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Burma...Hows it feeling?

Posted by Paul

... the shrine as a launch pad for their ninth day of peaceful protests. About 10,000 monks weaved their way through Rangoon's streets Wednesday afternoon, heading for the Sule Pagoda, where they were pushed back by more troops armed with shields and ...

Burma...Hows it feeling?

Posted by Paul

... of the Reverend Sangha in Burma (Myanmar) As you know, in the last week the Reverend Sangha in Burma (Myanmar) has declared an Excommunicative Boycott (Patta-Nikkujjana) against the military government there. The Boycott is established under the Vinaya ...

believe it when we see it

Posted by Paul

... news or progress from what I can hear. There are some good clips on the Burmese and the various ethnic groups in Myanmar on YouTube. I currently waiting for to download and also watched some by brooklynmonk1 who is actually a martial arts video guy. ...

Burma...Hows it feeling?

Posted by thellie

... mobile phones, and there have been reports that the main journalist hotel was raided a couple of days ago. also, central rangoon has been locked down, as well as the main monasteries being quarantined. western leaders are opining that the official burmese ...

Burma...Hows it feeling?

Posted by Paul

That's excellent and very good advice. Has anyone heard whether the Burmese government is still allowing tourists to fly into Rangoon? Last I heard was that flight were all still running - so must still be possible??

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