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| US loses patience with Burma | |
| 2003-06-20 | |
The United States says it has lost patience with the Burmese Government after Rangoon's repeated refusal to release the detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The US Assistant Secretary of State, Lorne Craner, says if the current level of international pressure on Burma does not produce results, Washington is prepared to impose further economic sanctions. "We have lost our patience with Burma, just like Congress has lost its patience with the Burmese Government and the fact is that Burma has to rely to an extent on the United States and Europe in its economy," she said. "But they also have to rely on their neighbours, and their neighbours are beginning to lose patience as well. Anywhere there's violation then they need to be penalised. There are many countries around the world against which we have trade sanctions because of human rights violations."
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 tu3031 - YOU are in Mass? I don't believe it - you're far too sane and connected to reality, not to mention funny as hell! Nope, not buying it. (G) Zhang Fei - Yeah, believe it or not, I've been looking at Austin and San Antone as my first 2 possibilities - so we're on the same wavelength. I sure wish New Mex, Colo, and Nevada had the same tax setup as Texas. I dig mountains and coasts - and Houston's for ferns, not folks. Thanx! |
| Posted by: PD 2003-06-21 12:26:58 |
| #3 Texas has no state taxes, is booming economically and has $29.95/month DSL broadband courtesy of SBC Communications. It's mild most of the year, but pretty hellish during the summer. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-06-21 01:38:30 |
| #2 Hey, I'm in Massachusetts! It's not Hell... but it's close. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-20 23:53:24 |
| #1 Burma, Myanmar, whatever... Oh shit! Even though the junta tinpots are, indeed, classic asshats and I'd like to see them served up as fish food, I hope the US punishment doesn't extend to travel restrictions on US citizens. I'm in Thailand and use the exit-reentry game between Burma and TL to renew my visitor visa in TL each month. If the Thais close down the border (and the noise out of the recent ASEAN conference was not good) or the US restricts travel, I'll have to leave heaven, er, I mean Thailand - and believe me, they need the business my US$ bring - SARS has devastated the Thai tourism industry for the last 3 months. And there are thousands of US and Euro people just like me. Sigh. I guess I should've known it was too good to last forever. Geez, then I'd have to figure out where I want to live in the US... I was hoping to put that off until the US economy finally picks up. I request an informal "poll" of where I can get cable-modem and the lowest taxes / PC-bullshit quotient in the US. Suggestions? (And no, Massachusetts and Hell are out of the question!) |
| Posted by: PD 2003-06-20 23:42:42 |