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		<title>Message from student monks in Sri Lanka</title>
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HELP HELP HELP 
Dear all friends, 
We monks from Myanmar (Burma), are currently studying in Sri Lanka. As you might have already known people in Myanmar have been facing immense hardship due to soaring commodity prices in the past few months. Buddhist Monks sympathizing with the plight of their patrons walked in procession peacefully while reciting Metta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK politicians call for democracy in Burma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today burmacampaign.org.uk released a video on YouTube of the UK&#8217;s most senior politicians uniting to condem the recent actions of the Burmese Junta. The release coincides with the first ever full-length Government-sponsored debate on Burma in the House of Commons. The video includes senior politicians from:

Labour (Gordon Brown MP, David Miliband MP)
The Conservatives (David Cameron [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bbbfb.avhdev.com/?p=23</link>
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		<title>Monks protest in Nagpur, India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 18th of October 2007, the Nagpur edition of the Times of India carried the following report.
They love their motherland, even though it’s strifetorn. But these monks from Myanmar, whose brethren back home have borne the brunt of the unrest, don’t want to go back because they fear for their lives. In Nagpur to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bbbfb.avhdev.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>Gary Player finally &#8220;decries&#8221; events in Burma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2002 Gary player was involved in the construction of a 650 acre golf course in Burma. George Monbiot, writing in the Guardian,  says that Gary Player’s design company “decided not to comment on any questions regarding Myanmar-Burma”.
Following this deafening silence, Gary Player was removed from the guest list of the Nelson Mandela Invitational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissident Dies Under Questioning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 10th of October Associated Press reported a death under interrogation. The body was cremated at the detention center.
The article also reports ongoing arrests and repression of dissidents.
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		<link>http://bbbfb.avhdev.com/?p=18</link>
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		<title>Chevron under pressure to pull out</title>
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Chevron is coming under pressure to disinvest from Burma. For the full story see the San Francisco Cronicle&#8217;s website
Thailand is by far the largest buyer of Burma&#8217;s exports (principally gas). Chevron is involved in the Yanado project via its subsidiary Unocal which owns 28%.
The investors in the Yanado project, are Unocal, France&#8217;s Total, the Myanmar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee Kuan Yew: Burma generals rather dumb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ASEAN countries are slowly starting to criticise the military regime in Burma.

Singapore&#8217;s senior statesman Lee Kuan Yew believes the ruling generals of Burma are &#8220;rather dumb&#8221; when it comes to managing the country&#8217;s economy and will not be able to survive indefinitely &#8211; see the Straits Times.
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		<link>http://bbbfb.avhdev.com/?p=14</link>
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		<title>London peace march 30 Sep. 2007</title>
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We went to support the Saffron Revolution by taking part in a peaceful and colourful march from Trafalgar Square to the Peace Pagoda in Battersea Park. Organised through Facebook and coordinated by the local Burmese community, about 3000 of us made our way down Whitehall and on to the Houses of Parliament. Bedecked in red, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bbbfb.avhdev.com/?p=12</link>
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		<title>Write to your MP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact your member of parlaiment at their Westminster address:
House of Commons
Westminster
London
SW1A 0AA


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		<link>http://bbbfb.avhdev.com/?p=10</link>
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		<title>Petition the Prime Minister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Speaking at the Labour party conference Gordon Brown said
&#8220;If we could send a message today from this conference that we support Aung San Suu Kyi and all those people fighting for democracy against this illegitimate and repressive regime, then I think that is another sign that the world will not stand by and that [...]]]></description>
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