Burma: Secretary Of State Hillary Rodham Clinton

North American Tour Dept: When it s the Burmese guy s turn, he says, I can control my entire country for 23 years but I have no brains, said Zarganar, Burma s most popular comedian, according to The Star. More than three months after his release, Zarganar is in Toronto to promote democratic change for his homeland as part of a month-long North American tour, which includes meetings with top officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and one of Zarganar s favourite jokes about Burma s military junta goes like this: An American without legs boasts about reaching Mount Everest twice. A Brit with no arms brags about swimming across the Atlantic twice. What makes Zarganar, 51, whose real name is Thura meaning Bravery , so popular is his audacious willingness to satirize Burma s military regime. But those tongue-in-cheek jokes have also landed him in jail four times, for a total of 11 years behind bars. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.