The European Union opened the door a crack to the invocation of a controversial principle of international relations that would see foreign intervention in Burma to deliver aid to the cyclone-devastated nation without the permission of its rulers.
At an emergency meeting of development ministers from EU member states, the bloc said in a statement that it had agreed "to support any initiative, including in the UN bodies, which would help to meet the humanitarian needs of the Burmese peo...
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