US airlifts aid to Myanmar, UN presses junta (AP)

U.S. Marine based in Guam, Aerial Porter MSgt. Todd Kneisley, of Defiance, Ohio, front, helps crewmen load a C-130 cargo plane with supplies bound for cyclone devastated Myanmar in Utapao Air Base near the southern city of Rayong, Thailand, Monday, May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - The United States delivered its first relief supplies to Myanmar on Monday, as the U.N. urged the reclusive nation to open its doors to foreign experts who can help up to 2 million cyclone victims facing disease and starvation.

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