British aid ships ready for 'deal' in Burma

A deal may be in the pipeline to allow a US flotilla – and French and British ships in the same situation – to finally join in the relief effort after the devastating Cyclone Nargis.

Though extremely reluctant to allow foreign militaries access into the devastated Irrawaddy Delta, Burma’s ruling junta appears to be weighing a proposal that would put Asian intermediaries in charge of ferrying the aid from the ships to the shore.