Clarify rules on foreign aid workers, junta told

Foreign aid agencies urged Burma's junta today urgently to clarify rules for operating in the country's cyclone-devastated areas, after the regime promised to open its doors to the international community.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated that Burma's ruling generals had told him "all international aid workers will be able to freely reach the needy people," a pledge the junta has not publicly acknowledged.