Posted AT 3:21 AM EDT on 12/05/08
For the generals, referendum trumps relief
BANGKOK — Even as a million homeless cyclone survivors fought for their lives, the cheerful young crooners on Myanmar's state television were urging the country to forget the catastrophe and march to the polling stations.
In heavy rotation on state television this weekend was a video of a group of smiling and dancing young women, singing a tune of praise to the military regime. "Let's go to cast a vote . . .
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