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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent?

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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (25803)9/30/2007 4:29:29 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (2) of 81092
 
Gus > the current CIA-orchestrated mayhem in Myanmar is but an obvious plot to wean Myanmar away from China and sweat her into supplying gas to India.(2)

Doesn't seem like much of a sweat was needed.

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>>Firms Seek Access to Burma Oil Fields Despite Bloody Crackdown

By Thomas Hogue/AP Writer/Bangkok

September 29, 2007—Just last Sunday—when marches led by Buddhist monks drew thousands in Burma’s biggest cities—Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora was in the country’s capital for the signing of oil and gas exploration contracts between state-controlled ONGC Videsh Ltd and Burma’s military rulers.

The signing ceremony was an example of how important Burma’s oil and gas resources have become in an energy-hungry world. Even as Burma’s military junta intensifies its crackdown on pro-democracy protests, oil companies are jostling for access to the country’s largely untapped natural gas and oil fields that activists say are funding a repressive regime.<<
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