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From Our Own Correspondent: Myanmar and Scaling up from Gaza

14/08/2013

Myanmar and Scaling up from Gaza

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Myanmar and the public memory of 1988's massacre. Plus comparing tiny Gaza with Australia

How Myanmar's generals are allowing public commemorations of the 1988 uprising. And, why size matters when travelling from tiny Gaza to big Australia.

Jonathan Head in Yangon discovers that the military junta ruling the country, which changed its name from Burma to Myanmar, are now more willing to permit public commemorations of the 1988 popular uprisings, when thousands of demonstrators against the regime were killed. 

Jon Donnison reflects on the contrast of reporting for the BBC from Gaza compared to Australia. He does the maths, bringing you the never before reported fact that Gaza would fit inside Australia 21,366 times over.

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