Posts Tagged ‘Constitution’
World focus on Burma (14 July 2008)
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Mysterious murder of elderly woman in Rangoon
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – An elderly woman in Burma’s former capital Rangoon was found dead in her residence-cum tailoring shop in Hledan Street in Kamayut Township on …
United Press International, Asia, China -
These people are forced to enter the trade, often because of poor economic conditions coupled with a lack of local human rights protections. …
A new John Woo Chinese movie, “Red Cliffs” and the profound …
Capitol Hill Blue, VA -
The Modus Operandi of the present junta of military dictators in Burma (Myanmar) is also like that of Mao’s posing as the great strategist Chuko-Liang …
Damaged rice production regions monitored with GIS
Western Farm Press -
The commodity intelligence reports issued for the country formerly known as Burma focus on Myanmar’s major rice-producing areas, which have suffered …
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NW Evening Mail, UK - It was one of the few organisations to have staff allowed into Burma early after the recent Cyclone Nargis to help organise relief operations, … |
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Save the Children smash two world records in record time! Politics.co.uk, UK - For further information about our work please visit http://www.savethechildren.org.uk *** CHINA earthquake and BURMA cyclone – We`re helping children and their … |
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Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - o Thirty-three pilgrims, six priests, three mauve nuns – each left a Burma where churches cannot be rebuilt and large gatherings are still outlawed. … |
Children give up their beds for ‘Giant Sleepover’ world record attempt
24dash, UK -
The recent cyclone in Myanmar (Burma) and the earthquake in China continue to affect the lives of millions of children. Each night many children in Myanmar …
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Benefit Concert in San Francisco on August 2 to Provide Aid for … U.S. Asian Wire (press release), NJ - SAN FRANCISCO—(US ASIAN WIRE)— Touched by the destruction left by the cyclone in Burma (Myanmar) and the earthquake in Sichuan province, China, … |
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Disney Interactive Studios Partners With Music for Relief for … Business Wire (press release), CA - … or know someone abroad that has suffered from the cyclone that devastated Burma/Myanmar this past spring, teens are eager to band together and support a … |
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Thailand: Refugee policy gets mixed reviews ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Since early 2005, UNHCR has been involved in the resettlement of more than 30000 Burmese refugees from camps on the Thai/Myanmar border to third countries. … |
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Armed Burmese Uprising “Likely Consequence”: Chomsky The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Chomsky said that China, the biggest supporter of the Burmese generals, would likely tolerate the overthrow of the junta. “Maybe even welcome it,” he said. … Six Burmese Athletes to Compete in Olympics The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - By SAW YAN NAING Six Burmese athletes will be sent to Beijing next month for the 2008 Olympic Games, according to the Myanmar Olympic Committee (MOC). … |
More Relief Effort Needed: Asean Secretary-General
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Meanwhile, a top UN official in Burma said the biggest challenge in the cyclone-devastated area is how to keep the relief work moving forward. …
Aceh Fishermen Serving Jail Terms in Burma
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“We have a directorate of protection in the Indonesian embassy in Myanmar [Burma] that will follow up any information on Indonesian citizens being detained …
Junta plans to pull strings to win elections
Mizzima.com, India -
… any potential political party or political figures who are really seeking a free and fair election to usher in democracy in Myanmar (Burma),” he said. …
First the storm, then the plague
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
When asked how things are in the Cylone-affected Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, the first thing that they describe is the flies. Thick clouds of biting flies …
After Buddhist monks, bloggers are second helpful in Burma
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Buddhist monks have given food and shelter to the cyclone survivors and have raised money, medicine and aid by preaching Dhamma in public to help the people …
Mizzima.com, India -
Burma’s main political opposition, the National League for Democracy, which has opposed every step of the junta’s road map, said it is still undecided …
Poll reveals most Burmese ignorant about constitution
Mizzima.com, India -
Despite the junta’s claim that its draft constitution has been overwhelmingly supported by 92.48 per cent of all eligible voters, a random survey conducted …
What if Thailand Wants ‘Migrant Problems’?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The media and NGOs usually focus more on “problem” migrant issues, such as work permits, medical care, education of children and human rights. …
High-mindedness didn’t save hostages – ‘hard power’ did
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA -
Before that, the cause du jour was Burma, where a vicious dictatorship allowed thousands of cyclone victims to die by denying them independently delivered …
Agencies Seek to Protect Cyclone Orphans
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Tin Yain, 58, gathers her granddaughters as she narrates how the kids’ parents were killed during the cyclone. With thousands of casualties from the cyclone, a great number of children were orphaned and are now living with their relatives or neighbors that care for them. (Photo: AP)
“The goal is to put in place a mechanism to protect children from neglect, violence, abuse and exploitation,” says a statement from the UN Children’s Fund, …
Cyclone-hit Burma farmers unable to return to fields
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More than 138000 people are dead or missing after the cyclone struck Burma on May 2, washing away entire villages and flooding fields. …
Two months after cyclone, Myanmar farmers still can’t return to fields
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KANYINKONE (Myanmar) – MR Kyaw Lwin and his wife stitched together thatch to make a new roof for the bamboo shack they now call home, after their farm was …
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As with Darfur and Burma, the depredations of Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe have become a target of the world’s moral outrage. …
‘Emission cuts will lead to a clean energy economy’
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The cyclone that caused massive devastation in Burma and the extensive floods in Iowa, for instance are linked in the public perception to climate change, …
Nineteen Docs Set for Sundance Support
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Myo Myint’s dramatic transformation from a soldier of Burma’s junta to a pro-democracy activist; from a tortured political prisoner to a refugee making a …
The tilt towards a new Pan-Asianism
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It was able to create a Great East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, which encompassed the whole of Southeast Asia and Burma as well. …
You cannot sow prosperity with seeds of destruction !
