Burma junta leader snubs UN chief


	Burma junta leader snubs UN chief

walski69

7-4-2009 5:40 AM

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burma, aung san suu kyi, united nations, military junta

walski69 says:

ASEAN, the organization of S.E. Asian nations to which Burma belongs to, really needs to start putting more pressure.

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