Despite mounting international pressure on the Burmese junta to accept foreign aid, the regime is continuing to reject humanitarian assistance.
In the aftermath of Saturday's cyclone, which has left more than a million people homeless, aid is still only trickling into the country. In a statement on Friday, Burma's foreign ministry said it was not in a position to receive foreign relief workers, saying it was responding to the crisis with its own resources. Meanwhile German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told a German Press Agency that Berlin will join France in urging UN Secretary General Ban Siemens corruption scandal deepens ...
German citizen held by US forces as terror suspect ...
Iran-UN nuclear talks postponed ...
Burmese rebel leader shot dead ... Ki-moon to call a meeting of the Security Council on the crisis.
(Deutsche Welle)
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