[MD] Myanmar Today: Quality on the March

[Heather Perella]

I heard the voting on the constitution will now be
delayed in certain regions due to the cyclone.


SA

--- ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi SA,
> 
> I've been following the fate of Myanmar for a while
> now too. Posted
> yesterday on the current obvious disaster, still
> unfolding, but
> included links to some (but not all) earlier posts.
> 
> 22,000 dead 41,000 more missing at the last count.
> You learn a lot about a country in times of tragedy.
> Ian
> 
> On 5/2/08, Heather Perella
> <spiritualadirondack at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >     While a cyclone heads into the coast of
> Myanmar
> > today, the people of this region are in wait for
> the
> > upcoming vote on a new constitution that the
> > protestors of this country say vote "no" for it is
> a
> > sham by the military gov't, which took control of
> a
> > democratically lead country in the early 90's. 
> The
> > military gov't controlled high fuel hike lead to
> the
> > September protests known as the Saffron
> Revolution.
> > This fuel hike by a heavy handed gov't has an
> overall
> > poor quality of life sprouting from forced labor
> to
> > high food prices in the region.  Here's an article
> on
> > the forced labor which has lead to refugees
> fleeing
> > the country.  (Myanmar, the largest rice exporter,
> is
> > also trying to form a Rice Cartel with other
> countries
> > - second link.)
> >
> >
> > 1:
> >
> >
> >
>
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5idx4mvBTSHJtXWrMYotkf9X-b2YQD90CVQJ00
> >
> >
> > 2:
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/emerging-markets-report-thailands-idea/story.aspx?guid=%7B2DDCE9B2-723B-4C80-BCB9-92BAF269BD6E%7D&dist=hplatest
> >
> >
> >
> > good memory,
> > SA
> >
> >
> >     
>
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