In a rare admission on the cyclone disaster in Burma, its reclusive military leaders have raised the number of confirmed dead to 78,000.
State television said a further 56,000 people are missing. While allowing a trickle of relief supplies the regime has again rejected international calls to let outside experts direct relief efforts needed for 2.5 million destitute survivors facing fresh rainfalls. The head of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee Ruprecht Polenz has urged Burma's regime to react responsibly. On Friday EU aid commissioner Lois Michel left Rangoon empty-handed after failing to persuade the regime to accept large-scale foreign help. Aid agencies with local staff in Burma say cholera has emerged in the devastated Irrawaddy Delta. Survivors are Burmese government raises the number of dead to over 77,000 ...
Burma official death toll jumps to 78,000 ...
German agencies appeal for more aid for Burma ...
Doubts About Burma Aid Stymie German Fundraising Efforts ... desperate for food and the UN's FAO agency says farmers have lost their complete seed stocks. A German aid grouping Aktion Deutschland Hilft has urged donors to contribute cash. The UN says its humanitarian chief John Holmes has a visa and will arrive in Rangoon on Sunday.
(Deutsche Welle)
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