UN to resume food aid flights to Myanmar
Friday, May 09, 2008 - 03:31 PM
GENEVA
The United Nations says it will resume food aid flights to Myanmar on Saturday.
It also forecasts heavy rains next week in the country already devastated by a cyclone.
The U.N. food program says it will send two planes with goods to feed hungry survivors. The World Food Program had suspended help after Myanmar´s junta seized U.N. aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors.
WFP chief spokeswoman Nancy Roman said Friday that negotiations are continuing to release two planeloads of high-energy biscuits impounded by Myanmar.
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