I arrived home late Friday night - December 14, after twenty two glorious and life changing days in Bangladesh - a country that is emerging from being the poorest major country in the world and headed to be the first country that will totally overcome the bonds of poverty. Bangladesh is a country that is constantly being ravaged by weather disasters - with typically 40% of the country being flooded each year, hurricanes - like Sidr that killed over 5,000 people (much less than a hurricane in the 1990's that killed over 100,000 people) and famines. The country has experienced deep corruption at the highest levels of government - with their two previous leaders now being in jail. They may be on a positive path with currently an excellent caretaker government a non-corrupt and strong/influential army,
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