Sort by AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) - 07/21/2008 - YouTube
Shoot on Sight The Ongoing Military Junta Offensive Against Civilians in Eastern Burma Partner: Peace Way Foundation (Burma Issues) (BI) Background: Since August 19, 2007 there has been a series of peaceful protests across Burma as monks, activists and ordinary citizens challenge misrule and repression. On September 26, the Burmese military government responded with violence. Thousands...
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Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is vetting its own staff members' lobbyist connections—scurrilous or otherwise—after two aides recently left the campaign when questions arose over their prior lobbying work for Myanmar's military junta. The Atlantic reported Thursday night that campaign manager Rick Davis, himself a former...
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... Report)A senior Western diplomat told journalists in London that Zimbabwe was now being run by a military junta, locked in an embrace with ... - By Leonard Doyle - Jun 12, 2008 (News Report)The growing Iraqi anger with the proposal was front-page news in the US yesterday. Sami al-Askari, a senior Shia politician ... - By MacDonald Dzirutwe - Jun 12, 2008 (News Report)"We are...
Sort by Advertising & marketing made easy (Free subscription) - 05/27/2008 - DailyMotion
MTV and the Burma Arts Board enlisted Ogilvy Amsterdam and the visual wizards of Shilo to help raise awareness of not only the damage done by Cyclone Nargis to Burma (Myanmar), but also the plight of the Burmese people under its current oppressive military junta government. An exquisite viral video. Burma Viral - Emergency Edition Uploaded by shilofilms
Sort by Beyond Madison Avenue (Free subscription) - 05/18/2008 - YouTube
In the wake of the devastating Cyclone Nargis (one of the world's deadliest cyclones) that has hit Burma (also Myanmar), MTV and Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide have created a video in support of the Burmese during this time. The ad was originally made to show support for Burma while living under military rule, however, with recent happenings [...]
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Despite restrictions on journalists imposed by the Burmese junta who govern the country, people have been going out and recording what is really happening to the victims of this natural disaster. On May 2nd, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar(Burma), generating massive damage with 38, 491 people dead and 27, 838 missing. The situation would be considered critical for any country, however, the...
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‘LIKE THE APOCALYPSE’ The worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami has hit Burma, home to a despotic military regime. Despite a storm that locals claimed was “like the apocalypse,” the junta sought to complicate the arrival of any foreign aid out of mistrust of the West. By Jürgen Kremb and Thilo Thielke more… Interactive Graphic: Cyclone [...]...
Sort by The Poor Man Institute (Free subscription) - 05/12/2008 - YouTube
One-and-a-half million: Oxfam warned yesterday that 1.5 million people could die needlessly in Burma as the first outbreaks of disease were reported in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and many of the worst-hit areas went an eighth day without aid. International agencies called on the country's secretive military junta to allow immediate access to those stranded without [...]
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... away at Obama. Two of McCain's advisors just resigned for similar reasons – they had ties to the military junta in Burma. But, apparently, the only time to discuss that on the “fair and balanced” program was when Alan Colmes brought it up in the context of Obama. Meanwhile, Rove endeavored in his dull but mean-spirited way to connect Obama to Hamas. Despite the fact that the aide...
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... the New Orleans metro area submerged for weeks or months.” Laura Bush added, “I hope that the military will realize they have to accept aid from everybody they can possibly accept it from.” The White House, however, turned down aid from other countries offering to help after Katrina: Turned down foreign aid: After Katrina, the administration rejected many “allies’ offers of manpower , supplies...
Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 04/11/2008 - YouTube
Yet another one of the wingnutosphere's Grand Mal Temper Tantrums blows up in their collective faces (h/t digby): An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him released nearly two years after he was detained by the U.S. military. Hussein, 36, remained in custody at Camp Cropper, a U.S.
