I’ve been engrossed in an article I’m writing about Iran for International Analyst, hence the lack of posts this past week. Sometimes I wonder where my mind is going; I nearly posted the piece before realising I hadn’t finished a fairly significant paragraph. It’s 4am. Sue me.

Meanwhile on Planet Screwball, hundreds of people marched in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, to protest steep increases in fuel costs. This rare public protest dispersed when members of a militant government youth organisation confronted the demonstrators.

It’s not all good news though. Thirteen people who protested the price increases are now facing 20 years in prison.

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