Burma Exports Rice as Cyclone Victims Starve


	Burma Exports Rice as Cyclone Victims Starve

tabsey

5-12-2008 10:26 AM

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greed, rulz

tabsey says:

No wonder he held the referendum to keep him there for life. (And the life of the Army, I think) He couldn't face the people.Probably better than the aid that will be sent too.

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5-12-2008 4:15 PM

Socratoad

A prime example of man's inhumanity to man.

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