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Internet Blackout in Myanmar Stalls Citizen Report

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the for-their-own-safety-of-course dept.

StonyandCher writes "The government in Myanmar has reportedly cut off Internet access in the troubled country. The loss of Internet access in Myanmar has slowed the tide of photos and videos shared with the rest of the world but people outside of the troubled country continue to use new media sites and other technologies to protest military activity in the Southeast Asia country."

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  1. Re:Ah, well ... by Leftist+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    have you ever tried to gzip a pigeon before?

    Compressing a pigeon is not difficult (though a little messy), it's decompressing it that I can't quite figure out.

  2. Burma has lots of oil by Langfat · · Score: 5, Informative

    Burma is a very resource-rich country. The problem is that rather than the wealth going to the people, it is funneled into the pockets of the military generals (who then splurge on their daughters' weddings)

    At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Burma has tons of oil. Chevron and Total are the two Western companies profiting the most, but China, India and Russia all have significant (read multi-BILLION dollar) investments as well..