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

SINGAPORE (AFP) — Myanmar agreed Monday to an international relief effort led by its regional allies to help more than two million cyclone victims still

Queuing for a sack of rice, bottled water, and plastic sheeting is a daily routine for Myanmar's cyclone survivors. Meagre aid distribution is gathering

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

The Association of South East Asian Nation (Asean) is due to hold urgent talks to discuss ways of helping Burma's cyclone victims.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The founder of the Free Burma Coalition accused Myanmar neighbors China and India on Thursday of failing to do their share of

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

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

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

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

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

YANGON (Reuters) - Hopes of a deal to speed up aid to millions of Myanmar cyclone victims rose on Monday as the UN said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would

AP Children survivors of Cyclone Nargis cover their heads from the rain with empty aluminum plates, as... Myanmar's military regime allowed the UN

SINGAPORE - Foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations are meeting here Monday to discuss help for cyclone- hit Myanmar. The meeting comes more than two