BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Myanmar has agreed to let its South Asian neighbors send medical personnel and an assessment team to the cyclone-ravaged country.

SINGAPORE (AP) — Myanmar agreed to open its doors to medical teams from members of Southeast Asia's regional bloc as the country estimated losses from

Speaking on the Lauantaiseura programme of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) on Saturday, Finland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb criticised

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cyclone-stricken Myanmar will accept medical workers from Southeast Asian countries to help with the relief effort and is ready to

SINGAPORE (AFP) — Myanmar agreed at an emergency regional meeting here Monday to let its Southeast Asian neighbours coordinate foreign assistance for

By Christopher Johnson | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Myawaddy, Burma - Officers in crisp longyis stare incredulously at a Westerner

By Diane Smith As Burmese military junta announced its decision to allow Asian countries to provide aid to the regions worst hit the Cyclone Nargis.

Burma's military rulers are to allow neighbouring countries to coordinate its relief efforts for victims of Cyclone Nargis. The Association of Southeast

Foreign Ministers from the Association of South East Asian nations ASEAN are holding an emergency meeting in Singapore shortly, to discuss ways of helping

By Andy Ioannou 16.MAY.08 The British Prime Minister's office has clarified earlier comments that the UN was organising an emergency summit on Burma's

Kavi Chongkittavorn, an editor at The Nation in Bangkok, is recognized as one of Thailand’s foremost experts on Asean. This week the junta granted Asean

Myanmar agreed on Monday to an international relief effort led by its regional allies to help more than two million cyclone victims still critically short

YANGON (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations will take the lead in an international aid effort for cyclone-hit Myanmar, but the military junta will not give

SINGAPORE (AFP) — Myanmar agreed Monday to let Southeast Asian neighbours send medical teams and coordinate international aid for its cyclone victims,

Cyclone victims lined up for aid on Sunday in Kyout Tan, 20 miles south of Yangon, Myanmar. By THE NEW YORK TIMES YANGON, Myanmar — The leader of Myanmar’s