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December 15, 2008

Bush met the writer and bloggers

By Ashin Mettacara

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By Ashin Mettacara

US President George Bush marked Human Rights Day on Wednesday by meeting with a writer from Sudan and six bloggers from Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, and Myanmar(Burma).

Bush first met the writer of " Tears of the Desert" Dr. Halima Bashir in the Oval Office, and he also met in the Roosevelt Room with international bloggers from six countries. Bush 's meeting at the White House with international bloggers intended to discuss blogging , and to push for democratic change by using the internet.



Authors Website: http://www.ashinmettacara.org/

Authors Bio:
Ashin Mettacara is a 27-year-old Buddhist monk from Burma who is blogging and contributing with the aim of spreading news to the whole world about the crisis in Burma.

He is not part of any political group, association or organization. He is helping all the groups who are working for freedom of belief and expression. His motto is,

"Working for equality is human values".

Do visit his weblog: http://www.ashinmettacara.org/

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