Myanmar cyclone toll reaches 78,000

Publish Date: 05-17-2008 12:00 AM -0700

But the regime still restricts international aid, refusing to allow a French supply ship to dock unless the Southeast Asian country's military is given charge of the cargo.

France has sent an uninvited ship loaded with aid to the international waters off Myanmar, causing the U.N. ambassador from the Southeast Asian nation on Friday to accuse the French of dispatching a "warship."