World Focus on Burma (5 Mar 08)
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Myanmar junta unlikely to heed UN envoy
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
BANGKOK – UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari returns on Thursday to Myanmar to press the junta to include opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in its election plans, … -
Myanmar’s past key to changing its future – author
Reuters India, India -
But understanding how history has shaped Southeast Asia’s most stubborn military junta not only adds accuracy to debate about the former Burma, … -
Myanmar: Cholera outbreak in Mon State
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Sixty-one Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Mon ethnicity have contracted cholera in Ananbon village in eastern Burma, an area controlled by the New … -
Asia Sentinel Writer Wins Fellowship
Asia Sentinel, China -
… Chins of Myanmar: Refugee Life in a Distant Neighbor,” with a focus on the protection of the Chin ethnic group, which ranges from western Burma across … -
UN’s Gambari set to return to Myanmar, hopes low
Reuters India, India -
It will be Gambari’s fifth visit to the former Burma since he was appointed in early 2006 and his third since a crackdown on monk-led protests in September … -
The Price of Truth
Mizzima.com, India -
3 with 88 generation student leaders Ko Ko Gyi, Ko Mya Aye, Ko Win Maw, two abbots from Maggin monastery, Myanmar Nation Chief Editor Ko Thet Zin, … -
Burmese monks in Thailand pace, pray and wait
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
… and television sets around the world, these exiled monks fear the world has forgotten their struggle to bring democracy to Burma, also known as Myanmar. … -
UN Envoy to Return to Myanmar
Guardian, UK -
AP YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – A UN diplomat will return to military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday for his third attempt to coax democratic reforms out of the junta … -
UN Refugee Agency Praise SL Government for Rescuing 71 People out …
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
… lauded the Sri Lankan Government for rescuing the 71 persons who were drifting onboard the ill fated Myanmar wooden hull vessel nearly for two weeks. … -
Junta Increases Pressure on Media
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By VIOLET CHO Only two weeks after the Burmese military government closed the offices of the Myanmar Nation, the military authorities appear to be offering … -
Monks launch ‘no’ campaign against constitution
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
Last month the All Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA), which played a leading role in the September pro-democracy demonstrations, issued a statement condemning the … -
NLD expects meeting with Gambari
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – Leaders of Burma’s main opposition party – National League for Democracy – are likely to meet the visiting UN special envoy to Burma, … -
UN envoy returns Thursday to Myanmar on latest mission to coax …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has long been under international pressure to make democratic reforms, particularly since it crushed the peaceful mass …
