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Cynthia Boaz writes for Truthout: "At the time of this writing, pro-democracy groups from Burma estimate the number of Buddhist monks killed by regime violence in the past two weeks to be as low as 200 and possibly many more. Those numbers make the regime's official estimates of a dozen or so monks killed absurdly low, and they highlight a serious error in strategy by the junta - one that is likely to be their final undoing."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101607J.shtml



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Der neue Welhungerbericht der Deutschen Welthungerhilfe (DWHH) ist erschreckend. Nach dem am Freitag veröffentlichten Bericht haben weltweit 854 Millionen Menschen nicht genug zu essen.

http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682367ms68



Afrika hat 284 Milliarden US-Dollar durch Konflikte verloren

Oxfam fordert weltweite Handelskontrollen für konventionelle Waffen. http://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d8741682366ms68

Kevin Doyle, reporting for The Guardian UK newspaper, writes, "With the killing of an unknowable number of peaceful protesters and the imprisonment of thousands more during the pro-democracy demonstrations [in Burma] last month, many people fear reprisals by the military."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101307Y.shtml



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We stand by you
http://www.burmagateway.org/news-133.html

Erklärung: "We stand by you" in deutscher Fassung
http://interpool.tv/artikel/753/0?PHPSESSID=0e42fec114d1dddf686bce59ebc66381

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EU: SQUEEZE THE BURMESE JUNTA
http://www.avaaz.org/en/eu_squeeze_the_junta/d.php?cl=31440475



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Cynthia Boaz, writing for Truthout, says: "Not the generals, but the people who make up what appears to be a mass nonviolent movement which has formed in one of the most closed, repressive societies in the world. That such a movement exists at all should cause the military regime to shudder. But the fact that people seem determined to continue the resistance despite the ongoing crackdown suggests that the effectiveness of regime violence is limited and has begun to be counterproductive."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101207A.shtml



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Rosalind Russell, reporting for the Independent, writes: "The first-hand accounts describe a campaign hidden from view, but even more sinister and terrifying than the open crackdown in which the regime's soldiers turned their bullets and batons on unarmed demonstrators in the streets of Rangoon, killing at least 13. At least then, the world was watching."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101107A.shtml



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Vanishing Drinking Water

by Tara Lohan, AlterNet
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From TomPaine.com



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Nur Blödheit, oder Komplizenschaft?

„Birma ist in aller Munde, seitdem in den letzten Wochen massive Protestbewegungen in dem südostasiastischen Land stattfanden und daraufhin mit militärischer Gewalt unterdrückt wurden. Auch Bernard Kouchners Namen ist in aller Munde: Im Frühsommer dieses Jahres französischer Außenminister geworden, sorgte der Mann mit seinen klar ausgesprochenen Kriegsdrohungen gegen den Iran am 16. September für helle Aufregung. Inzwischen möchte er jedoch in der Öffentlichkeit nicht mehr explizit von Krieg sprechen, denn „dieses Wort schätze ich nicht“. Aber zwischen Birma und Bernard Kouchner gibt es auch einen Zusammenhang. Es handelt sich nicht wirklich um ein Glanzlicht in der Karriere des ehrgeizigen französischen Politikers…“ Artikel von Bernard Schmid, Paris, vom 11.10.2007 http://www.labournet.de/internationales/burma/kouchner.html


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Oktober 2007



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Cynthia Boaz reports for Truthout: "In contrast to the junta’s claims of 'normalcy' and 'restored stability,' sources inside Burma are telling some extraordinary stories of ongoing resistance over the past several days. These forms of resistance represent several categories of nonviolent tactics, and they serve as further support for the thesis that the uprising in Burma is more than a spontaneous series of protests by a few disgruntled students and monks."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100907J.shtml



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