Hunger and Fear in Rangoon

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	Hunger and Fear in Rangoon

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12-11-2007 5:29 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c143b040-430e-432f-b5ab-e0e7e8ea2dbf/56F17333-488A-4853-ADB3-8850BFD14DA8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F19F347C-9CED-43BE-8114-D14B9DB8425C.htm" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F19F347C-9CED-43BE-8114-D14B9DB8425C.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">english.aljazeera.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F19F347C-9CED-43BE-8114-D14B9DB8425C.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/english.aljazeera.net/img/6E7FDE28-7E85-4A06-8246-3C8921101766" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F19F347C-9CED-43BE-8114-D14B9DB8425C.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">In a narrow street in central <ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Yangon</ST1:PLACE>, people push their way through a frenzied crowd to get a free plate food. </SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">Many stuff their pockets with rice and vegetables to save for later. Barefoot children throw lollipops and soft drinks into plastic bags, to be shared out later with others whose only home is the street. <O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><SPAN> </SPAN><O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">
<TABLE width="0%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bordercolor="#c0c0c0" border="0" align="right" imagetabletakecare=""><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG border="0" src="http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2007/12/11/1_235314_1_9.jpg" /></TD></TR><TR><TD align="center"><FONT size="1">On the surface normality has returned <BR />to the busy streets of Yangon</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>It's hard to believe that just 50 years ago <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Myanmar</ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> was one of the richest countries in the region, supplying most of <ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Asia</ST1:PLACE> with rice.</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F19F347C-9CED-43BE-8114-D14B9DB8425C.htm">Nowadays, despite the country's abundant natural resources, it can barely feed it's own people.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F19F347C-9CED-43BE-8114-D14B9DB8425C.htm"><P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">These days a bowl of noodles costs the equivalent of 80 cents - an enormous amount for a people who, on average, live off just one dollar a day. <O:P _moz-userdefined=""></O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><O:P _moz-userdefined=""> </O:P></SPAN></p> <P class="MsoNormal"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">While spirits are low, people in <ST1:PLACE _moz-userdefined="" w:st="on">Yangon</ST1:PLACE> say they still have hope, if not for democracy then at least for a government that does not starve them to death.</SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/56F17333-488A-4853-ADB3-8850BFD14DA8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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