Burma: hit by a cyclone, a 12-foot tidal wave and incompetent government

wetkarma.

Posted to Scoop on Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:37:54 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Cyclone Nargis has delivered a severe blow to the nation of Burma, with tens of thousands of people reported dead (most recent reports suggest up to 50,000 people have been killed) and over a million homeless and now without food as the category 3 cyclone pushed a massive tidal surge over the Irrawady delta sweeping away entire villages and leaving the coastal plain of Burma under water.

The city of Rangoon is without electricity or water with the military dictatorship seemingly unable to react in the face of mass devastation. Whether aid efforts can avert a further humanitarian disaster remains to be seen as Burma's relationship with the rest of the world is notoriously bad.

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Shooting Monks In Burma

thefadd.

Posted to Politics on Fri Sep 28, 2007 at 02:19:44 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

When Burmese authorities cracked down on a protest movement in 1988 and killed 3,000 people, it took mainly after the fact reports for the world to understand what had already happened. As monks and civilians have protested together in the most recent upheaval, technology has allowed the world to watch nearly first hand from the beginning.

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