Archive for June 25th, 2008
World focus on Burma (25 June 2008)
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Trek aims to bring peace to Myanmar
Akron Beacon Journal, OH -
Okkar Kyaw, 15, and Chaw Kyaw, 13, carried red flags with a lone star and a yellow peacock, which represents the freedom movement in Myanmar, formerly Burma …
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hometownweekly, MA - More than a month after Cyclone Nargis ravaged and completely destroyed villages in the delta region of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), the situation is … |
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Sri Lanka floods put slight delay on Myanmar Bible response Mission Network NEws (press release), Grand Rapids - They want to get them into Burma before the door slams closed. “There’s a lot of the workers that are out there calling on the people and working with them, … |
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Times Now.tv, India - Jun 25, 2008 … Military Academy, Dehradun, in 1934. He saw action in Burma, now Myanmar, during the Second World War and became the Indian Army chief on June 7, 1969. |
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Dugong, Dolphin Round Out Endangered Animal Coins NumisMaster.com, WI - This dolphin was first described from a specimen from the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (Burma). They occur discontinuously along coasts in shallow brackish … |
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MWC News, Canada - Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar (Burma) Her party won 80% of the seats in a democratic election in 1990, but the military government refused to recognize the … |
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Myanmar journalist arrested for burying cyclone dead: watchdog AFP - Myanmar’s military, which has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since 1962, sparked global outrage in the weeks after the storm by refusing to allow … |
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Myanmar stresses prompt repair of cyclone-ravaged jetties in Yangon Xinhua, China - YANGON, June 26 (Xinhua) — The Myanmar authorities have stressed the prompt repair of remaining cyclone-ravaged jetties in Yangon to ensure speedy and … |
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‘Ocean’s’ Co-Stars Team Up For Myanmar Ad Campaign andPOP, Canada - The trio lent their star power to an advertising campaign aimed at boosting aid for Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), which was devastated by a cyclone … |
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Dubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - By AP YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar said Tuesday that 84500 people perished in last month’s cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77700 had died … |
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Biazon: US carrier not for rescue, recovery operations Inquirer.net, Philippines - Alvarez said the US government was sending over a carrier group bigger than what it had sent to Burma (Myanmar) and China, “whose cyclone and earthquake … |
Despite Myanmar junta’s lagging response, cyclone victims have …
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
Used to nothing: “The Burmese people are used to getting nothing,” said Shari Villarosa, the highest-ranking US diplomat in Myanmar, formerly Burma. …
Clooney, Pitt and Damon Launch Ad Campaign For Myanmar
Access Hollywood -
The ad, titled “Burma’s Broken Promises,” calls for more aid for the beleaguered region in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. “Burma’s neighbors have the power to …
Emergency Telecom Agency Leaves Myanmar Over Government Block
RTT News, NY -
However, the group members were help up in the capital city of Rangoon after Burma’s military junta refused them permission to deploy in the worst affected …
Myanmar cyclone survivors proved tough, experts say
Washington Post, United States -
The media were able to quote some important people to make the case that a second disaster was in the making in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
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Karen Armed Rebellion in Burma Takes a New Turn: Ex-American … Asian Tribune, Thailand - We know how the government of Myanmar would answer that question, but what we need to listen to the voice – and cry – of the Burmese people. … |
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Taipei Times, Taiwan - The Ministry of the Interior has some 400 petitions from overseas Chinese descendants from Thailand and Myanmar living in Taiwan without residence permits. … |
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Pitt, Clooney and Damon Fight For Cyclone Victims KGET 17, CA - Burma’s neighbors remain some of the only hopes for these victims who are struggling to survive,” said Alex Wagner, Executive Director of Not On Our Watch. |
Junta desperate to stop cyclone aftermath coverage
Merinews, India -
The Myanmar junta has done everything in its power to stop media coverage of the devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis and the sufferings of the people of …
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Burma: Aid to cyclone victims may end in three weeks warns UN آكي, Italy - Nearly three-quarters of those who survived Burma’s devastating cyclone last month do not have enough food to survive more than a week and desperately need … |
