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Bustin that Over-the-Hill Hump
A world renown marathoner enters the stadium with the torch to begin the games.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Links with the past, two Padaung women near Loikaw in eastern Burma wear heavy stacks of brass neck rings, legendary protection from tiger attacks.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Split by an 1838 earthquake, King Bodawpaya's pagoda in Mingun, near Mandalay, is a mon ument to earthly ambition and a dream unfulfilled.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Oozies goad their elephants with a 'choon,' prodding animal's inch-thick skin with a metal hook.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Less costly than tractors, elephants move teak logs with ease down to the river and do not require roads.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi's picture is surrounded by those of monks and her dead father's at a Mandalay temple. She had been detained.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Armed to the teeth with fake guns, the Karen Rebels drill at a mountain outpost near the Thai border.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Branded krait and other snake dishes feed foreign expense accounts at Thein Gyi Market in Rangoon.
Burma, The Richest of Poor Countries
Young people celebrate the New Year and the advent of the monsoon season with playful water fights.