Want a true good news story on human endurance against all but insurmountable odds? Try this for size:
More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy that turned to anguish as the military government [...]
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Burma: The Good News Nobody Reads
Posted in Burma on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Burma: Beware what you wish for
Posted in Burma on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After cyclone Nargis hit Burma and the outside world realised the 12 generals who call themselves the State Peace and Development Council actually were just going to sit back and watch people die, there have been calls for a humanitarian intervention.
I guess the idea is that a battalion of Marines would somehow fight their way [...]
