1.0 link 101035 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mcquaid/burma-disappears-the-cycl_b_101035.html Can you "disappear" a huge natural disaster with the whole world watching? This is the experiment that the government of Burma now seems to be conducting. The generals evidently have two purposes in keeping the country virtually locked down - preventing the population from being exposed to direct contact with foreign aid workers, and keeping the world from hearing too much about its own criminal non-response to the horrible aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. (The latest: Burma seized the first...

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