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Voters and officials punished for ‘No’ votes
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… while wards inhabited by the authorities and the pro-junta Union and Solidarity and Development Association members have been given 24-hour electricity. …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The message appeared on July 19, Burma’s Martyr Day. The signboard, about 10 X 4-feet, is located on Suu Kyi’s property and can be read from the street in …
International Insurance Companies Leave Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
We strongly condemn all insurers that remain involved in our junta-run country. They help keep the generals in power and condemn Burma’s 50 million people …
Gambari has Big Agenda during Visit
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The UN envoy met with Burma’s Foreign Minister Nyan Win on Monday in hope of continuing the stalled talks between the junta and pro-democracy leader Aung …
Missing Links: The Hypocrisy Audit
Foreign Policy (subscription) -
… of that regime does not mean that the United States should feel constrained from pressuring the tyrants of Burma to abandon their murderous ways. …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WAI MOE The United Nations Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Rangoon on Monday for a five-day trip to Burma. …
Burma’s Annual Natural Gas Sales Rise 25 Percent
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By AP RANGOON — Burma’s natural gas sales soared nearly 25 percent to US $2.5 billion in the financial year through March, official statistics seen Tuesday …
Myanmar natural gas exports jump 25 pc
Economic Times, India -
YANGON: Myanmar’s natural gas exports rose by about 25 per cent to $2.5 billion in the fiscal year ending in March, official statistics showed on Tuesday. …
Gambari’s mission kicks off to little fanfare
Mizzima.com, India -
Inside Burma, the state run press, New Light of Myanmar, attached no visible importance to the proceedings of the Special Advisor. Coverage of his first day …
Combating opium in Afghanistan
ISN, Switzerland -
Even the military dictatorship regime in Burma got into the act, claiming the arrest of over 300 traffickers and multiple opium seizures during the month of …
Looking For Trouble
FrontPage magazine.com, CA -
Democracy is not an ideology–it’s a technique for political organization that uses elections as a tool. Today, we Americans are at our worst (and most …
UN envoy tours Myanmar cyclone zone

AFP -
YANGON (AFP) — UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari toured Myanmar’s cyclone-struck delta Tuesday while on a mission to push the junta to re-open talks with detained …
Land of Promise: Refugees rely on faith
Amarillo.com (subscription), TX -
He’s now among some 700 refugees from Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), Somalia, the Sudan and elsewhere who have moved to the Texas Panhandle since the …
Wall Street Journal -
Mr. Sitagu Sayadaw was born in 1937 in a small town in central Myanmar, then known as Burma. At age seven, he entered the local monastery to study, …

Shan Herald Agency for News, Thailand -
Kyaw Phyoe had been on an inspection trip on the Thai-Burma border since 16 August. He also charged the kingdom of employing the anti-junta Shan State Army …
Zimbabwe crisis a disgrace: Asmal
SABC News, South Africa -
He says Zimbabwe and Burma are examples of countries where passive resistance has failed. Asmal was speaking in Johannesburg last night at the 100th …
UN envoy begins five-day visit to Myanmar
UN News Centre - 
18 August 2008 – The top United Nations envoy to Myanmar kicked off his five-dray trip to the Asian nation today by meeting with Foreign Minister U Nyan Win …
UN, Myanmar resolve aid currency problem
Daily Times, Pakistan -
With little to show from his previous five missions to the former Burma, hopes of a breakthrough on Gambari’s sixth visit are low. reuters.
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Aung San Suu Kyi (L) holds talks with Ibrahim Gambari in March 2008
YANGON (AFP) — UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met Monday with Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win, state media said, shortly after he arrived in Yangon on a mission …
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Two kinds of Myanmar currencies in use at the same time
Myanmar “Kyat”