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38. World's largest Jesus Christ Statue
Poland to build world's largest Jesus Christ statue — A small Polish town has sought to place itself on the global
tourist map by building the world's largest statue of Jesus, eclipsing Rio's famous Christ the Redeemer. More
images after the break...
39. The statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin is due for completion in November Photo: EPA
40. Swiebodzin, a Polish town of 21,000 near the German border, will soon be home to a 33-metre effigy of Christ,
which, along with a crown that adds a further two metres and its 16-metre mound will put all other statues
dedicated to the son of God in its shade. Due for completion in November, the monument should pip the world's
current record holder, Bolivia's Cristo de la Concodia statue, by some nine metres, and look down on the world
famous statue in Rio de Janeiro, which stands just 30 metres tall minus its plinth. Although erected ostensibly
to show gratitude to God, the town hopes having the massive statue will bring tourists into a community that
has lain off the beaten track for most of its existence.
41. "If we had opened a racetrack or a golf course here, tourists would have come only for the season. But with a
statue of Jesus the season will last the whole year," a local official told Wprost, a weekly news magazine.
With construction nearing the end, engineers face the hazardous task of lifting the figure's massive head and
shoulders into place, which, officials say, might require the use of a helicopter. By Matthew Day in Warsaw
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Than Shwe's Son-in-law Named Ambassador to China
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In his latest effort to entrench his family's status as Burma's ruling clan, Snr-Gen Than Shwe appoints his son-in-
law to serve as the country's ambassador to its closest ally.
In his 18 years as head of Burma's ruling junta, Snr-Gen Than Shwe has worked tirelessly to cement not only
the regime's hold on power, but also the status of his closest relatives as members of the country's de facto
royal family.
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laid out in 1975 by designer Greg Bright. The Maze covers an area of around 1.48 acres (0.6 hectares) with a
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dimensional, with six wooden bridges offering tantalizing glimpses towards the elusive centre of the maze,
which is marked by an observation tower for visitors who manage to find it.
Reignac-sur-Indre Maze (France)
128. In 1996, the year this plant maze --the world's largest-- was created at Reignac-sur-Indre in Touraine, 85,000
visitors came to admire and lose themselves in the middle of its 4-hectare (10-acre) expanse. Each year, a maze
of corn or sunflowers emerges from the ground over the summer, is harvested in the autumn, and then
reappears the following year in a different form, thanks to a well-proven technique of sowing and marking out.
York Maze, a Star Trek tribute (UK)
129. Containing 1.5 million individual plants, this maze --just outside York-- covers 32 acres, the equivalent of 15
football pitches, and was designed using satellite technology, which meant the paths could be cut to an
accuracy of half a metre. The huge maze was created by Tom Pearcy as a tribute to the 40th anniversary of Star
Trek.
130. Ashcombe Maze (Australia)
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of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Measuring three meters high by two meters wide, the gardens also boast
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Pineapple Garden Maze (Hawaii)
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three miles of paths on three acres. Instead of a traditional English hedge, it is planted with 14,000 colorful
Hawaiian plants, including hibiscus, croton, panax, pineapple and heliconia. It is located in Wahiawa, Hawaii at
Dole Plantation and certainly looks scary from the air.
Snake Maze (UK)
133. Michael Blee, 62, spent several months creating this six-acre maze at Gore Farm in Upchurch, near Rochester,
Kent. Its hedges stand 9ft tall. This is the 10th and the most complicated maze Mr. Blee has ever done. He is
hoping his giant game makes it into the Guinness Book of Records.
Il Labirinto (Italy)
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135. Created in the early 1700s, Il Labirinto is said to be one of the most complicated labyrinths in the world. Located
in the town of Stra, just outside Venice on the grounds of Villa Pisani, the legend says Napoleon got "lost" in it
around 1807.
