World Focus on Burma (30 Jan 08)
Burma’s Suu Kyi meets colleagues
BBC News, UK - Jan 30, 2008
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet political allies for the second time since last year’s bloody crackdown. …
Egypt Bolster Border Security To Curb Palestinians Flow []
RTT News, NY - Jan 30, 2008
The US State Department in a statement condemned the Myanmar military regime’s decision to charge 10 pro-democracy activists, citing it as evidence that the …
RTT News, NY - Jan 30, 2008
The US State Department in a statement condemned the Myanmar military regime’s decision to charge 10 pro-democracy activists, citing it as evidence that the …
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Cinema Toast
Petaluma Argus-Courier, CA - Jan 30, 2008 … John Rambo has retreated to northern Thailand where he’s running a longboat on the Salween River near the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border. … |
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Stallone to star in fifth ‘Rambo’ film?
Digital Spy, UK - Jan 30, 2008 He’s been to Vietnam, Afghanistan and Myanmar in the last three movies so we’re bringing him back to the US.” However, Stallone earlier ruled out the … |
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi meets party leaders
Reuters - Jan 30, 2008 Ever since the crackdown, in which the United Nations says at least 31 people were killed, the former Burma’s military rulers have been under unprecedented … |
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Suu Kyi meets supporters in Myanmar
CNN International - Jan 30, 2008 Activists display a portrait of detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in Myanmar. Military leaders in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, … |
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets NLD party leaders
Mizzima.com, India - Jan 30, 2008 New Delhi – Burma’s detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday was given a rare chance to meet with top leaders of her party – National … |
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Is Malaysia going down the Mandalay Road?
Aliran Monthly, Malaysia - Jan 30, 2008 Zainuddin Maidin’s denial that Malaysia was behaving like Burma wears thin and is certainly unconvincing. Currently, it is a waiting game for the Malaysian … |
EU envoy on Burma has nothing to offer the democratic process
Mizzima.com, India - Jan 30, 2008
Bangkok, Thailand – The European Union is seriously considering increasing sanctions against Burma later this year if the military regime does not heed …
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Says Israel’s Days Are Numbered []
RTT News, NY - Jan 30, 2008
1/30/2008 5:45:24 AM Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi met political allies for the second time in three months on ..
Suu Kyi ‘Not Satisfied’ in Talks with Junta
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Jan 30, 2008
By Wai Moe Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to meet with senior members of her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Jan 30, 2008
By Wai Moe Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed to meet with senior members of her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), …
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Junta lets Suu Kyi out – on a short leash
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Jan 30, 2008 European Union special envoy for Burma Piero Fussino was in Bangkok earlier this week calling on all Asian governments to unite in putting pressure on the … |
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(UPDATE 4) Suu Kyi ‘not satisfied’ with talks with junta
Inquirer.net, Philippines - Jan 30, 2008 YANGON — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday that she was “not satisfied” with her talks with the junta, a spokesman for her … |
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Rambo delivers little except violence
SJU The Hawk (subscription), PA - Jan 30, 2008 Rambo takes these lives in the jungles of Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. Throughout the movie, it is only referred to as Burma for unknown … |
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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said unhappy with …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Jan 30, 2008 AP YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is not satisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative … |
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NLD to Sponsor Essay Competition on ‘National Reconciliation’
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Jan 30, 2008 By Wai Moe Burma’s main opposition political party, the National League for Democracy, plans to launch an essay competition on national reconciliation, … |
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UN Report Accuses Regime, Armed Ethnic Groups of Recruiting Children
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Jan 30, 2008 Besides Burma, the report said child soldiers were being recruited in recruitment in Afghanistan, Burundi, Chad, the Central African Republic, Colombia, … |
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Burmese Regime Strikes at Bloggers
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Jan 30, 2008 The first blog site to carry pictures of the demonstrations, http://moezack.blogspot.com, was closed down, and a blogger in Mogok Township, central Burma, … |
“Prepare for worst”, Suu Kyi tells Myanmar
Reuters - Jan 30, 2008
By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) – Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is frustrated at a lack of talks on political reform with the ruling …
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Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi Frustrated With Government Talks
Voice of America - Jan 30, 2008 In 1991, she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD won a landslide election victory in 1990, but was barred from power by Burma’s military rulers. |
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State of the Union: Post Mortem
Atlantic Online - Jan 30, 2008 We support freedom in countries from Cuba and Zimbabwe to Belarus and Burma. [Amen for not saying Myanmar!] (Applause.) America is leading the fight against … |
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Suu Kyi meets party members
News24, South Africa - Jan 30, 2008 Yangon – Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday was allowed to meet with top members of her party as well as with a … |
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Suu Kyi Critical of Talks With Junta
The Associated Press - Jan 30, 2008 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is not satisfied with the progress of her meetings with a representative of … |
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Suu Kyi ‘not satisfied’ by talks
BBC News, UK - Jan 30, 2008 Burma’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “not satisfied” by recent discussions with the country’s military leaders, said her party. … |
