Bangkok/Yangon - An international emergency aid push for some 1.9 million Myanmar villagers and farmers devastated by Cyclone Nargis was gathering steam Monday as planeloads of goods arrived in Yangon, but agencies still complained of a lack of visas for foreign aid workers.

The first of three cargo planes with a total of 110 tons of tents, medical material and drugs, pumps and generators for water and sanitation, and ready-to-use therapeutic food from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) arrived in Yangon Monday morning, said Veronique Terrasse, spokeswoman for MSF in Bangkok.

Yangon  - Myanmar's "sham" referendum held this weekend despite the national tragedy wrought by C

Bangkok/Yangon  -  Myanmar's death toll from Cyclone Nargis could increase 15-fold to 1.5 million

Bangkok/Yangon  - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday resumed flying emergency supplies into cyclone-devastated Myanmar despite an ongoing dispute with the country's junta over how the aid w

Yangon  - Myanmar's military rulers proceeded on Saturday to hold a referendum intended to cement their political power despite international appeals to postpone the vote in the wake of Cyclone Nar

Yangon, May 9 : The military junta in Myanmar has said that it is not ready to accept foreign aid