Gather.com, MA -
President Bush provided insight into this policy shift when he went on television to offer supportive disaster relief to millions of people in Burma/Myanmar …
Opium poppy fields increasing in North
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Although Burma has 100 times more land planted with poppy, the problem in Thailand is no less serious, he said, citing statistics from other Southeast Asian …
Durban II: trashing human rights
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A recent resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate instances where freedom of expression may have discriminated against race or …
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
You have said the US played a significant role in actions that led to the installation of the Burmese junta back in 1962. What’s the subtext, the background …
Miracle plant’s monstrous potential
Eureka Street, Australia -
The military regime of Burma has ordered poor subsistence farmers to stop growing rice, once a major export crop, and plant Jatropha as biofuel for domestic …
Due in paperback: Obama’s ‘The Audacity of Hope’ and McCain’s ‘Why Courage Matters‘
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… says character and courage can affect history, profiling activists such as civil rights leader John Lewis and Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi. …
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… and the power it hands to those who subvert democracy and human rights. The same two countries last year rejected measures to curb repression in Burma. …
Myanmar Christian tells conference how God is changing lives after …
Dallas Baptist Standard, TX -
By Staff, The Baptist Standard DALLAS–A Christian leader from Myanmar (Burma) told a missions conference in Dallas July 11 that despite the sobering …
Region to practice disaster relief preparation
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
It will set the stage for real emergency response to disasters, such as the recent cyclone that ravaged Burma and left 138000 dead or missing as its ruling ...
World focus on Burma (12 June 2008)
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Providing refuge after the storm: Cyclone survivors in Myanmar …
Church World Service (press release), IN - Like many in Myanmar (Burma), the road to recovery will be long and arduous for Hnin, Tin Sien, his baby girl and the 240 people in their village who also … |
Merinews, India -
In a rare instance, the Myanmar Army general whose son was arrested for dealing in drugs was asked to quit. The order to resign came from Myanmar’s military …
Nor’Wester, Canada -
You’ve heard of Myanmar? I hadn’t, not in school. In school we learned about Burma, although not much. We were too busy learning about the little African …
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Myanmar state media defends Suu Kyi house arrest extension into …
JURIST - [JURIST] Myanmar law allows the continued detention of pro-democracy party leader Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the government-run … |
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Satellites confirm Ethiopia destruction – US group
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - AAAS has used satellite images to support reports of widespread abuses in Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Burma, Chad and the Darfur region of Sudan. … |
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Daw Suu awarded the freedom of Dundee
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway - Jun 12, 2008 (DVB)–Burma’s pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is to be awarded the freedom of the Scottish city of Dundee, it was announced on Monday … |
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USDA joins cyclone efforts to boost image
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway - The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported that 264 youth members of the USDA would carry out reconstruction tasks in cyclone-hit areas of … |
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NLD members made to sign agreement
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway - Jun 12, 2008 (DVB)–One of 15 National League for Democracy members freed from detention on Monday said they had to sign a document before their release … |
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Nargis disrupts Myanmar’s planting season
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - By our reporter in Myanmar A brace of tail-wiggling piglets squeal and grunt as they push each other aside to reach their mother’s teats. … |
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Pyapon’s Economy in Ruins
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - In an official statement, the Myanmar [Burma] Fisheries Federation said that a total of 17876 fishermen were killed in Burma by the cyclone and another 9612 … |
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‘Turn Around and Go Back to Yangon’
ABC News - 2 Myanmar, also known as Burma, was hammered by Cylone Nargis some five weeks ago. The reclusive junta that governs this impoverished nation has been … |
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Kildare – to Burma/ Myanmar for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. This cargo of plastic sheeting for temporary shelter, blankets, mosquito nets, jerry cans and …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Bar Ku, a local donor in Bogalay, explained: ‘In Burma, it is not possible for citizens to feed one another for a long time. Everybody has to struggle for …
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Myanmar to leader to resign
OpEdNews, PA - They often visited Thailand and Singapore for alleged drug trafficking. Several film stars in Burma were also taken into custody. |
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Local airman flew 1st US relief to Myanmar
Toledo Blade, OH - For the next two days, the storm battered and flooded huge swaths of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, Thailand’s neighbor to the northwest. … |
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CampaignWatch – June 2008
Ethical Corporation Magazine, UK - Chevron became a co-owner of the pipeline, along with French oil giant Total and the Burmese junta-owned Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprises, when it bought … |
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Ask a question about Burma
