For my small week-end contribution you could read The Burmese Harp: Fires on the Plain: Two Films posted on my own blog, www.AllInOneBoat.org. Powerful stuff in a war-wracked … [Keep reading >>]

In fighting during the past week, Myanmar’s military has apparently put an end to a years long insurgency by the Chinese speaking Kokang people along the border with China. … [Keep reading >>]

Update: Webb did meet with Aung San Suu Kyi! No word of what was said, or any relaxation of her “arrest.” Standby.

It’s good news that John Yettaw, … [Keep reading >>]

In the midst of the Burma Regime’s shameful show trial of the elected leader of Parliament, Aung San Suu Kyi, calls are rising around the world for her freedom and … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Guardian, Thaung Htun lays out some of the hypocrises of the international community’s response to Burma: “In the case of Burma, such meek and ill-founded opinions have … [Keep reading >>]

The weather services are predicting another storm for rain soaked Burma — as aid efforts have been slowed to a trickle by the refusal of the Junta to allow full … [Keep reading >>]

Following on Will’s earlier post, the BBC is reporting on the resignations of now two key aides to McCain because of their ties to Burma: “Mr Davenport, a regional campaign … [Keep reading >>]

Dear friends,

In the wake of a massive cyclone, a shocking 100,000 Burmese may be dead. More are missing. A million are homeless.

But what’s happening in Burma is not just a … [Keep reading >>]

Al Jazeera’s Larry Jagan attempts to explain the bizarre and criminal behavior of Myanmar’s leadership in the midst of a severe humanitarian crisis: “In the end the real issue is … [Keep reading >>]

“Burma: ‘I stopped counting bodies on journey down river of death’

Corpses litter the landscape as the cyclone survivors are forced to fight for life alongside a tide of mortality.

River of … [Keep reading >>]

Update: Mynamar state radio says the death toll is over 22,000

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“More than 10,000 people were killed in a devastating cyclone that hit western Burma on Saturday, Foreign Minister Nyan Win … [Keep reading >>]

Cyclone toll exceeds 350

“Several regions in Myanmar have been declared disaster zones after a tropical cyclone, with winds of up to 190kmph, destroyed thousands of houses and … [Keep reading >>]