[ExI] English-speaking Google News and Myanmar (Burma)

[Bryan Bishop]

On Friday 16 May 2008, Amara Graps wrote:
> Google News is making a not-so-subtle point to its English-readers,
> whether they are in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US, UK, ...
>
> Notice under the Health section is one now fully devoted to news
> from Myanmar (Burma), effectively highlighting its seriousness.
> The non-English speaking versions do not have this extra section,
> perhaps because those readers already understand how serious is
> the situation there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar_cyclone

How sick. Myanmar can't issue visas fast enough, so all of the 
international support teams are just waiting around. How the hell is 
that humanitarian? And why the hell don't they just barge in? What is 
the international community going to think/say if that was to happen? 
That it was illegal? Yeah, right.

- Bryan
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