Labour Party, UK - Next week Meg Munn, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office will be answering your questions about Burma. Please post your comments and … |
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More disasters for Myanmar
Tulsa Beacon, Tulsa - Myanmar’s (formerly Burma) military dictatorship has prevented aid relief from reaching its 2.4 million cyclone victims but allowed delivery of condoms to … |
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Diseases common in cyclone-hit areas but ‘no outbreak’: MSF
Mizzima.com, India - Meanwhile, Burma’s military rulers said “So far, there has been no outbreak of contagious disease and epidemic in the cyclone-affected areas,” as the … |
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ACN: more than 100000 euros for Nargis victims in Myanmar
AsiaNews.it, Italy - With this contribution, the total amount of aid sent by ACN the former Burma amounts to 110000 euros. The archbishop of Yangon, Charles Bo, explains that is … |
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Burma: One million survivors not yet reached
Human Rights Tribune, Switzerland - Since the Cyclone Nargis struck on May 3 the military regime in Burma, or Myanmar, has issued 180 visas for UN staffers to enter the South-east Asian … |
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The junta listing Malaysia, Singapore, US and Britain as countries that apply anti-terror laws said, “Myanmar [Burma] is not the only country that …
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Dalai distances himself from Sharon’s comment
Daily News & Analysis, India - “Tragedy in Tibet, tragedy in Burma (Myanmar), tragedy in China, all this is karmic … but her particular sort of comment — that I don’t know,” winner of … |
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Myanmar: Cost of rice still increasing
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - A representative from Champion rice warehouses told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday that Pawsan Mwe, Burma’s highest quality long-grain rice, had shot up in … |
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Disaster standards needed in Asia
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - The recent earthquake in China, the cyclone in Burma, and the slow onset famine in North Korea have all brought to the fore the absence of agreed upon … |
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Africa: Continent, Failed States And Purpose of Government
AllAfrica.com, Washington - In Myanmar or Burma, the government, an outright failure, did the same in the recent disaster that hit the country. The same is happening in Zimbabwe. … |
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Asean workshop warned against overly ambitious human rights body
Nation Multimedia, Thailand - Burma’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in September overshadowed the November summit. It threatens to haunt the next meeting as well, … |
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Freedom of Dundee for Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - The honour from Dundee City Council will be accepted on her behalf in September by the director of the Burma Campaign UK. |
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Intelligence officials assigned to keep eye on TCG
Mizzima.com, India - More than a month after the cyclone lashed Burma on May 2 and 3, leaving 133000 dead or missing, the United Nations estimates that more than one million … |
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ASEAN team gains ‘full access’ to Burma
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Southeast Asian and UN experts will have full access to cyclone-devastated parts of Burma, where more than a million people have still not received any … |
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… that there are still thousands of people affected by the hurricane, still needing help, and he called on the world not to forget the people of Burma.
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Burma Red Tape Delays Cyclone Aid, Agencies S
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - By AP / RANGOON Ten thousand pregnant women among Burma’s estimated 2.4 million cyclone survivors are in urgent need of proper care, a UN official said … |
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Ten WFP Helicopters Fail to Bring Enough Aid
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - “We explained to them that the ICRC assistance is relatively limited to some specific areas in support of the Myanmar [Burma] Red Cross. … |
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand -
Myanmar has been under a brutal military dictatorship since 1962. The country’s name was officially changed from Burma to Myanmar in 1989 by the State Peace …
OpEdNews, PA -
The UN could not do anything for Burma. They could not count even the deaths after last September’s uprising. Since then we have deeply disappointed by the …
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RI running out of time to play key role in Myanmar
Jakarta Post, Indonesia - A month after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar, more than one million people severely affected by the storm have yet to receive any food, water, or shelter, … |
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Burma still struggling 40 days after cyclone
Radio Australia, Australia - Craig Strathern from the International Committee for the Red Cross in Myanmar says the doors are starting to open. STRATHERN: In the past week we have been … |
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MAP International provides medical aid to devastated Myanmar – 11 …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is one of the poorest countries in Asia. According to the World Food Program, about five million people in Myanmar lack … |
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Global Community Of
Black Star News, NY - … and Russia in the United Nations Security Council, who have blocked intervention of various sorts in places like Zimbabwe, Darfur and Myanmar (Burma). … |
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Warsawan Returns From Myanmar, Says Cyclone Survivors Still At Risk
Times-Union Newspaper, IN - Joe Wilkey, executive director of World Compassion Network, a Warsaw-based relief organization, recently returned from Myanmar (Burma). … |
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Suu Kyi should be beaten says junta
Metro, UK - By contrast, Burma’s ruling generals – recently criticised over the response to the deadly cyclone – were ