Full article from the NYTIMES - reported by SETH MYDANS
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s state media reported Monday that the death toll from the recent cyclone had risen to just under 32,000, while the country’s iron-fisted junta allowed a United States military aircraft to land with relief supplies.
The toll is 31,938, with 29,770 missing, according to state television, The Associated Press reported.
While the delivery of American aid was seen as a significant capitulation by the junta, United Nations officials said that the distribution of most deliveries of international relief supplies were still being blocked to the most badly affected parts of the country. They say help is reaching fewer than one-third of those in need.
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