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MYANMAR/CYCLONE-AID

MAY 5 2008 16:19h

Myanmar Gives UN Aid Green Light After Cyclone

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World Food Programme (WFP) officials met senior government ministers in Yangon on Monday afternoon and got a `careful green light`

Myanmar's military authorities gave the United Nations permission on Monday to send emergency aid to help the hundreds of thousands of victims of this weekend's cyclone, a U.N. spokesman said.

World Food Programme (WFP) officials met senior government ministers in Yangon on Monday afternoon and got a "careful green light", said WFP spokesman Paul Risley in Bangkok.

"The government indicated willingness to accept international assistance through the U.N. agencies."

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