World focus on Burma (20 August 2008)
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Gambari’s mission to Burma ‘disappointing’: opposition
Mizzima.com, India -
On Wednesday, he also met pro-junta student group the 88 generation students (Union of Myanmar) led by Aye Lwin. Nyan Win said Gambari is drifting away from …
UN envoy meets Suu Kyi’s party, but fails to see her
AFP -
The Nigerian diplomat expressed concern over Myanmar’s crumbling economy, and said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon could visit the country in December …
UN envoy Gambari meets NLD leaders
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Gambari also told the NLD leaders he planned to appoint a communications officer based in Burma to facilitate contact when the special envoy is out of the …
Burmese junta prevents Christians and Buddhists from providing …
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
Even the iconic figure of Myanmar’s pro-democracy struggle, Nobel prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, is in a “civilian no-man’s-land as a result of her long …
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi skips meeting with UN envoy
Reuters -
The former Burma’s ruling generals threw a tight security cordon round the state guest house where Ibrahim Gambari and the 63-year-old Nobel laureate have …
UN chief expected to visit Myanmar in December
The Associated Press -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been in a political deadlock since 1990, when Suu Kyi’s party won a general election but was not allowed to take power by …
UN secretary general to visit Myanmar at year-end Monsters and Critics.com -
UN chief expected to visit Myanmar in December The Associated Press -
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88 Generation leaders mark 1 year in detention
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
The price of commodities has doubled since the demonstrators’ arrests and the price of consumer goods continued to increase since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma …
UN envoy Gambari expected to meet Daw Suu
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Pro-democracy groups have criticised Gambari for a lack of tangible success in his efforts to date to bring about political dialogue in Burma, and political …
Gambari Fails to Meet with Suu Kyi
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By SAW YAN NAING The United Nations special envoy to Burma failed to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday as scheduled, according to Rangoon sources. …
UN Envoy Visits Bring Less Interest
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
.. Generation Student Youths (Union of Myanmar). The National Unity Party, a transformation of the Burma Socialist Programme Party which ruled the country …
Channel 4 News, UK -
Burma’s military junta had sought to impose total control over aid operations. And three months on, the United Nations says recovery assistance remains a …
Children Die in Chin State Famine
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Another Chin group, the Chin Human Rights Organization, said the famine had hit about 20 percent of the state’s population, or at least 100000 people. …
Insurers dispute facts regarding ties to Burma
Business Insurance, IL -
The Burma Campaign UK, which seeks to restore democracy to Burma, said on Tuesday that two insurers—XL Capital Ltd. in Hamilton, Bermuda and the Chubb Corp. …
Teacher goes to the aid of Burma’s needy
Sunderland Echo, UK -
The Karen area of Burma was devastated when Cyclone Nargis hit the country on May 2 this year, unleashing 120mph winds, torrential rain and flooding that …
Earthquake hits Yunnan, south-west China
InTheNews.co.uk, UK -
The US Geological Survey claims the epicentre was 140 miles west of Dali, in Yunnan and 40 miles south east of Myitkyina in Burma. …
Earthquake hits China-Burma border Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
Earthquake hits China’s border with Burma ABC Online, Australia -
Bangladesh Keen to Solve Maritime Border Issue
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
… Bangladesh was keen to solve the maritime border dispute with Burma as soon as possible. “Finalization of the country’s maritime border with Myanmar is …
Myanmar teen refugees look for foster homes
Worcester Telegram, MA -
Myanmar, formerly Burma, has been in political turmoil since 1962 when a general staged a coup, banning political opposition and suspending the constitution …
Refugees from Iraq, Burma set to arrive
The Republican – MassLive.com, MA -
More than a half million refugees from Burma, also called Myanmar, have fled their homeland because of ethnic persecution. Nearly 200000 have been living in …
Resentment simmers in Burma a year after unabated crackdown
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – The unabated crackdown by the military junta notwithstanding, resentment against the regime is not likely to diminish, activists and opposition …
UN envoy set to meet Suu Kyi: party
AFP -
YANGON (AFP) — UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari was expected to meet Wednesday with Myanmar’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sources in her National …
ASEAN considers observer status for Burma’s elected government
Radio Australia, Australia -
“We got invited officially, which reflects, we believe, Indonesia’s support for the Burmese democracy movement and that it also wants to see change in Burma …
American Spectator -
She even charged that “There is a holocaust going on,” an overstatement, but an understandable one, since the North’s human rights abuses are grotesque and …
PEACETALK: Mindanao is not alone. By Kristian Herbolzheimer
Minda News, Philippines -
… politics; but others continued their armed struggle, claiming a greater Naga homeland extending over adjacent states and even into neighboring Burma. …
KanglaOnline, India -
… is still this element of suspicion and disguised hostility in the befriending of the military junta in Burma first by China and then followed by India. …
Olympic tally: RP trails SEA neighbors
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
The other SEA Games nations still struggling to land a medal, apart from the Philippines, are Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Cambodia, East Timor and Brunei. …
Myanmar: Not enough cash grant for cyclone victims
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Cyclone Nargis that lashed Burma in early May left at least 100000 households in Burma’s Irrawaddy …
Apocalypse Now? Miami Model Applied to Republican National …
Toward Freedom, VT -
Given that two former top advisers to Republican nominee John McCain have ties to the military junta in Burma, we’ll know where to look first. …
Mainstream, India -
They were expelled from the country and imprisoned in Mandalay in Burma. After their release Ajit Singh went to Canada and joined the Ghadar Party of which …
Report: Myanmar refugees waiting months for aid
Chicago Tribune, United States -
Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest communities of refugees from Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma. …
UN Envoy Tours Cyclone-Struck Areas in Burma
Voice of America -
By VOA News UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari toured Burma’s cyclone-struck Irrawaddy Delta Tuesday to observe recovery and reconstruction efforts. …
Kuwait Presents Result of Asia Trip
The Media Line, NY -
… of businessmen from the oil rich kingdom in the Gulf, visited Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Brunei and the Philippines. …
ChristianityToday.com, IL -
Cyclone Nargis swept through Burma’s low-lying Irrawaddy Delta on May 2. The 2004 Asian tsunami had stripped the terrain of much of its protective …
Australian Star, Australia -
Children from the school recently belted out some tunes to aid cyclone ravaged Burma. Parents watched on as students performed songs and dance routines. …
Burmese MPs urge recognition of ASEAN parliamentarians
Mizzima.com, India -
… accepting Burma as a member, the ASEAN has attracted severe condemnation by the international community for Burma’s failure to improve its human rights …
In pictures: Sketching Burma’s cyclone
BBC News, UK -
In the weeks following Cyclone Nargis, Burma’s military rulers refused to let foreigners into the devastated Irrawaddy Delta. …