Peace Maze (Ireland)
136. This Irish maze was officially opened in 2001. The largest permanent hedge maze in the world, it covers an area
of 11,000m2 --2.7 acres, or, 1.1 hectares. The path length is 3147m (2 miles or 3443 yards). The hedge is
constructed from 6000 yew trees, many of which were planted during December 2000 by people from all over
Northern Ireland.
137. Hampton Court Maze (UK)
The Maze at Hampton Court, the royal palace on the Thames to the west of London, is probably UK's most
famous one. Planted as part of the gardens laid out for William of Orange between 1689 and 1695 by George
London and Henry Wise, it covers an area of a third of an acre (about 1350 sq meters), with paths of over half a
mile (0.8 km) long. It was described with great wit in Jerome K. Jerome's novel 'Three Men in a Boat.' Hampton
Court Maze continues to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
Davis' Mega Maze (USA)
138. Davis' Mega Maze in Sterling, Massachusetts, has been a popular seasonal attraction since 1998. Davis'
Farmland, a seventh-generation family-owned farm, holds this unique maze that changes completely from year
to year. Designed in Dorset, England, by maze designer Adrian Fisher who is often credited with creating the
modern maize maze craze, the Mega Maze takes more than 12,800 labor hours to be created each year.
10 of the World's Most Dangerous Roads
141. The North Yungas Road, also known as The Death Road, is a 61 to 69 km road leading from La Paz to Coroico
(Bolivia's capital, to the Amazon region) in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger:
in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the "world's most dangerous road. " One
estimate is that 200-300 travelers were killed yearly along the road. The road includes crosses marking many of
the spots where such vehicles have fallen.
Guoliang Tunnel Road (China)
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143. The road in Taihang mountains was built by local villagers: it took five years to finish the 1,200 metre long
tunnel which is about 5 meters high and 4 meters wide. Some of the villagers died in accidents during
construction; undaunted, the others continued. On May 1, 1977, the tunnel was opened to traffic. It is located in
the Taihang Mountains, in the Hunan Province of China.
Ruta 5: Arica to Iquique Road (Chile)
144. The road from Arica to Iquique is renowned for being dangerous; you drive past very deep valleys and wind
your way through, spotting ever so often tell-tale vehicle skeletons at the bottom. The few times you can see
145. cars and buses passing by, they were doing so at such a speed that you may think they are either tempting fate
very foolishly or perhaps they are just ghosts whizzing past. The mono-hued and isolated scenery is well capable
of endowing you with the capacity to have such visions, so concentrating and avoiding the use of any form of
hallucinatory substance is essential here.
Siberian Road to Yakutsk (Russia)
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147. The Russian Federal Highway connects Moscow to Yakutsk, where the coldest temperature ever recorded
outside Antarctica was recorded. Yakutsk is also the largest city built on continuous permafrost. Most houses are
built on concrete piles because of the frozen ground.
What does all this have to do with being one of the world's most dangerous roads? Well, during the winter,
which is approximately ten months long, driving in and out of Yakutsk is subject to heavy snow, ice, and
reduced visibility. However, winter road conditions are a picnic compared to trying to navigate the Russian
Federal Highway on July and August. Though many Siberian residents will tell you the highway is not paved to
keep the Germans out (a tired World War II era joke), the truth is because of the permafrost there is no asphalt,
creating a mud induced traffic jam every time the summer rains swing Yakutsk's way. Near thousand car traffic
jams are not unheard of and during these back ups and travelers might pass the time while stuck in Siberian
traffic by looting, beating, and kidnapping other travelers. Siberian mud pirates.
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173. Dear Friends -
In my previous posting which I sent I made a mistake in-haste, saying that LSE-Al Jazeera English dialogue with
Aung San Suu Kyi was scheduled to be broadcast under AJZ's regular 'Inside Story'. It will be broadcast as a
Special program - twice on Wednesday 22 Dec and Thursday 23 Dec.
Also included in this posting are two other interviews (transcripts) from the Global Post and one Canadian
publication.
cheers,
175. Al Jazeera News Special: Aung San Suu Kyi
00:30 00:30 Suu Kyi addresses the Generals, why they maintain power, the youth and what she expects
from them, and puts forward her vision for Myanmar.
