How much aid does the USA, the world’s richest country, offer a decimated Burma? That would be $250 000 - the same amount received by the winner of the American version of The Biggest Loser, writes Jeff Sparrow.
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Burma battling dual natural and political disasters
With the death toll rising and the scale of the devastation wrought by cyclone Nargis becoming evident, the situation in Burma is on a kinife edge. Here is how the world’s media is reporting it.
Burma asks for help, tentatively
The Burmese government has finallygone public to say it will accept international aid. But what does that mean?
‘I was stunned. I had never seen gunfire.’ A Burma traveller tells
We went to Burma for a holiday then stayed on when the shooting started, hoping to witness a revolution. It didn’t happen. Now, we
fear that perhaps it never will, writes Kate Morison.
Burma’s online insurgency, part 1: revolution in your facebook
This is what dissent looked like to the Rangoon user. At least it did until Burma’s ruling generals decided that ham fisted expurgation simply wasn’t doing the job. They finally found the internet’s off-switch on Friday.
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Burma … polls, election timing et al … drought relief … Christian Kerr v The Greens … new Magna Carta … Canberra airport development …
How Asian business gets behind the Burmese junta
While the world for the last three weeks has had China in its gunsights for its economic support of Burma’s repressive junta, the fact is that under the radar, half the countries in Asia are helping to prop up the dictatorship, either through government help or through the sub rosa support of their business communities.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
While bad things are still perpetrated by bad regimes, one important thing has changed for obnoxious despots — they can’t hide their bastardry from the rest of the world any more.
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NSW Nurses’ Association … Burma … Bob Collins … corporate agriculture … drought assistance … preferences and folly … Canberra airport …
Burma: An action plan starting with the UN
Things may get worse before they get better for the Burmese, but the UN has a major role to play … if they choose to play it.
