Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Climate change denier, a British Lord, thrown out of Doha UN Conference for impersonating Burmese delegate

http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/20936 Very funny - he dressed as an Arab to get in, then rose to speak when it was the Burmese delegate's turn. Ha ha.

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 ...