Posts Tagged ‘Aung Suu Kyi’
World focus on Burma (14 September 2008)
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The Asian century still a long way off
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
“The Thais, all they care about is money, nothing else,” one Burmese acquaintance told me in Rangoon, despite never having been to Thailand. …
Aung San Suu Kyi meets doctor amid health worries: witnesses
AFP -
YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for several hours with her physician Sunday, witnesses said, amid worries for her …
Myanmar loosens some strictures on Aung San Suu Kyi
International Herald Tribune, France -
By Seth Mydans BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military junta will allow the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to receive letters from her two sons as well as some …
Nobel laureate from Iran urges against military action
Los Angeles Times, CA -
… up political pressure on the military regime to democratize the nation and free Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader and 1991 Nobel laureate. …
Rambo-type people less likely to survive disasters!
Entertainment and Showbiz!, India -
To reach the conclusion, Gonzales reviewed miraculous tales of survival from catastrophes like the Burmese cyclone, September 11 attacks and the Boxing Day …
Newspaper: 2 bomb blasts in central Myanmar kill 2
The Associated Press -
The military, which has ruled Myanmar, also called Burma, since 1962, has been widely criticized for suppressing basic freedoms.
Resources center will aid refugee influx
WTHI, IN -
Some of its programs will be specifically for refugees from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Thousands of refugees from Myanmar have resettled in Fort …
Beloved Leader would be mourned by more than those in North Korea
Sunday Herald, UK -
… event of Kim’s demise – think a military-style junta along the lines of that seen in Burma – there would be inevitable tensions over the nuclear issue. …
Climate change challenges
The Daily Star, Bangladesh -
In December last year I visited Bangladesh and met people who had lost their homes, their possessions and in many cases their loved ones in Cyclone Sidr. …
Man sets out to retrace his ancestor’s trek around the world …
Chicago Sun-Times, United States -
Tempas, who has been in touch with the State Department, will skip Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, because of political unrest. …
Suu Kyi to appeal to Myanmar junta for her release: lawyer
AFP -
India ‘must not show weakness to China’
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
On India’s eastern flank, China has allied with Burma’s military regime and begun constructing another deep water port on the Bay of Bengal. …
