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Burma: Billion dollar con
New research suggests that Burma’s generals may be hiding vast amounts of wealth accrued from the country’s highly lucrative natural gas exports. Wealth that rightfully belongs to the people of Burma, and might go a long way to ease the plight of those suffering from the devastation of cyclone Nargis and the brutal repression of the military regime. Continue reading »
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