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- 4 Burma - Post Cyclone Chronicle
  Posted by bugaloo
  As Irrawaddy went to report on Wednesday, June 11th 2008, despite the announcement of a major multilateral operation to determine the scope of cyclone Nargis on Burma, 18 cyclone victims (women and children) were arrested following their call for help at the UN's office in Rangoon. They walked there to complain about not receiving any government assistance.
  On May 23rd the UN' Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, met General Than Shwe to secure free access ....
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- Asia-Pacific | UN head to urge more aid in Burma
  Posted by slicely from BBC News
  United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in cyclone-hit Burma to tour the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and meet with military ruler Gen Than Shwe.
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- The Perfect Genocide Plan, Part 2
  Posted by ronnie12
  The Perfect Genocide Plan continues.
  
  More than 2 weeks after Cyclone Nargis, Than Shwe and friends have decided to allow its South Asian neighbors to send medical personnel and an assessment team into Burma, in order to appease the continuing international outcry.
  
  Just enough of a concession to avoid being invaded for the mass murder they are in the process of committing.
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- Burma’s trail of destruction
  Posted by devolved from The Age
  They have a saying in Burma that if the roof is not sound, the whole house is prone to leaks - and the recent cyclone has blown the country's roof right off, a catastrophe that could reach even greater proportions if the ruling junta keeps resisting foreign help.
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- Forced labour, sexual assaults continue in Burmese ethnic areas as report documents abuses
  Posted by SeekThankfully
  A report by CSW documents further abuses and far higher number figure of fatalities in September protests than official figures
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- Road To Rangoon: Democracy In Myanmar
  Posted by Robyn1234
  Despite a military-imposed curfew, Buddhist monks and civilians continue to protest in the Myanmar city of Rangoon against it's country's rulers. Here, a Canadian Buddhist reflects on Myanmar's "best hope for democracy."
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- Protests Persist in Myanmar, Despite Arrests by Junta
  Posted by RobCottingham from New York Times
  A crackdown by the ruling military junta is failing to stop an apparently spontaneous wave of protests - triggered by a sharp increase in fuel prices, and sustained in part by photos and video transmitted over the Internet.
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Dropped out of the rat race, but possibly still a rat… Now viewing the world from Down Under.
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