Monday, May 26, 2008

How hard will Asian neighbors push Burma to accept cyclone aid and foreign aid workers?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0520/p01s19-woap.html

By Christopher Johnson of CSM --

Answer: Probably not very hard.

Be sure to listen to the audio version, which is more succint.

Place names I came across in reading DGE Hall--Mainly a history of the rivalry between the French, the British and the Dutch in S and SE Asia from the 16th century onwards.

I'm only reading the reigns of Naresuan,his brother Ekathasarot and his great grandson Narai-- Narai was very progressive and sent the ...