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The Cost of Development
Epoch Times, NY -
… India—Ignoring continuing international pressure to enact strong economic sanctions on the repressive military junta of Burma (also known as Myanmar), … |
Weekly Business Roundup (March 29, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WILLIAM BOOT / BANGKOK Plans are afoot to permit transit trade through Burma again, a practice halted two years ago in a supposed effort by the junta to … |
Trouble in Tibet
Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL -
… for Buddhists in Burma or Myanmar, “where I understand the government has forced monks to discard their robes and abandon the temples and monasteries. … |
Global food prices rise and famine increases
World Socialist Web Site, MI -
Also affected will be Haiti, Myanmar (Burma), Yemen and Cuba. The WFP says amongst the factors pushing food increases are rising oil prices and the increase … |
Myanmar opposition spokesman dies in Singapore
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan -
dpa )- Myint Thein, the spokesman for Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) opposition party who was jailed repeatedly, died at age 62 in Singapore, … |
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UN rights body condemns Myanmar for abuses
Reuters South Africa, South Africa -
The 47 member-state body also renewed the mandate of its special investigator to the former Burma for another year and called on the ruling military junta … |
The Week Ahead 31 March – 6 April 2008
Newsdesk (pressmeddelande), Sweden -
A hearing organised by the Development Committee and the Human Rights Subcommittee will consider how EU policy can influence change in Burma/Myanmar. … |
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