YANGON, Myanmar — The United Nations and other aid agencies said they would resume aid shipments despite persistent rumors that the military junta that rules Myanmar is hording relief supplies for the use of the military. Although the Myanmar government has belatedly decided to accept relief supplies from donor nations it is still refusing to allow international teams of disaster recovery experts to enter the country.

The Myanmar government’s reluctance to allow in international aid workers is steeped in their reclusive and secretive nature. There is a long history of international intervention in Myanmar (Burma) affairs. These interventions have been both political and military in nature backed by several governments that do not recognize the junta ruling Myanmar. So the reluctance of the General’s running the governments apprehension is not unfounded.

Due to this reluctance and the apparent ineptness of the government Disaster relief is trickling in too slowly for some of the worst hit areas of Myanmar. Many relief agencies are now warning that due to the lack of basic survival supplies that diseases like Cholera could begin to spread throughout the affected area. If an epidemic does break out the impact of these diseases could claim tens of thousands more victims. It is estimated that nearly two million Myanmar residents are at risk due to the natural disaster.

Further exasperating events. Now eleven days after Cyclone Nargis smashed into Myanmar it is under threat of being hit by another cyclone. A tropical storm off the cost is expected to become a tropical cyclone within 24 hours.

Sichuan , China -- The death toll of the earthquake that hit China in southwestern Sichuan has topped 15,000 as is expected to rise as high as 50,000 people. About another 65,000 people were also injured in the earth