Three French and US planes have arrived in Burma's main city Rangoon with more than 100 tons of medical and other aid as a massive relief effort begins to gain speed for victims of Cyclone Nargis.
The US government announced that two more cargo aircraft were to fly in supplies for survivors of the storm that ravaged Burma ten days ago. But the US ambassador to Thailand Eric John said it was critical for foreign experts to be allowed into Burma. The United Nations says relief operations are operating much too slowly to help an estimated 1.5 million survivors. The military government has admitted that some parts of the disaster zone were still cut off a week-and-a-half after the cyclone hit, raising fears of a spread of hunger and Obama takes super-delegate lead ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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