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UN Resumes Food Aid to Burma

Agency bristles at junta's intervention

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 9, 2008 10:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – The UN World Food Program reversed its decision to cut off food shipments to cyclone-stricken Burma, Reuters reports. The WFP had stopped the flow of aid this morning after the junta confiscated a two-plane food shipment. Nonetheless, "discussions continue with the government of Myanmar on the distribution of the food that was flown in today and not released to WFP," said WFP’s communications director.

Homeless people whose homes were destroyed in last weekend's devastating cyclone take shelter at a monastery in Kaw Hmu village.
Homeless people whose homes were destroyed in last weekend's devastating cyclone take shelter at a monastery in Kaw Hmu village.   (AP Photo)
A worker of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) helps to load an Airbus 300 for Yangon, Myanmar in the airport of Brindisi, South Italy, Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
A worker of the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) helps to load an Airbus 300 for Yangon, Myanmar in the airport of Brindisi, South Italy, Wednesday, May 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Airport staff load crates United Nations aid which contains medicine, tents and food bound for Myanmar onto a Russian cargo aircraft in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, May 7, 2008.
Airport staff load crates United Nations aid which contains medicine, tents and food bound for Myanmar onto a Russian cargo aircraft in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, May 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
A small temple is seen submerged in a flooded rice field near a house destroyed by last weekend's devastating cyclone near Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008.
A small temple is seen submerged in a flooded rice field near a house destroyed by last weekend's devastating cyclone near Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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