Myanmar envoy: 'We'll accept aid'
The United Nations' top aid official in Asia says he is "furious" over the Myanmar government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid to cyclone disaster victims. "We off-loaded the food, and then the authorities refused us permission to take that food away," WFP director Tony Banbury said.
Hezbollah assume control of western Beirut
Sectarian fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day Friday, with small arms, machine-gun and rocket-propelled-grenade fire echoing through the streets.
