Wrong-way traffic reflects Burma's woe
                   
thestar.com     May 13, 2008            

The Asian Highway should be jammed with a convoy of trucks carrying aid supplies from the Thai border to the devastated Burmese city of Rangoon, 400 kilometres away. ... The military junta – criticized for blocking foreign aid – is also preventing Burmese doctors and... [read full story]                

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