| The Federal Opposition has called for the Prime Minister to pressure Burma's military regime to provide more details about the impact of the tsunami in that country. The Burmese Government is reporting that 59 people died in the disaster, but the United Nations and other observers are sceptical about the figures, believing there may be dozens more. In Burma, aid agencies are restricted in their work and journalists are banned. Labor's foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, says it is an issue that must be raised during tomorrow's summit of world leaders in Jakarta. "As Mr Howard heads to Jakarta for the summit on the tsunami impact on the region, for him gently to raise with his ASEAN counterparts of which Burma is a member can apply some leverage on the regime in Rangoon to come clean with what precisely has occurred in the aftermath of the tsunami," he said. |