Al Jazeera News Special: Aung San Suu Kyi
Suu Kyi addresses the Generals, why they maintain power, the youth and what she expects from them, and puts
forward her vision for Myanmar.
Al Jazeera News Special: Aung San Suu Kyi
07:30 07:30 Suu Kyi addresses the Generals, why they maintain power, the youth and what she expects
from them, and puts forward her vision for Myanmar.
THURSDAY 23 Dec - GMT
176. Al Jazeera News Special: Aung San Suu Kyi
12:30 12:30 Suu Kyi addresses the Generals, why they maintain power, the youth and what she expects
from them, and puts forward her vision for Myanmar.
Al Jazeera News Special: Aung San Suu Kyi
19:00 19:00 Suu Kyi addresses the Generals, why they maintain power, the youth and what she expects
from them, and puts forward her vision for Myanmar.
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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/asia/101220/interview-burma-myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi
Interview: Straight talk from Aung San Suu Kyi
Famed dissident dishes on the junta, tiny cell phones and how Burmese need to help themselves.
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Published: December 20, 2010 12:58 ET in Asia
178. Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi poses for a portrait at the National League for Democracy (NLD)
headquarters in Rangoon, Burma, on Dec. 8, 2010. (Getty Images)
Aung San Suu Kyi, the revered leader of ‘ democracy movement, was released from house arrest in
November after more than 15 years. Elected prime minister in 1990, but denied her title and confined off-and-
on ever since, the Nobel Peace Laureate is considered by some to be a Gandhi-caliber icon. In this interview,
Suu Kyi talks about her willingness to cooperate with the junta, her eagerness to get an email account and her
plans for Burma's future.
Bernard Krisher, publisher of The Cambodia Daily and The Burma Daily, first interviewed Suu Kyi in 2000 in
Rangoon. This month, Krisher conducted a follow-up phone interview with her, the text of which appears here
exclusively.
GP: Now that you have been released, are you willing to cooperate with the regime?
179. Aung San Suu Kyi: I think I've always said I was willing to cooperate with the regime. I don't think this is
something new.
You won the election in 1990 and the regime did not allow you to take power and then you were under house
arrest and confinement for many years. Now that you are free, how do you feel? What should be your relationship
to the junta now?
Our relationship to the junta has always been based on what we can best do for the country. That is how we
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me under detention. These personal considerations don't come into the picture at all.
What you would like to do in the future? What are you plans, what is your agenda?
Yes, of course we have an agenda but the most important thing at the moment is for the whole world to
understand that Burma needs a process of democratization. We would like all of our supporters to work towards
this. And not just our supporters but the international community and the United Nations.
When I met you the last time in 2000, I asked how can you survive this? You said through humor. After all that
has happened, do you still feel that humor is the best way to survive?
Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival. We have a lot of it around in the NLD [our party, the National
League for Democracy] and I don't think we could have survived without it, considering that so many of us have
180. been in and out of prison so frequently. But when we sit around and talk and do our work there is a lot of
laughter. It is part of our survival apparatus.
Are you able to use email now?
‘ j ne in the NLD office reconnected after eight years. We'll
have to wait a little longer before we graduate to the email stage yet.
I suspect you are talking on a cell phone. Have you used a cell phone before?
I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed
so small and insubstantial.
There have been leaks of diplomatic cables indicating that the U.S. government believes that the Burmese regime
is pursuing a nuclear weapons program with North K ‘ involvement. Are the people of Burma aware of this
and what is your opinion?
I am not aware of this in any detail but I have heard about it on the radio.
What is the best way for foreign governments or aid groups to help Burma? What does Burma need and what is
the best way to help?
The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to
obtain what we want for ourselves. For the moment, our people are frightened and lack confidence they have
any power. The best way people can help us is to encourage us to help ourselves.
181. How can non-governmental organizations help Burma?
When they give humanitarian aid, it should be given in such a way that it empowers people instead of
increasing their dependency.
