Prayers For Burma
Far from Burma, as you might expect after the regime's brutal crackdown, some of the monks involved in the demonstrations have fled into neighbouring Thailand. Hundreds, or possibly even thousands, are being detained inside Burma. And with the junta seemingly impervious to international pressure keeping an iron grip on any information about their fate, eyewitness accounts of the repression have been incredibly scarce. But last week David O'Shea was across the border when three monks completed the long trek out of their closed country.
      
Michelle Bachelet Interview
A couple of weeks back, George Negus got lucky and met a world leader of the better-than-bland variety here for APEC, one that actually made him sit up and take notice, a pleasant change. Outside of politics, this very different pollie is a paediatrician, a single parent, an agnostic in a Catholic country, a political activist who survived prison and torture and then went on to become the Socialist President of Chile. No mean feat, particularly for a woman. Michelle Bachelet is almost enough to give politicians a good name. 

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