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World Toes Junta's Line as Burmese Die

Dictators don't want you to think about the victims, and media is helping

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2008 2:47 PM CDT

(Newser) – The leaders of the Burmese junta don’t want you to think about the victims of Cyclone Nargis, writes Tom Jenkins for the Guardian, and the world and the media are only too happy to oblige. The Chinese government’s heroics in Asia's other natural...   Read full story »

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