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A former Burmese intelligence agent who fled to Thailand claims that several thousand monks have been killed by the junta in response to their protests
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Mike Boyer sees the Bush administration’s tepid response to the Myanmar protests as evidence that the “Bush Doctrine” of supporting pro-democratic revolution is dead.
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Rebels – perhaps affiliated with the government, perhaps not – attack an AU base in Darfur and kill ten troops, mostly Nigerians. Evidence that the situation is well beyond gov’t versus rebel and is growing painfully complex
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A funny and useful article about FON and, especially, about Martin Varsavsky and his entrepreneurial drive. And yes, I advise FON – see my disclosures page on my blog… :-)