Zimbabwe’s election and Tibet’s protest

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MDC and ZANU-PF run even in early Zimbabwe results
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By Stella Mapenzauswa HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC and ruling ZANU-PF were running neck-and-neck, according to the first election results issued by the Electoral Commission on Monday.
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China Says It Has Evidence Dalai Lama Incited Riots
New York Times - By DAVID BARBOZA SHANGHAI – After two weeks in which China contended that Tibet’s government in exile had instigated the riots earlier this month to tarnish the coming Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government on Sunday issued for the first …
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World Focus on Burma (31 Mar 08)

Democracy Leader Barred From Office The Associated Press - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A copy obtained by The AP of Myanmar’s draft constitution confirms that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be barred from …

Long distance passengers suffer as bus owners call impromptu strike KanglaOnline, India - IMPHAL, Mar 30: Passenger services along the Indo-Myanmar road (Imphal-Sugnu) was severely disturbed today as drivers of buses serving along the …

EU Week Ahead: Wind, NATO, Myanmar, Australia EUX.TV, Netherlands -Lastly, the Burma/Myanmar issue is tabled by the Development Committee and the Human Rights Subcommittee. The latter considers how EU policy can influence …

Uproar before release of abducted driver E-Pao.net, India - Imphal, March 30: Bus service along the Indo-Burma Sugnu road was suspended this morning in protest against the abduction of driver Heikrujam Inao by the …

Route 3 binds China and its southern neighbors International Herald Tribune, France - It financed parts of Route 3 in Laos and refurbished roads in northern Myanmar, including the storied Burma Road used by the Allies in World War II to …

Guys in skirts criticized by woman in pants KPCnews.com, IN - 17 hours ago Kind of like men in skirts changing the name of Burma to Myanmar. VIV ROSSWURM is a pants-wearing writer for The Evening Star. …

Archived telegrams show foreign attitudes over Tibet in WWII China Daily, China - According to Chen, Japanese troops invaded Myanmar (then known as Burma) in 1942, not long after the Pearl Harbor attack, cutting China’s international …

The Whole Town’s Talking: Traveler leaves Lusk behind for war zone The Casper Star Tribune, WY - Bleming, who journeyed to the Burma-Thailand border last spring to help the people in the fledgling Republic of Kawthoolei in their battle for independence …

Around the World: Family travel in Myanmar Inside Bay Area, CA - THE TREK IN A SEC: This Orinda family spent two weeks traveling in Myanmar (Burma), wandering through gorgeous pagodas, floating gardens, colorful tribal …

Slain Karen leader: Rebel effort is self defense CNN International - … fighting the government of Myanmar for about 60 years, since shortly after the departure of the British from the country then known as Burma in 1948. …

Burma’s second in command to visit New Delhi Mizzima.com, India - Sources said the Union Cabinet, on March 27, sanctioned the expenditure under ‘Aid to Myanmar‘ funds for the upgrading of Sittwe Port and the Kaladan …

 

Probers call for Thaksin prosecution on Myanmar loan Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand - … charges against former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra involving a Bt4 billion bank loan earlier provided to fund a satellite project in Myanmar. …

 

Myanmar: UN condemns ‘Junta’ for violating human rights Merinews, India - However in Myanmar, the military junta detained people who participated in such protests, resulting in a major crackdown in the country. …

 

Thailand anti-graft body wants ex-Prime Minister Thaksin … International Herald Tribune, France - The committee’s charges against Thaksin in the Myanmar loan case cover both conflict of interest and abuse of his official powers, said committee spokesman …

Draft Constitution Surfaces, Stirring More Debate The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Burma’s draft constitution surfaced last week and, as expected, doesn’t honor basic democratic principles, excluding pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and …

 

Junta No 2 to Visit India The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - By WAI MOE Burma’s second top general, Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye, is scheduled to visit India on April 2 to garner support for the junta’s plans for a …

 

Myanmar Draft Constitution Bars Suu Kyi From Holding Office Wall Street Journal - Other proposed changes include a new name and national flag for Myanmar. The draft proposes to rename the country, which was called Burma until 1989, …

 

Thailand’s Burma Loan to Come under Scrutiny The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - The loan was suspended on the grounds that its main purpose was to enable Burma’s military junta to buy communications equipment directly linked with Shin …

 

Thai anti-graft body wants former PM Thaksin prosecuted for loan … PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - … recommended that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra be prosecuted in connection with a soft loan to Myanmar for communications satellite services. …

 

AEC seeks legal action against Thaksin Nation Multimedia, Thailand - … decides to seek legal action against former prime minister over alleged irregularities involving the Bt4 billion additional soft loan to Burma. …

 

Proposed Myanmar charter bars Suu Kyi from office Reuters - … of the former Burma‘s military junta to keep their nemesis at bay, the clause has simply been copied across from Myanmar‘s two previous constitutions of …

 

Myanmar Dissident Barred From Office The Associated Press - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar‘s draft constitution ensures that the country’s pro-democracy leader cannot make a political comeback and guarantees a strong …

 

CIA puts the world at your fingertips Guardian, UK - It therefore has an entry for Burma, instead of Myanmar. It doesn’t have one for Palestine, but it does have separate entries for the West Bank and Gaza …

 

New Amnesty research reveals at least 40 demonstrators have been … Allmediascotland, UK - … to pressure Burma to allow the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Burma to conduct a fact-finding mission in Myanmar immediately. …

Parliamentarians blast UN’s “weak” response to Myanmar repression Monsters and Critics.com - ‘UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has remained weak, not using his position to call for the UN Security Council action on Burma and his Special Envoy Mr …

   

ASC to consider controversial loan to Burma Bangkok Post, Thailand - … Export-Import Bank of Thailand’s (EXIM) decision to grant loans worth 4 billion baht to Burma while Mr Thaksin Shinawatra was still the prime minister. …

 

Myanmar frontier guards repatriate 30 Bangladeshis Independent-Bangladesh, Bangladesh - The Myanmar border security force handed over 30 Bangladeshi nationals to the Bangladesh Riffles Sunday after they drifted into Myanmar territory with their …