United Nations chief meets with Myanmar leader (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Fri, 05/23/2008 - 1:23am

Locals displaced by Cyclone Nargis line up outside their tents as U.N.<br /><br />Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tours the camp, on Thursday, May 22, 2008, in Kyondah village, Myanmar. Ban flew into Myanmar's disaster zone Thursday as he pressed the country's leaders to open the doors to critical international aid for some 2.5 million cyclone survivors.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Stan Honda, Pool)AP - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon met Friday with the inflexible leader of Myanmar's ruling junta, hoping to persuade him into allowing full international access to 2.5 million cyclone survivors.




 

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