Archive for July 19th, 2008
တိုင္းျပည္နဲ႔ လူမ်ဳိးကို ခ်စ္တဲ့ ျမန္မာစစ္သည္တိုင္းက စံနမူနာ ထားအပ္တဲ့ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္ေအာင္ဆန္း
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ေႏြေဗဒါ ေရးေသာ “ေမာ္ကြန္းလည္း ထိုးေလာက္တယ္..ျမင့္ျမတ္တဲ့..ဗိုလ္ေအာင္ဆန္းရယ္” ေဆာင္းပါးကို မူရင္းေဖာ္ျပထားသည့္ ဇစ္ျမစ္အား ေလာေလာဆယ္ မသိရေသးပါ။ သိသိခ်င္း ေဖာ္ျပေပးပါမည္။ ေဆာင္းပါးရွင္ႏွင့္တကြ သိသူမ်ားရွိလွ်င္လည္း အေၾကာင္းၾကားေစလိုပါသည္။
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World focus on Burma (19 July 2008)
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The Daily Star, Bangladesh -
For instance, Burma’s record on human rights and democratic advancement is quite distinct. Indonesia will certainly strive to make respect for democracy, …
Bush’s Aspirational Words on Timetables, and Torture.
The Moderate Voice -
Notorious human rights abusers, including, among others, Burma, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Zimbabwe, have long sought to shield their abuses from the eyes …
Vote USA 2008 issues: Foreign policy
BBC News, UK -
But he has stressed his willingness to bring up human rights in negotiations with China’s leaders, as has Mr McCain. Mr McCain cites “hedg[ing] against …
Burmese refugees find safety in Austin
Houston Chronicle, United States -
Here in Austin, he wants people to know about Burma, how people are being oppressed and how innocent people are denied human rights. …
Cheap gas is tool for dictators
Post-Bulletin, MN -
Remember what happened last summer when Burma raised fuel prices? A vast popular uprising that brought the world’s wrath raining down on the ruling junta. …
US Humanitarian Aid Focuses on Saving Lives, Not Politics
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
Many in Congress recalled the recent experience with the military junta that rules Burma and its reluctance to permit the United States and other nations to …
Burma’s Suu Kyi remembers father’s death from house arrest
Radio Australia, Australia -
Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has remained under house arrest as others gathered to pay tribute to her late father on Martyrs’ day. …
Suu Kyi banned from Myanmar Martyrs’ day gathering
AFP -
YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest Saturday as others gathered to pay tribute to her late father on …
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been under military rule since 1962. Suu Kyi’s party swept the last general elections in 1990, but the military refused to …
Junta sells seeds which do not sprout to farmers in Irrawaddy
Mizzima.com, India -
Bangkok — Made to buy seeds that do not sprout, farmers in Burma’s cyclone hit zone of Bogale township in Irrawaddy division are in trouble planting rice. …
BENEFIT CONCERTS IN NIAGARA FALLS;
Welland Tribune, Canada -
Also, Firemen’s Park will play host to a benefit concert and barbecue on Sunday to help raise money for refugees and survivors from Burma’s cyclone disaster …
Cloud Cottage summer schedule set
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC -
He uses Asian paper making techniques and styles. In the last decade he has studied this traditional art form in studios throughout Asia (Bhutan, Burma, …
Spy games: The Case of Naing Naing
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
He then told us about an exam that U Tin Myint Oo and Daw Aye Aye Thant, the family of the late Burmese UN Secretary-General U Thant (who were then living …
Aljazeera.net, Qatar -
Soe Aung, from the National Council of the Union of Burma, an umbrella group for Myanmar’s opposition, told Al Jazeera that resentment towards the military …
Weekly Business Roundup (July 19, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Burmese government officials involved in post-cyclone repair work have reportedly ordered replanting and expansion of mangrove forests in coastal areas of …
UN Special Envoy to visit Myanmar for the fourth time
Merinews, India -
The UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari is to visit Myanmar for fourth time in mid-August to bring about some kind of rapprochement between the military junta …
The need for relief remains great
Dailyrecord.com, NJ -
Unlike Myanmar (the former Burma), where victims of the recent cyclone were not only neglected by their government, but had outside aid denied to them, …
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Times of Malta, Malta - A delegation from SOS Malta’s Sri Lankan partner, Healing Hands, has just returned from an aid visit to Burma and will now work to further assist with the … |
