Following Lincoln's example, Obama will come by train from Philadelphia to Washington DC for his Inauguration --
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/obama.train/index.html
Artist Andrew Wyeth dies at 91
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/arts/design/17deba.html?_r=1
So successful he had a private airplane.
Tempera was his medium of choice.
New Thai government calls for reforms in Burma --
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-16-voa38.cfm
Documentary Burma VJ picked up by HBO at Sundance --
About video journalists in Burma.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jKokkJ9uF1OdeZMIibOedfmAbVQAD95NTGU00
Did you notice -- hero for Burma, Christopher Gunness, in 1988 famous for his broadcasts from Rangoon --
now at UN in Gaza when Isrealis shelled UN building where refugees had taken refuge.
Way to go Chris, as Americans say.
Kyi May Kaung
Burmese and Bangladeshi boat people mistreated by Thai.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7830710.stm
From Jonathan Head, BBC.
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