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| Burma's top leader has agreed to let all foreign aid workers into the country for relief work in cyclone-hit areas, UN head Ban Ki-moon has said. | Burma's top leader has agreed to let all foreign aid workers into the country for relief work in cyclone-hit areas, UN head Ban Ki-moon has said. |
| Mr Ban announced the news after talks in Burma's remote capital, Naypyidaw, with Gen Than Shwe. | Mr Ban announced the news after talks in Burma's remote capital, Naypyidaw, with Gen Than Shwe. |
| Burma's military leaders had previously refused to allow a full-scale relief effort by foreign aid workers, and claimed everything was under control. | Burma's military leaders had previously refused to allow a full-scale relief effort by foreign aid workers, and claimed everything was under control. |
| About 78,000 people died and 56,000 are missing after the 2 May cyclone. | About 78,000 people died and 56,000 are missing after the 2 May cyclone. |
| Mr Ban said he thought Gen Than's decision was a breakthrough. | Mr Ban said he thought Gen Than's decision was a breakthrough. |
| 'Show camp' | |
| It is not clear exactly whether he has agreed to give visas to foreign aid workers or let them into the delta to deliver aid. | |
| But the BBC's Laura Trevelyan, in Burma with the secretary general, says the move does appear to be a significant breakthrough. | |
| The senior leader had until recently failed to respond to the secretary general's letters and phone calls. | The senior leader had until recently failed to respond to the secretary general's letters and phone calls. |
| On Thursday, Mr Ban flew over flooded rice fields and destroyed villages and visited a government relief camp in the Irrawaddy delta. | On Thursday, Mr Ban flew over flooded rice fields and destroyed villages and visited a government relief camp in the Irrawaddy delta. |
| A UN official privately called it a "show camp", our correspondent says. | |
| He said he was "very upset" by the devastation he saw, adding that the international community stood ready to overcome the tragedy. | He said he was "very upset" by the devastation he saw, adding that the international community stood ready to overcome the tragedy. |