Myanmar/Burma links

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I don’t follow the non-science news very closely. I’m curious about what’s going on in Myanmar/Burma, if you have an interesting link, drop it in the comment box. Thanks.

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  1. Rezwan September 28th, 2007 at 2:13 am

    You can check Global Voices Online’s coverage of Myanmar Blogosphere for alternate views. 
     
    http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/east-asia/myanmar-burma/

  2. razib September 28th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    tx.

  3. DJB Rizalist September 28th, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Pictures are worth a thousand words… 
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7015799.stm

  4. Ben A September 29th, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    The BBC has had a couple of radio programmes on Burma: Profile (15 mins) on the Generals who run the country, and Burma: the road to crisis (30mins) on the history of the country. (Although, it appears this link still points to the previous week’s programme on Christains in Eritrea.)

  5. B.B September 29th, 2007 at 4:19 pm

    Google Video has a number of documentaries on the situation in Burma. You won’t get much on the current protests, but there is a lot of information on the history, the pro-democracy movement and human rights.

  6. SY September 30th, 2007 at 8:50 pm

    Pictures are worth a thousand words, indeed. 
     
    If you haven’t seen this Pulitzer-worthy picture by now, you must. It’s the extraordinary photo of a Japanese photographer stubbornly clinging to his camera before a Burmese soldier shoots him dead. He was already shot once, but he’s still pointing his camera at the soldier even as he lays wounded on the ground. Shortly after the picture is taken, the soldier will proceed to shoot him another ten times until he is killed. 
     
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/galleries/myanmar_protests/myanmar_protests.html 
     
    I say it’s as historical a photo as “The Saigon Execution” and the like. 
     
    You can read the complete story here: 
     
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/28/2007-09-28_videographer_shot_dead_in_myanmar_during-1.html

  7. Sandgroper October 1st, 2007 at 3:23 pm

    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22517232-2,00.html 
     
    Stallone turns documentary maker – who would have thought.

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