A US envoy says Burma's secretive military government has agreed to take foreign diplomats on a tour of the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta, but the United

TORRENTIAL downpours lashed Burma's Irrawaddy delta yesterday, deepening the misery of an estimated 2.5 million destitute survivors of cyclone Nargis and further disrupting communications and relief efforts.
The ruling generals insist relief operations are running smoothly. However, they issued an edict in state-run newspapers yesterday saying action would be taken against anyone found hoarding or selling relief supplies, amid reports of local military units taking away trucks of food, blankets and water.
to treat dirty water, said the peak threat from disease was 10 days to one month after a natural disaster.

HOMELESS survivors of the Burma cyclone are reportedly being used as forced labour in government camps.
Following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis on May 2, the military has forcibly relocated tens of thousands of survivors from the Irrawaddy Delta, including many who had sought shelter in Buddhist monasteries - the centre of unrest during protests against the junta last year.
e coming weeks.