US sets condition for aid: unhindered access (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 05/25/2008 - 2:07am

U.N.<br /><br />Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left smiles as he rides out to inspect a Cyclone Nargis aid flight with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan during ceremonies Saturday, May 24, 2008, at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok, Thailand.<br /><br />Ban Ki-moon and others gathered for the inaugural flight of the new ASEAN-UN joint logistics staging area.<br /><br />(AP Photo/David Longstreath)AP - Myanmar must grant "unhindered access" to cyclone-devasated areas as a condition for receiving more American aid, a top U.S. official said Sunday.




 

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