Wall Street Journal Online: Disaster may stir protests against Myanmar rulers - James Hookway
                   
burmanet.org     May 7, 2008            

The devastating cyclone that killed at least 22,000 people in Myanmar is driving up the cost of basic commodities and could stir fresh protests against the country’s military rulers, who violently put down a pro-democracy uprising last year. A girl drank water from a container as her homeless... [read full story]                    


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