a hospital in Manila's Makati financial district October 26, 2009. Operation Smile aim to provide free surgery for about a hundred children inflicted with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities over a period of five days in Makati.  REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

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    Obama will fix H1N1 vaccine shortage: White House

    WASHINGTON
    Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:48pm EST
    President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not shown) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is frustrated with shortages in the availability of the H1N1 flu vaccine but the problem was being tackled, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

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    "We're working each and every day to fix this," Gibbs told a daily news briefing.

    (Reporting by Alister Bull; Editing by Vicki Allen)



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