Burma: the beat-down goes on
Despite the attempt by the ruling military regime to cut off communications with the outside world, some news continues to trickle out of the South Asian nation, as posted here…
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Bloodbath in Burma?
While most contact with the outside world has been cut off in Burma (or "Myanmar," as renamed by the ruling military junta), scattered reports indicate human carnage which could approach…
It's hitting the fan in Burma ("Myanmar")
This ends one of two ways: either the regime is ruthless enough, as they were in 1988, to quell the movement, or the people are sufficiently incensed by the treatment of the monks and their own long wait for democracy to shut down the country, toppling the junta.
To the Chinese, without whose support the generals would have fallen long ago: "Thanks for nothing, you commie bastards."
Burma crisis brewing: troops surround Buddhist monasteries
Even as President Bush called for new sanctions against the Myanmar (Burma) government, the military junta has declared curfews and surrounded several monasteries with security forces, raising fears of a…
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