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Minister to visit cyclone-hit Burma

International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander will travel to cyclone-devastated Burma to join international talks on how to get help to victims.

Mr Alexander will first fly to Thai capital Bangkok to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who said Burma's ruling junta had now agreed to grant access to all aid workers.

The regime has ben condemned for blocking experts from getting into the closed country where around 78,000 people were killed by the recent storm and millions more have been severely affected.

Mr Ban announced the apparent breakthrough after meeting with junta leader Senior Gen Than Shwe,

The Secretary of State will be in Rangoon on Sunday for an international donors conference to discuss the way forward.

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