Burma

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New Cyclone Storm Developing………
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China

And as many as 26,000 buried in rubble in China…..

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There may be many posts coming along on this topic. Sorry. If you have no interest in what happens to the victims of this cyclone, check back in a week or so. We may (or may not) be onto something else.

Today’s news tells us that the military junta has seized World Food [...]

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In our archives on this blog are more than one reference to this struggling nation. Now, there is this horrific news of Cyclone Nargis and this once prosperous nation, sometimes called the ‘rice bowl’ of Asia, endures even more suffering. CNN has hosted a lot of helpful information for those who care to [...]

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This report was issued at Foreign Policy Blog Forum, Passport yesterday.
Who’s financing companies that abuse human rights?
Wed, 12/12/2007 - 6:35pm.
Apparently everybody. A report released today by the Belgian group Netwerk Vlaanderen takes a look at international banks that provide loans and investment services to companies with less-than-stellar human rights records. The companies receiving this capital [...]

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Burma Update

The BBC news service has some recent posts worth noting in the ongoing difficulties for the Burmese people. One particular focus is again on the tribal minorities that are finding it intolerable to stay in their homeland. Quoted in part here:
“There are more than two million Chins in Burma, and their leaders [...]

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Any Charlie Rose fans out there? Last night’s airing (October 15) devoted the hour to an interview with Blackwater, USA founder, Erik Prince. Since the early days of the Iraq war this private contracting firm has appeared in the press, rarely without controversy. Back in 2004, four employees were viciously murdered in Fallujah and their [...]

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HUMAN RIGHTS
Stop the Terror in Burma
President Bush is preparing further U.S. sanctions against the dictatorship.

BY LAURA BUSH
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT
It is 2 a.m. in Rangoon, Burma. In the middle of the tropical night, army troops pour into the neighborhood surrounding a peaceful Buddhist monastery. The soldiers occupy nearby homes, [...]

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Anonymous correspondents are keeping the Burma story alive with stories secreted out to the international press. In the latest report from :
In the north-western part of the former Burmese capital, very close to the notorious and overflowing Insein Prison, about 300 cells have been erected in recent days — each measuring 3 [...]

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The reported events of the last few days coming out of Burma are merely the latest wave of protest in a long struggle. The BBC news website has scores of detailed stories about this weeks events. The protests have been arranged to coincide with the anniversary of the formation of National League [...]

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