BANGKOK, Nov 13 – Thailand will dispatch personnel and medical supplies to the Philippines in the wake of that country’s severe mauling by deadly Super Typhoon Haiyan last week.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said local officials had overstated the loss of life, saying the toll was now closer to 2,000 or 2,500 than the 10,000 previously estimated.

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