U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT - CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET - BURMA
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1077.html
===
===
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1398652/posts
"Deadly explosions rock Burma"
Australian Broadcasting ^ | 2005-05-08 | AFP
Posted on 05/07/2005 12:25:40 PM PDT by Lessismore
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Four huge bomb explosions have rocked the Burmese capital Rangoon, killing dozens of people and leaving over 200 injured.
The near-simultaneous mid-afternoon blasts targeted two packed upscale shopping centres, the Dagon and Junction Eight, and the downtown Rangoon Trade Centre which is hosting a Thai trade fair.
A witness at the downtown Dagon centre, where two bombs exploded, counted at least 20 bodies, while a witness at Junction Eight - some 13 kilometres north of the city centre - counted over 40.
A Burmese national at the Rangoon Trade Centre says he also saw scores of bodies there.
A stall holder at the centre says there "many casualties" because the bomb hit a fashion show being held on the third floor.
An official from Burma's military government has confirmed four bombs were detonated, but has given no casualty count.
Hospitals in Yangon have been unable to give a death toll, but say over 200 people are wounded.
"I saw these people in a pool of blood. Some of them had their legs and arms blown off," a man outside the Rangoon Trade Centre said.
A survivor of the Dagon blast recalls panicked efforts to escape.
"There was an explosion in the Dagon centre, and we were so frightened we ran downstairs to get out," a young woman said.
A witness at Junction Eight said she counted "at least 40 bodies being brought out of the building".
Military-ruled Burma has been at various stages of civil war for decades, with government troops battling several ethnic guerrilla armies, but the capital has not seen an attack on this scale in living memory.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks."
ON THE NET...
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=palestinians%20anti-tank%20rocket&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&datesort=1
===
===
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/573010.html
Last update - 16:48 06/05/2005
??"??Gaza lull shaky as Palestinians fire rocket at settlers' school bus"
?By Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Palestinians on Friday morning fired an anti-tank rocket on Friday morning at school bus carrying children outside the southern Gaza Strip settlement of Kfar Darom, shaking the fragile lull in violence. The rocket failed to hit the bus.
A mortar shell also hit a Gush Katif settlement. No damage or casualties were reported in either case.
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired four Qassam rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot predawn Friday. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said that several people had been treated for shock."