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Monday, September 24, 2012
Asian Development Bank - Burma draft report-
http://www.adb.org/documents/myanmar-interim-country-partnership-strategy-draft-for-consultation
Very annoying to read as so jargon ridden and does not address key issues, which is land grabbing by the government and cronies, large scale corruption, problems of central control,lack of human and workers' rights
The comedian Zarganar when first released from prison - frame grab.
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Special Friday Night post--Robert Graves' I Claudius--just beautiful--poetic--because written by a poet
who needed money. Derrick Jacobi as Claudius, the Roman Emperor. The Voice--narrated in the first person, is unmistakeably Graves'--has ...
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Directed by Miloš Forman Screenplay by Peter Shaffer Based on Amadeus by Peter Shaffer Mozart and Salieri by Alexander Pus...
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https://www.ecoticias.com/en/traffic-lights-fourth-color/10086/