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  • August 2008

    • Out of the Cyclone, Seeds of Change in Burma

      New Yorker  |  Aug 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT

      Out of the Cyclone, Seeds of Change in Burma

      (Newser) - In the wake of the ruling junta's efforts to waylay foreign aid following May's Cyclone Nargis, Burmese citizens—including former political prisoners—created a grass-roots relief effort to help the embattled populace. In doing so, writes George Packer in the New Yorker , they may have created the catalyst for long-awaited political change in a once-prosperous nation impoverished by its military rulers. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Cyclone Nargis  • military junta  • Burma protest  • political prisoner  • Democratic Voice of Burma

  • February 2008

    • Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Feb 13, 08 1:17 PM CST

      Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors

      (Newser) - Never shy about censorship, Burma has cracked down even more since September's monk uprising—no small event in a country that ranks 164th out of 168 on the Press Freedom Index. But information-starved citizens are finding creative ways to circumvent an extreme government that bans even benign news about soccer team losses, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »

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      Burma  • censorship  • Burma protest  • monks  • poetry  • Democratic Voice of Burma

  • September 2007

    • Website Exposes Burma Brutality

      Democratic voice of Burma  |  Sep 27, 07 2:43 PM CDT

      Website Exposes Burma Brutality

      (Newser) - Eyewitness accounts posted on a Burmese expat site offer rare details of Myanmar's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. One post today described an early-morning raid on a monastery where soldiers broke down the gate with a truck, and attacked monks, along with women and children in their care, with bamboo sticks, before hauling away 100. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Norway  • Buddhist monks  • Democratic Voice of Burma

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