Burma gives green light for aid airlift
Burma’s isolationist military regime gave the go-ahead for the first major airlift of international aid into the country today, while dragging its feet on urgently requested visas by foreign agencies several days after a devastating cyclone.
Burma’s state media said Cyclone Nargis on Saturday killed at least 22,980 people and left 42,119 missing, but a top US diplomat said yesterday that more than 100,000 may have perished.