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India Commerce Minister Says Visit of Burmese Counterpart to Boost … istockAnalyst.com, OR - New Delhi: Having agreed upon an alternative access route to the North-East, India and Myanmar [Burma] are set to further enhance their engagement with the … |
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Aljazeera.net, Qatar - The announcement came as the country, formerly known as Burma, held a downgraded ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day, commemorating the killing of General Aung … |
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Burma once again likely to steal ASEAN show Nation Multimedia, Thailand - It was abruptly overshadowed by the Burma regime’s decision to call off a scheduled ASEAN leaders meeting with UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, … |
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From the editorial advisory board Daily Camera, CO - Sanctioned countries include Burma, Cuba, Iran and Sudan. There’s an additional list of 6000 companies and people who are also sanctioned, such as Irish … Families hang on to hope for Burma’s cyclone missing Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - The missing child is just one of almost 54 000 people still unaccounted for more than two months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Burma. … |
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Security tight in Myanmar as death of Aung San Suu Kyi’s father … International Herald Tribune, France - AP YANGON, Myanmar: Hundreds of riot police and soldiers ringed a monument in downtown Yangon on Saturday as officials gathered to commemorate the shooting … |
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Fort Myers mourns ‘a good man,’ who leaves kids, wife The News-Press, FL - … pastored college-age adults at a church in Toledo, Ohio, and had been on mission trips to violence-torn Myanmar, once known as Burma. … |
Yangon- Myanmar’s Martyr’s Day, the annual commemoration of the assassinations of opposition leader
World Bank says Asian cities at risk
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Coastal cities in Burma, China, Thailand and Vietnam are among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, disaster response and climate change experts told a …
Down-graded Martyr’s Day ceremony in Myanmar
Monsters and Critics.com -
Yangon- Myanmar’s Martyr’s Day, the annual commemoration of the assassinations of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s father Aung San and eight other …
Human rights group blasts Thailand for returning Karen refugees
Monsters and Critics.com -
Bangkok – The New York-based Human Rights Watch on Saturday blasted Thailand for forcing 52 Karen refugees to return to a conflict-zone in Myanmar on …
Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma
Human Rights Watch (press release) -
The Karen, an ethnic group who have fled armed conflict and human rights violations in Burma, face persecution and violent reprisals by the Burmese military …
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Big ‘U-Turn For Christ’ Crowd Attends Hog Roast Greeneville Sun, TN - … also started a total of 12 U-Turn For Christ churches in the Philippines, Thailand, and most recently, one church in Myanmar (formerly called Burma). … |
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NGOs concerned over end of UN cyclone aid flights to Myanmar ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - The UN announced this week that it will end aid flights from Thailand to cyclone-hit Myanmar (Burma) on August 10, leaving relief agencies worried that the … |
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UN humanitarian chief to travel to Myanmar next week Straits Times, Singapore - UNITED NATIONS – UNITED Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes is to travel to Myanmar next week to assess the country’s recovery efforts after the … |
ASEAN finally gets something right on Myanmar
China Post, Taiwan -
By Peter Janssen, dpa Myanmar, also known as Burma, joined the club in 1997 and has been a constant embarrassment since, to the extent of raising serious …
China Hits Back After Spielberg Quits Games
Buzzle, CA -
… crackdowns on spiritual movements, environmental problems and China’s support for Sudan, Burma and other governments deemed repressive in the west. …
Seeds of further uprising amid the fear and intimidation
guardian.co.uk, UK -
In Rangoon, Burma’s former capital, an atmosphere of fear and intimidation smothers the city. Since September’s failed uprising, when thousands of people …
guardian.co.uk, UK -
Away from preying eyes, Burmese from all walks of life voice anger and frustration at the military junta. “After the uprising, and what they did to the …
