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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part one
A rather jetlagged Emma, her son Tindy and ActionAid's CEO Joanna Kerr arrive in Yangon/Rangoon, capital of Myanmar/Burma and notice immediately that it is not just the names that are a-changingMonday...
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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part five
Emma Thompson gets to meet the Lady herself, Aung San Suu Kyi, who takes a real shine to Emma's son TindyWe get back to the hotel and have ten minutes to clean up before arriving at the British...
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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part six
Emma meets a man who was imprisoned by the junta. He spent no fewer than 20 years in jail for student activism, five of those in solitary. Despite all the hardship, there is a romantic twist in the...
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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part twelve
Emma discovers that the state of Myanmar has effectively been ruled by the shrewd manipulation of internal ethnic conflict. Without peace-building efforts, the many challenges faced today from...
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Emma Thompson's Burma / Myanmar Diary: Part fifteen
Emma's son gets to wander around the magical site of Bagan (Myanmar's answer to Angkor Wat), while Emma and Joanna Kerr head back to the capital for a conference. Feelings of jealousy soon subside as...
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