Posts Tagged ‘Burma’

The Burmese Harp: Fires on the Plain: Two Films

Filed under: Movies — by Will Kirkland 10/24/2009 @ 2:59:25 PM
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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 >>]

Myanmar Generals Tighten Grip

Filed under: Asia | War — by Will Kirkland 08/31/2009 @ 10:59:26 AM
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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 >>]

Webb Visits Burma: Silence on Aung San Suu Kyi

Filed under: Asia — by Will Kirkland 08/15/2009 @ 10:30:07 AM
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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 >>]

64 For Aung San Suu Kyi

Filed under: Asia | Human Rights — by Will Kirkland 05/27/2009 @ 11:36:57 AM
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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 >>]

Burma: Waiting for Godot

Filed under: Asia | Disaster — by Bob Zuber 05/17/2008 @ 3:12:07 AM
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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 >>]

More Storms for Burma

Filed under: Asia | Disaster — by Will Kirkland 05/14/2008 @ 10:29:33 AM
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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 >>]

The Race for 2008: Two-Faced Lobbyists

Filed under: Presidential 2008 | Republicans — by Bob Zuber 05/12/2008 @ 4:36:42 AM
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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 >>]

Relief For the Burmese People

Filed under: Asia | Disaster — by Guest 05/10/2008 @ 3:43:20 PM
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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 >>]

Myanmar: Phobic Leadership

Filed under: Asia — by Bob Zuber 05/10/2008 @ 3:36:26 AM
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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 >>]

River of Death in Burma

Filed under: Disaster — by Will Kirkland 05/9/2008 @ 9:10:39 PM
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“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 >>]

Burma: 10 15 22,000 Deaths

Filed under: Asia | Disaster | Environment — by Will Kirkland 05/5/2008 @ 8:36:00 PM
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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, Storm Surge Devastate Burma

Filed under: Climate Change | Compassion Watch | Disaster | Environment — by Will Kirkland 05/4/2008 @ 8:46:51 AM
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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 >>]

Words for Acts

An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

Tom Paine

---"Dissertations on First Principles of Government," 1795


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