World Focus on Burma (5 Feb 08)
Political Report for Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Newstalk ZB, New Zealand -
… for allowing a Government company to build cellphone towers in one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Myanmar, or Burma as it used to be known. …
Newstalk ZB, New Zealand -
… for allowing a Government company to build cellphone towers in one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Myanmar, or Burma as it used to be known. …
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Rally for prisoner release
Calcutta Telegraph, India - Fifty members of the Solidarity Committee for Burma’s Freedom Fighters demonstrated at Esplanade on Monday, demanding the immediate and unconditional … |
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After ‘Rambo’ Banning In Myanmar, Stallone Offers To Take On …
Defamer.com, CA - … t-shirts to replace the homemade “We pursue peace, justice and democracy for Burma” garments that less stirringly communicate the heart of their struggle. |
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the world in one neat package
DC Velocity, MA - … Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein in Iraq; and Yangon (formerly Rangoon), until recently the capital of Burma (or Myanmar, as its military rulers … |
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This time, he’s fighting…the Burmese junta
Foreign Policy Passport - In the movie, everyone’s favorite former Green Beret, John Rambo, takes on Burma’s military junta in an effort to rescue Christian missionaries who have … |
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Moving images of the Sidr-affected
The Daily Star, Bangladesh - … in black and white. It presents the entourage of elephants with mahouts, when the ruler of Burma (now Myanmar) had visited Bangladesh. |
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Sylvester Stallone To Keep Churning Out Doddery Old Action Flicks
hecklerspray, Los Angeles - Thanks to the success of the new Rocky film and the new Rambo film, Sylvester Stallone is on top of the world right now – and he knows exactly what to do … |
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Under the Banyan Tree
World Hum, CA - The dictators call it Myanmar. For the first time since they crushed the Saffron Revolution, Adam Karlin traveled to the country he calls Burma—and home. … |
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John Armstrong: McCully wrong on consistency
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Exactly the same ban on granting visas applies to the “Butchers of Burma”, the description McCully applies to the Myanmar regime’s military leaders and … |
Mallard plays down fuss over Myanmar contract
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -
“If New Zealand truly supports democracy in Burma, we should heed the call of imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi not to do business with the …
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -
“If New Zealand truly supports democracy in Burma, we should heed the call of imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi not to do business with the …
RIGHTS-BURMA: ‘How Many Monks Must Die Before The UN Moves?’
IPS, Italy -
The fate of 44 monks and nuns who were arrested when the military raided 53 monasteries across Burma, also known as Myanmar, still remain unknown, it added. …
IPS, Italy -
The fate of 44 monks and nuns who were arrested when the military raided 53 monasteries across Burma, also known as Myanmar, still remain unknown, it added. …
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Burma’s Elderly Turn to Begging for a Living
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - … according to the state-run New Light of Myanmar. This compares with the 40 percent of Burma’s national budget that the government spends on the army. … |
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Rambo welcomed by Burmese in Singapore
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway - … Burmese people in Singapore gave a positive reception to the film Rambo at a screening organised by the Overseas Myanmar Patriots Association on Sunday. … |
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Sylvester Stallone, Ready To Rambo
TheDay, CT - By William Booth , The Washington Post By Douglass K. Daniel , Ochoa De Olza SSYLVESTER STALLONE, IN tight cashmere, his forearms as ripped as Popeye’s, … |
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WEIRD BUT TRUE
New York Post, NY - Cops in Myanmar have ordered DVD hawkers not to sell the new “Rambo” – which features Sly Stallone’s angry vet taking aim at that nation’s repressive regime … |
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Missing Blogger Seen in Detention, Opposition Party Says
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - By AP A blogger who was apparently picked up in an Internet crackdown by the Burma military government has been seen in detention at a government office, … |
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Burma: Urgent need for reform
Bangkok Post, Thailand - It may have been a small project, but the New Zealand firm installed mobile phone equipment for Myanmar Post and Telecommunications. … |
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Myanmar picked the wrong guy to mess with
ReelzChannel.com, CA - … developing nations, muscle-bound Rambo star Sylvester Stallone has offered to take on Myanmar’s (aka Burma’s) brutal, repressive regime all by himself. … |
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‘Rambo’ Star Joins Activists to Decry Myanmar Junta
Christian Post - … said he hopes the film provokes confrontation and said he is willing to travel to Myanmar – formerly Burma – to confront ruling military officials. … |
Political Report for Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
Newstalk ZB, New Zealand -
… for allowing a Government company to build cellphone towers in one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Myanmar, or Burma as it used to be known. …
Newstalk ZB, New Zealand -
… for allowing a Government company to build cellphone towers in one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Myanmar, or Burma as it used to be known. …
