News Briefing: U.S. Offers Storm Aid to Cuba Only Through Relief Groups

• Stand Up to Cancer, a fundraising and awareness-raising organization, will hold an unprecedented live telethon airing on ABC, NBC, and CBS tonight.  [Associated Press]

• Aid to poor nations has declined, according to a report by the U.N.  [New York Times]

• U.S. offers humanitarian aid to Cuban victims of Hurricane Gustav, provided it is through relief organizations and not the government.  [New York Times]

• Aid cannot reach Haitian city after Hurrican Hanna.  [Associated Press]