UN official: UN leaders allowed in Myanmar delta (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 05/19/2008 - 2:15am

A woman carries her baby at a village hit by Cyclone Nargis, outside Yangon May 18, 2008.<br /><br />Aid was trickling in on Sunday to an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta as more foreign envoys tried to get the junta to admit large-scale international relief.<br /><br />(Stringer/Reuters)AP - Myanmar's military regime allowed the U.N. humanitarian chief into the devastated Irrawaddy delta for a brief tour on Monday, a U.N. official said, as the government's dealings with the international community appeared to thaw.



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