Burma will accept foreign aid but distribute relief itself, an official newspaper said on Friday, after a disaster rescue team from Qatar that arrived in Rangoon on an aid flight was turned back. Outside frustration is mounting at delays by the generals in giving visas to aid workers and landing rights for flights.
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/ 17 September 2007
Investigators on Monday recovered the two flight recorders, or ”black boxes”, from Thailand’s worst plane crash in a decade, which killed at least 90 people, mostly foreign tourists. Survivors said the plane was preparing to land in heavy rain when it suddenly lifted off again, then crashed down on the runway.