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Archive for October, 2007

Protest by Fire

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by Anne Holmes

While I was in Afghanistan I met Hanifa, pictured above. She is nine years old. She was introduced to me by the doctor at Herat Regional Hospital …


News Direct from Burma to My Doorstep

I received a telephone call Wednesday morning, from a friend, who shall remain annonymous for obvious reasons. He was franticly trying to find a Machintosh computer. “I’ve just arrived …


AllJazeera: Inside Myanmar: The Crackdown

UNPRECEDENTED FOOTAGE:


Media Blackout = Mass Murder?

An assassinated monk floating in a river.

As far as we can tell Burma is not issuing any visas at the moment. The junta has shut down communication with the …