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Burma blocks emergency telecoms BBC News, UK - Two teams of foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms in disaster areas have been forced to leave cyclone-hit Burma. … |
Sorting truly sustainable tech from greenwash
ZDNet UK, UK -
I have just received an update that Telecoms Sans Frontieres, a charity that specialises in setting up telecoms equipment in disaster zones has quit Burma …
God can help us through any event
Forres Gazette, UK -
… relatives, property, even their livelihood as a result of earthquakes and extreme weather events such as those witnessed in Myanmar (Burma), China and, …
Burmese journalists continue to be arrested, foreign journalists …
Reporters without borders (press release), France -
Myanmar Tribune editor Aung Kyaw San has been arrested and his magazine closed because of his humanitarian work in cyclone-hit areas. …
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China Worried About Illegal Drugs During Olympics Voice of America - He says the heroin supply out of southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle region — made up of Burma, Laos and Thailand — has decreased significantly. … |
Myanmar storm survivors running out of food: UN
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
BANGKOK, June 25, 2008 (AFP) – Nearly three quarters of those who survived Myanmar’s devastating cyclone lack enough food to last more than a week and …
Rice running out of stock for cyclone Nargis victims, says ASEAN …
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
Surin said Myanmar had also appealed for 3.6 million bags of fertilizer and 5.5 million litres of diesel to help farmers operate their ploughing machines as …
Household filters can solve water pollution
Yemen Observer, Yemen -
… Ghana, El Salvador, the Darfur region of Sudan and Myanmar, Burma and recently in Yemen. The PFP filter is simple in design, easy for families to use, …
Junta Signs Gas Deal with Thailand
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The gas will fuel Thailand’s expanding electricity generating industry—while most of Burma remains without power. Senior executives of PTTEP, …
More than 30000 Burmese Refugees Resettled
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Some activists have charged that Burma’s ruling junta is waging a genocidal campaign against the Karen and other rebel ethnic groups. …
‘American Friend’ Helps Settle People Of Other Cultures
Hartford Courant, United States -
They are members of the Karen ethnic group who originally were from Burma, now called Myanmar. Putnam made her way into a third-floor apartment where two …
Sen. Charles Schumer says he wants to ensure that a final bill includes a revocation on a tax credit for Chevron.
Photo: John Shinkle
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Senators want a win for Lantos Politico, DC - Chevron’s ownership stake in a natural gas pipeline in Myanmar, also known as Burma, has put the company in Lantos’ posthumous sights. … |
India cosies up to Myanmar with $84 million loan
Reuters India, India -
The city, capital of the former Burma’s northwest Rakhine state, is also the planned start-point of a huge natural gas and oil pipeline leading from the …
Change of leadership in Great Lakes recruit training command
Aurora Beacon News, IL -
Such was the case in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of the US Pacific Command, ordered our Navy ships loaded with …
China offers rare praise for Myanmar’s drug fight
Washington Post, United States -
Last September, Washington said that the former Burma had “failed demonstrably” to fight illegal drugs and that it had been “very lackluster” in …
Karen Armed Rebellion in Burma Takes a New Turn: Ex-American …
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
Washington, DC June 25 (Asiantribune.com): Along the Thailand’s western border with Burma (also known as Myanmar) is a small but active Thai frontier town …
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25, 2008 By AP (RANGOON, Burma) — Burma said Tuesday that 84500 people perished in last month’s cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77700 …
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Clooney, Pitt launch Myanmar ad campaign AFP - The May 2-3 cyclone left around 138000 people dead and missing in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta region, according to the junta, and the UN estimates 2.4 million … |
Second flash appeal conference for Myanmar on July 10
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
YANGON, June 25 (Bernama) — The second flash appeal conference for the immediate recovery for Cyclone Nargis victims in Myanmar will be held in New York on …
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Post-cyclone assessment completed in Myanmar+ TMCnet - From June 11 to June 20, 350 officials and volunteers from the Myanmar government, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the United Nations … |
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Washington diary: Tackling Zimbabwe BBC News, UK - The generals of Burma thumbed their nose at the global community, first by gunning down monks in the streets, then by watching their own citizens die rather … |
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Myanmar says worst of emergency crisis is over Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand - YANGON, June 24 (Bernama) — Almost two months after the deadly ‘Cyclone Nargis’ claimed about 140000 lives, the Myanmar Government says there are several … |
