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UN to resume Burma food flights

Aid from a number of Asian countries has been arriving in Burma

The World Food Programme says it will resume aid flights to Burma on Saturday, despite a row over the local authorities impounding deliveries.

The UN body had suspended relief flights after the Burmese government seized tonnes of aid material flown in to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.

The cyclone killed thousands of people and left many more at risk.

A Burmese government spokesman told the Associated Press the UN claims had been "baseless accusations".

 Category: News & Society
burma cyclone a disaster

UN to resume Burma food flights

Aid from a number of Asian countries has been arriving in Burma

The World Food Programme says it will resume aid flights to Burma on Saturday, despite a row over the local authorities impounding deliveries.

The UN body had suspended relief flights after the Burmese government seized tonnes of aid material flown in to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.

The cyclone killed thousands of people and left many more at risk.

A Burmese government spokesman told the Associated Press the UN claims had been "baseless accusations".

 Category: News & Society