MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand: US First Lady Laura Bush, a vocal critic of Myanmar's military government, toured a refugee camp on Thursday and called on the military regime to open dialogue with the opposition. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia
from Channel NewsAsia on Thu, Aug 07 2008
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