World focus on Burma (7 December 2008)

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POLITICS-THAILAND: Court Gains No Glory by Banning Ruling Party
Inter Press Service, Italy –
While such judicial power is being cheered in some quarters as a welcome development to save Thailand’s flawed democracy, others are asking aloud if proper …

World leaders press UN chief on Myanmar prisoners
Howell Times and Transcript, UT –
Ban traveled to Myanmar, also known as Burma, last May after Cyclone Nargis devastated coastal areas. Setting aside political considerations, he persuaded …

Myanmar: Congratulation to two Burma’s bloggers
OpEdNews, PA –

Popular Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latt was also honored Cyber-Dissident award by the RSF. He is a 28-year-old blogger and organiser of the Myanmar Bloggers …

Bush foreign policy changing in the 11th hour
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA –
That was the Bush policy for every antagonist – North Korea, Syria, Iran, Cuba, Burma. In Iran, administration hard-liners held the fantasy that isolation …

ACT’s favourite unsung heroes can upstage ex-PM
The Canberra Times, Australia –
Ma Khin Mar Mar Kyi grew up in Rangoon, but had to leave Burma in 1990 because of her work with pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under …

Land of disappearing smiles
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
Only Burma has faced such humiliating calls due to its atrocious human rights record, and Rangoon was forced to relinquish the rotating chair in 2005. …

Archbishop Charles Bo on the Church in Myanmar
Vatican Radio, The Vatican –
… so-called «Group of Friends on Myanmar,» which Ban created to exert more influence on Myanmar, formerly called Burma, for political and social reform. …

Maximising growth for Bangladesh: FBCCI vision
The New Nation, Bangladesh –
In recent years China has upgraded the old Burma road between Kunming and Myanmar as part of its association with the AH. The link between Kunming and the …

UN frustration over Myanmar growing
MorungExpress, India –
Ban traveled to Myanmar last May after Cyclone Nargis devastated costal areas. (AP Photo) UNITED NATIONS, december 6 (AFP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon voiced …

Another perspective on trade
OpEdNews, PA –
Before someone jumps on the human rights issue of even being in Burma/Myanmar, it was a decision that I gave a lot of thought before going. …

Causes of terrorism
The New Nation, Bangladesh –
… a Burmese, a Pakistani, an Indian, an Arab, an Israeli, a Korean or a Bangladeshi are the same. And so the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was …

Webcast Alert: Closed End Funds Investor Forum (Singapore Fund Inc.)
MarketWatch –
The ASEAN Group currently is composed of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (formerly Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and ..

Cuban journalist, North Korean radio station and two Burmese …
Mindanao Examiner, Philippines –
Dubbed the “Burmese Charlie Chaplin,” comedian Zarganar defended human rights and denounced the military government’s abuses in sketches and entries in the …

Technology and protest in Myanmar
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands –
The world was watching Myanmar for the first time in decades and the Burmese people, forcibly isolated for so long, were exultantly aware that they were not …

UN chief resists Burma visit pressure
ABC Online, Australia –
Speaking at the UN in New York, Mr Ban made a plea for democratic change in Burma, also known as Myanmar. “I urge the government of Myanmar to respond …

UN Role “Not Enough”: Ban
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Ban reiterated that he would visit Burma only if there is a real expectation of tangible progress. “I am ready to visit Myanmar again, to continue our …

The high price of truth-telling
Toronto Star,  Canada –
The countries in which global journalists are imprisoned include, not surprisingly, Afghanistan, Iraq, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Burma and numerous other …

UN Chief Will Visit Burma Again, Only When Conditions Right
Voice of America –
Mr. Ban visited Burma and met with top leaders after Cyclone Nargis devastated the country in May. His special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, has made four visits …

Who let the blogs out?
Whitman Pioneer, WA –
“I think a lot of times people link journalism and blogging together when it’s not always a seamless link,” said Aviza. “Bloggers are writing out of a …