Burma's Door to Aid Creaks Open as UN Agencies Arrive
                   
dw-world.de: Airport staff load crates United Nations aid which contains medicine, tents and food bound for Burma onto a Russian cargo aircraft in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates dw-world.de
dw-world.de     May 11, 2008            

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said its first trucks had arrived in Burma, carrying emergency aid for survivors of the cyclone, while World Food Program flights resumed despite disputes with the country's ruling junta. ... Hall added: "What we are sending in by road is in... [read full story]                

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