As you told me the last time ― teach them how to fish rather than giving them ‖?
I've gone one step further. Apart from teaching them how to fish, you need to create an environment where
they can use their fishing skills. That is to say, it is no use teaching them how to fish and then leaving them at
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their skills and that their skills are suited to the environment.
Do you intend to run for office in the next election?
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predict what will happen in the next five years.
In "Inside Burma," GlobalPost visits the refugee camps along the Thai border to give voice to civilians who are
often silenced under a repressive regime:
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Some Burmese NGOs Say Suu Kyi Hampers Their Work
182. By HTET AUNG Thursday, December 16, 2010
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20331
Some Burmese non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have complained to a United Nations envoy that their
work has been hampered by the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and her active involvement in social issues.
The complaints were voiced in a meeting between Vijay Nambiar, the UN secretary-general's special envoy to
Burma, and representatives of local NGOs during his two-day visit to Burma. Unofficial notes on the meetings,
obtained by The Irrawaddy, reported that the potential for opening up the country's civil society groups to
address the country's social issues in the post-election period had been discussed.
183. Among those who met Nambiar were Nay Win Maung, of Myanmar Egress; Khin Maung Yin and Dr Myo Lwin of
the Pyo Pin Program; Thiha Kyaing of the Phoenix Association (Myanmar); Myint Su from the Local Resource
Center; and officials from the Metta Foundation and the International Development Enterprise.
The notes on the meeting said Nay Win Maung and Khin Maung Yin told the UN envoy it had become more
difficult to carry out their social works after Suu Kyi's release because of what they perceived as her hardline
political stand. Her call for a second Panglong conference, for example, was ― ‖ they said.
However, the notes didn't elaborate precisely on how the NGOs felt Suu Kyi's political stand could hamper their
social works. The Irrawaddy tried to contact Nay Win Maung to obtain further elaboration but couldn't reach him.
Nay Win Maung is one of the founders of Myanmar Egress, which actively promoted the Nov. 7 election through
voter education programs. He also owns the local weekly journal The Voice. Khin Maung Yin is a leader of the
Pyo Pin Program, which is funded by the UK Department for International Development via the British Embassy
in Rangoon.
184. ― don't view the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi ‖ said Thiha Kyaing. ― said they could do
their social works better before Daw Suu was freed and that after her release the political situation became
shaky. It was difficult for them to operate their ‖
Thiha Kyaing said he didn't share these views. ― of the people who met the special envoy are not really
working at the grassroots level and they spoke mostly about policy issues, neither truly representing nor
knowing the real situation of the ‖
Phoenix Association is a non-profit social organization and its members are people living with HIV/AIDS. The
organization was established in 2005 with the objective of supporting HIV/AIDS patients facing social and
economic problems.
Thiha Kyaing said the Phoenix Association had not experienced greater difficulty in carrying out its social work
since Suu Kyi's release, which the organization viewed positively.
185. ― fact, Daw Suu's influence can even be used to raise funds for our ‖ he said. ― in the
communities that I am working with strongly support Daw ‖
In the unofficial meeting notes, Nay Win Maung and Khin Maung Yin said Suu Kyi needs to update her
knowledge of the changes that occurred during her house arrest.
They complained they hadn't had a chance to meet Suu Kyi—although Thein Oo, the National League for
Democracy (NLD) official responsible for arranging all meetings with Suu Kyi, told The Irrawaddy: ― has so
far been no request from Egress to meet with Daw Aung San Suu K ‖
Ohn Kyaing, the NLD central executive committee member responsible for contacts with other local
organizations, dismissed the Egress and Pyo Pin Program complaints as ― ‖ He said: ― her release,
she has already made clear that she is willing to cooperate with all ‖
186. Following her release last month, Suu Kyi has advocated a strengthening of the civil society organizations. In a
video speech sent to the recent EU Development Forum, she called for more investment in the development of
civil society organizations, adding that it must be ― and ‖
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