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Director/Producer - Evan Williams
Making Orphans of Burma's Cyclone
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Burma is one of the most secretive nations on earth, a tightly controlled tropical North Korea, ruled for the past 47 years by one of the world's toughest military regimes.
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Orphans of Burma's Cylone: Related Links
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Read more about the situation in Burma with a selection of related articles, audio reports and blogs.
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Helping Burma
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Britain's official policy is to refer to Burma rather than 'Myanmar'. The current regime changed the name to Myanmar in 1989. Burma's democracy movement prefers 'Burma' because they do not accept the legitimacy of the unelected military regime and their right to change the official name of the country. Internationally both names are recognised, but most of the international humanitarian organisations use Myanmar on their websites.
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Still Cashing In: Salary Comparisons
Monday 18 May 2009
Bespoke analysis for Dispatches shows that bank CEOs used to be paid the same as their FTSE 100 peers. But in the past 10 years, they've outstripped them. Despite the credit crunch, in 2008 bank bosses earned £250k a year more. At the same time, salaries for normal employees at all FTSE companies remained static.
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Still Cashing In: Goodwin's Contract
Monday 18 May 2009
Sir Fred Goodwin worked as Group Chief Executive of RBS from March 2000 to November 2008. His lavish lifestyle and infamous pension have come to symbolise the excesses of the banking world.
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Still Cashing In: Pension Pots
Monday 18 May 2009
Dispatches research has identified 21 former bankers with pension pots of over £1million.
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