[Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made an explicit appeal to Burma on Wednesday to release jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, offering the prospect of direct U.S. investment in the repressive Southeast Asian nation.]
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regarding "repressive" -which country was Hillary talking about?that Thailand? [-that nation-state which international media give but best only a shallow assessment if it is mentioned at all these days...] Human rights abuses are at a critical level in Thailand: Does anyone care anymore? a fascist state side-by-side with another fascist state...