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Abhisit: Samak unfit to lead the country Bangkok Post, Thailand - Mr Samak claimed credit for convincing Burma to accept United States assistance in the wake of the devastating cyclone Nargis, which hit the neighbouring … |
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Junta retires senior generals in reshuffle Times Online, UK - Aung Naing Oo, a Burma analyst based in Thailand, said that some of the older generals had retired because of ill-health; others could take parliamentary … |
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Myanmar cyclone crisis update 24 Jun 2008 ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - A cyclone hit the Myanmar delta region in the early hours of Saturday 3 May. State media in Myanmar have reported a death toll of 78000 to date. … |
Myanmar: 84500 died in cyclone
The Associated Press -
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar said Tuesday that 84500 people perished in last month’s cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77700 had died …
AZ Central.com, AZ -
IRC in Phoenix has helped people from Brundi, Burma/Myanmar, Iraq, Cuba and Somalia to immigrate. A timeline of the IRC’s history of humanitarian aid shows …
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Arroyo gets US flag as sympathy gesture Inquirer.net, Philippines - … of important issues to talk about, not only on natural disasters but also on [collaboration] on Myanmar (Burma), ASEAN, economic issues,” Kenney said. … |
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AIPMC on European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma Asian Tribune, Thailand - … consisting of Parliamentarians from eight European Countries, is encouraging and timely at a time when the situation in Myanmar / Burma is dire. … |
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Seminar to Address Compliance, Risks of Selling Colored Gemstones Diamonds.net, NY - … licenses for irradiated gemstones and current legal initiatives in the House and Senate regarding gemstones from Myanmar (also known as Burma. … |
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Christian Science Monitor, MA - In Southeast Asia, governments there – not all democratic – have been unable to unify against Burma (Myanmar). Much of Africa, though, is slowly coming … |
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Burma Says 84500 Died in Cyclone FOXNews - Meanwhile, a representative from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the regional bloc that includes Burma, renamed Myanmar by the ruling military … |
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Iraq Story Buried by US Networks Common Dreams (press release), ME - … Iraq is a human disaster worse than the cyclone in Burma/Myanmar, or the earthquakes in China for that matter, but for US networks it’s not newsworthy. … |
Deaths in Burma cyclone increase to 84500
USA Today -
Rangoon, Burma (AP) — Burma said Tuesday that 84500 people perished in last month’s cyclone, up from the last official announcement that 77700 had died in …
World focus on Burma (24 June 2008)
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Burma Urgently Needs Democratic Reforms Sponsored by the UN
OpEdNews, PA -
Poor people in Myanmar spend on average 70 percent of their household budget on food, and they cannot afford to buy the same quantities of food at the …
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Myanmar: 1st press release of Tripartite Core Group ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - The aim of the TCG is to act as an ASEAN-led mechanism to facilitate trust, confidence and cooperation between Myanmar and the international community in … |
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Burma: Exiled opposition leader calls for meetings with China and … Adnkronos International Italia, Italy - Win is a cousin of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently under house arrest. Suu Kyi is the leader of the National League of … |
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CWS assisting one million people in Myanmar, now shifting focus to … Church World Service (press release), IN - … it has provided temporary shelter and fresh water supplies sufficient for nearly one million Myanmar (Burma) cyclone survivors. … |
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Tripartite core group completes joint assessment on cyclone impact … Xinhua, China - According to the press release, 350 officials and volunteers from the Myanmar government, ASEAN and UN,, supported by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank … |
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Myanmar continues to suffer after cyclone NDTV.com, India - The official toll has reached tens of thousands, and the cyclone and its aftermath are still taking a toll on Burma. And there is no one to tell the tale to … |
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South Korean Paper Notes “Disappointment” Over China-Burma Gas Deal RedOrbit, TX - Regarding the decision, Yim Chae-mun, vice president of Daewoo International, said, “To deliver the natural gas from Myanmar to Korea, we would need … |
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Work-shy Myanmar buffaloes add to farmers’ woes elEconomista.es, Spain - By Aung Hla Tun DEDAYE, Myanmar (Reuters) – With a planting deadlinelooming, rice farmers in cyclone-hit parts of Myanmar’sIrrawaddy delta have hit a … |
Myanmar cyclone report to be presented in Singapore – Summary
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
