Archive for January 23rd, 2008
World Focus on Burma (23 Jan 08)
Asia.view The waiting game
Economist, UK -
Myanmar has long been run on much the same lines. A convention set up to draft a constitution for a move to democratic rule eventually pronounced last …
Economist, UK -
Myanmar has long been run on much the same lines. A convention set up to draft a constitution for a move to democratic rule eventually pronounced last …
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Interview : Helen
Glam Sham, India - Excerpts from an interview: I was born in Burma, now Myanmar, to a Burmese mother and Anglo-Indian father. My mother was a nurse and when we migrated to … |
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EU envoy to visit Thailand for talks on Myanmar
Economic Times, India - BANGKOK: The EU’s special envoy for Myanmar will make a three-day visit to Thailand next week to discuss efforts to prod the ruling junta to make good on … |
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Centre wants Netaji Research Bureau in Delhi
Hindu, India - He said, “Until 1914, the then Burma (now Myanmar) was under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta University. Upto 1930, Burma was being administered from India … |
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Poet arrested for writing “Power Crazy Than Shwe”
Mizzima.com, India - Earlier, in July 2007, the Myanmar Times, a semi-official English-language weekly journal in Burma, ran an advertisement by a bogus tour agency carrying the … |
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Myanmar elects Stephen Than Myint Oo as Primate / Bonnie Anderson …
Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY - … History * CATALYST – 40 Days of Lent: Different Shoes [Episcopal News Service] The Church of the Province of Myanmar (Burma) elected Stephen Than Myint … |
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Tang Jiaxuan Meets with the Special Envoy of Burma’s Prime Minister
MFA China (press release), China - On January 21, 2008, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met with the special envoy of the Prime Minister of Burma and Burmese Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung … |
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Joint Statement issued by PM Gordon Brown with Indian Prime Minister
eGov monitor, UK - They agreed that the process of national reconciliation and political reform in Burma/Myanmar should be inclusive, broad-based and taken forward … |
