Friday, May 23, 2008

At Last!

YANGON, Myanmar — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's junta agreed Friday to allow all aid workers into the country after weeks of refusing access to foreign relief experts seeking to help cyclone survivors. Ban said the government also agreed to let in aid "via civilian ships and small boats," wording suggesting that U.S., British and French warships waiting off Myanmar's coast with relief supplies would not be allowed to dock. Myanmar's military government did not immediately confirm the agreement and there was no indication how quickly it would be take effect.

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