Saturday, September 29, 2007

Burma crackdown reportedly leaves hundreds dead, satellite images may show proof; Bush pushes 'voluntary' emissions caps...

29 September :: 2 thousand gathered in Rangoon to call for end to military rule, bystanders applauding protesting students; US bars 3 dozen members of military gov't, their families from travel to US, in response to mounting violence in Burma; pressure mounting as demonstrations thin, calls for general to cede power spread; CNN reports "British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he believes the death toll in the Myanmar crackdown to be 'far greater' than has so far been reported, The Associated Press has said"; one eyewitness has told of 35 bodies in one location lined up with mourners praying, while opposition groups have said at least 200 have been killed... Satellite cameras have shown proof Burmese junta burned villages earlier this year, with "square-shaped burn scars the size of houses"; now activist groups are calling on satellite imaging companies to release satellite images that may show proof of junta's violence against demonstrators... US pres. Bush lays out plan to create climate change regime of voluntary emissions limits; critics say Washington climate conference has been a "charade"; fmr. US pres. Clinton says there is immense public support for "aggressive" action to curb carbon emissions, combat global warming... Bush has told House Speaker Pelosi he will veto Congress' expansion of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); the pres. called the plan "irresonsible" in his radio address and called for a different approach that would cover only the poorest families...

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