Archive for September 28th, 2007

Alternative medicine

Why? Because it’s Saturday and you don’t have to drink coffee today! Because it was Bill Murray’s birthday last week. Because in the right hands mere sight gags can still be funny! Because you can still feel proud of a country that’s got musicians and comedians and directors who can get together and make crazy [...]

Burma: a photo notebook

kyaingthumb.pngLife under the Burmese junta: Looking from the inside with outside eyes. A photo journal.

Burma: Junta Cuts Internet

The Burmese junta cut off all internal access to the Internet on Friday morning as its crackdown on the demonstrations continues. The government has not allowed foreign correspondents into the country, so journalists have relied on the people inside Burma to smuggle out information, photos and videos. Their stories— mostly sent out by email— have [...]

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