World focus on Burma (6 July 2008)
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Burma fair to muddling in wake of savage blow Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - BOGALAY, Burma: Two months after a cyclone savaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta, in Burma’s south-west, the bones of drowned victims still clutter the muddy … |
Burmese junta says the 1990 NLD victory no longer legal
Radio Australia, Australia -
Burma’s ruling junta says the victory by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party in 1990 elections is “no longer legal. The official New Light of Myanmar …
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Bush: Skipping Olympics Would Be An Insult CBS News, NY - Mr. Bush also expressed deep concern about Myanmar, or Burma, faulting the country’s military regime for its “unwarranted” limited response to Cyclone … |
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G8 urged to speak out against human rights violations worldwide Earthtimes (press release), UK - … a summit meeting in Toyako, Japan, HRN specified for immediate attention the situations in Sudan’s Darfur region, Zimbabwe, Tibet and Myanmar (Burma). … |
E-Pao.net, India -
On preliminary interrogation, Naoba disclosed that he joined KYKL and underwent training at Burma (Myanmar). Based on further interrogation, …
Which are the world’s most corrupt countries?
CTV.ca, Canada -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, probably wins the prize for worst public relations of the year. Last fall, the military-led government cracked down on …
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Green Left Weekly, Australia - The last time I saw Aung San Suu Kyi, general secretary of Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD), was in 1996. The last time I saw Aung San Suu Kyi, … |
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Myanmar’s Storm Survivors Cobble Together a Meager Future Hartford Courant, United States - BOGALAY, Myanmar — – Two months after a cyclone ravaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta, in Myanmar’s southwest, the bones of drowning victims still clutter the … |
Barry Tompkins: What’s real, what’s faux in Burma?
Marin Independent-Journal, CA -
To the world, the old Burma is the new Myanmar. To the Thai people, the old Myanmar is still Burma. “Myanmar is the ancient name of the country,” Toi said. …
Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Fukuda of Japan in …
Business Wire (press release), CA -
We are concerned about enriched uranium, and proliferation, and human rights abuses, ballistic missile programs. I view this process as a multi-step process …
Times of Malta, Malta -
The country’s other neighbour, Burma, is not expected to offer much refuge. The island of Manhattan alone produces more emissions than Bangladesh. …
Green Left Weekly, Australia -
2008: Cyclone Nargis brings death to the Irrawaddy delta. The junta restricts outside assistance and continues to wage war on ethnic minorities while …
US should carefully weigh costs of forcible intervention
Online Athens, GA -
The aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which felled as many as 100000 Burmese, has set off a lively discussion of the international community’s “responsibility to …
‘To Be Busy Helps Them Forget’
Washington Post, United States -
BOGALAY, Burma — Two months after a cyclone savaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta, in Burma’s southwest, the bones of drowning victims still clutter the …
The Post, Pakistan -
State violence keeps protestors away in Burma and China but does that mean that there is no resentment against the sitting government? …
The following is a transcript of President Bush’s weekly radio …
FOXNews -
These new citizens come from countries as diverse as Burma, Afghanistan, Norway, and Iraq. These new citizens are proof that there is no American race, …
Bush heads to Japan, economic summit
AFP -
The summit is reportedly expected to yield a new system of “food reserves” to assist hungry nations, and soaring oil prices, the situation in Myanmar, …
Burmese New Year celebrated in Utica
Utica Observer Dispatch, NY -
Myanmar, formerly Burma, sits in a tropical climate. Last year, the event took place at Proctor Park, where about 300 people attended. …
Myanmar junta’s grip firm for now
Kuwait Times, Kuwait -
Steinberg said the junta constantly trumpet achievements in modernizing the isolated and impoverished Southeast Asian nation formerly named Burma. …
Deccan Herald, India -
“There was plenty of primary-source documentation of Perry’s adventures in North-East India and northwest Burma. For example, there was a massive …
