By Ed Johnson May 21 (Bloomberg) - Myanmar's military regime will be to blame for the deaths of more of its people if it continues to deny access to international aid workers in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Nargis, a U.S. envoy to the region said.
Almost three weeks after Nargis struck the country formerly known as Burma, the relief effort faces ``critical shortages'' in doctors, public health specialists and helicopters and pilots to deliver aid, Scot Marciel, the U.S. ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, told a congressional hearing in Washington yesterday.
eed two days ago to allow regional allies to funnel aid into the delta and the 10-member Asean group is preparing to send workers to distribute international supplies.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet Myanmar junta leader Than Shwe on Friday, UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said.

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar astrologer Myint Lwin is upset because he failed to see Cyclone Nargis coming.
In a country where personal, political and economic destiny are intertwined with mysticism and astrology, he vows to do better next time.
stern Irrawaddy Delta and the former capital on May 2, leaving nearly 134,000 dead or missing and 2.4 million destitute.

The secretary general of the United Nations is heading to Myanmar in an effort to step up relief efforts for survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to arrive in the country on Thursday and will visit the hard-hit Irrawaddy delta region where the UN says more than two million people are in desperate need of aid.
he coast of the country, although it said it would allow UN allow helicopters to begin delivering food to survivors.

AP YANGON, Myanmar: The United Nations has received permission from Myanmar to use nine helicopters to ferry relief supplies to stranded cyclone victims,

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday he is heading to Myanmar hoping to meet with the country's military leaders to press for

AP YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar began three days of mourning Tuesday for some 78000 cyclone victims after its ruling junta appeared to relent to foreign

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) - Myanmar has agreed to let its South Asian neighbors send medical personnel and an assessment team to the cyclone-ravaged country, more than two weeks after a storm that killed tens of thousands of people.
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eceived in more than two weeks.