Yangon – Results of an assessment of the damage wrought by Cyclone Nargis on Myanmar will be presented next month at an Association of South-East Asian …
Myanmar: Cyclone Toll Crosses 138000
RTT News, NY -
The latest estimate comes even as a massive international effort is on to bring provide relief to some 2.4 million survivors of Myanmar’s worst natural …
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Burma Drops New Operating Guidelines The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - By WAI MOE The United Nations agencies and international nongovernmental organizations will return to the old operating guidelines in effect before Burma … |
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Burma cyclone deaths rise to 84500 CBC.ca, Canada - Cyclone Nargis lashed Burma, also known as Myanmar, on May 2 and 3, cutting large swaths in the Irrawaddy River Delta and the area around Rangoon, … |
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South Korean, Chinese Firms Sign Burma Gas Deal RedOrbit, TX - Daewoo International predicts the deal will allow it to make profits of more than US$1 billion for 25 years from 2012 when the gas blocks in Myanmar will … |
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Myanmar cyclone toll rises to 138000 dead, missing Reuters - YANGON, June 24 (Reuters) – More than 138000 are dead or missing from the devastating cyclone that struck Myanmar last month, the government said on Tuesday … |
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Strategy Page - June 14, 2008: In Myanmar (Burma) the military dictatorship decided to get rid of foreign relief workers by simply closing the refugee camps and ordering … |
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Burma deports South Korean journalist, reports Mizzima.com Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Thailand - A South Korean journalist was deported from Burma by the ruling military junta on 22 June 2008 for visiting the office of the opposition National League for … |
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Myanmar launches 11-day gems auction: report AFP - YANGON (AFP) — Military-run Myanmar on Tuesday launched an 11-day auction of precious gems in Yangon, state media said, as the country struggles to recover … |
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Myanmar Keeps the Wheels On With China’s Help Wall Street Journal - … former name of Burma. Other international companies that do business with Myanmar include Thai oil and gas producer PTT Exploration & Production PCL, … |
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Myanmar cyclone toll tops 138000 dead and missing: official AFP - YANGON (AFP) — More than 84000 people died in last month’s deadly cyclone, while nearly 54000 were still missing, a Myanmar official said Tuesday, … |
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Myanmar: How many of us have to die for your diplomatic game? OpEdNews, PA - By Ashin Metacarra The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. … |
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Cyclone death toll rises to 84500 The Press Association - Burma has announced that 84500 people perished in last month’s cyclone, up from its earlier toll of 77700. Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu told reporters … |
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International war deaths tally triples prior estimates: study Gulf Times, Qatar - But in the other countries examined – Burma (now Myanmar), Ethiopia, Guatemala, Namibia and the Philippines – death tolls dropped compared to earlier … |
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Myanmar appreciates int’l medics for cyclone healthcare services Xinhua, China - YANGON, June 24 (Xinhua) — Myanmar appreciated international medics including those of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for their … |
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Myanmar: 84500 confirmed dead from cyclone The Associated Press - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling junta has announced that 84500 people perished in Cyclone Nargis in May, up from an earlier confirmed toll of 77700. … |
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Myanmar’s new capital: Out of sight Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Myanmar, formerly Burma, has no sitting parliament; so the building, once completed, may sit empty for a while. The generals have vowed to hold “multiparty, … |
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Volunteer groups lead Myanmar aid efforts Mission Network NEws (press release), Grand Rapids - Myanmar (MNN) ― Nearly two months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, the struggle to get aid to the rural areas continues. Many foreign relief groups were … |
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Burma cyclone deaths rise to 84500 CBC.ca, Canada - Cyclone Nargis lashed Burma, also known as Myanmar, on May 2 and 3, cutting large swaths in the Irrawaddy River Delta and the area around Rangoon, … Deaths in Burma cyclone increase to 84500 USA Today Tripartite core group completes joint assessment on cyclone impact … Xinhua |
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Myanmar continues to suffer after cyclone NDTV.com, India - The official toll has reached tens of thousands, and the cyclone and its aftermath are still taking a toll on Burma. And there is no one to tell the tale to … Myanmar’s new capital: Out of sight Minneapolis Star Tribune Myanmar’s new capital: Remote, lavish, off-limits International Herald Tribune |
