Hi SA, I've been following the fate of Myanmar for a while now too. Posted yesterday on the current obvious disaster, still unfolding, but included links to some (but not all) earlier posts.
22,000 dead 41,000 more missing at the last count. You learn a lot about a country in times of tragedy. Ian On 5/2/08, Heather Perella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While a cyclone heads into the coast of Myanmar > today, the people of this region are in wait for the > upcoming vote on a new constitution that the > protestors of this country say vote "no" for it is a > sham by the military gov't, which took control of a > democratically lead country in the early 90's. The > military gov't controlled high fuel hike lead to the > September protests known as the Saffron Revolution. > This fuel hike by a heavy handed gov't has an overall > poor quality of life sprouting from forced labor to > high food prices in the region. Here's an article on > the forced labor which has lead to refugees fleeing > the country. (Myanmar, the largest rice exporter, is > also trying to form a Rice Cartel with other countries > - second link.) > > > 1: > > > http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5idx4mvBTSHJtXWrMYotkf9X-b2YQD90CVQJ00 > > > 2: > > > http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/emerging-markets-report-thailands-idea/story.aspx?guid=%7B2DDCE9B2-723B-4C80-BCB9-92BAF269BD6E%7D&dist=hplatest > > > > good memory, > SA > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
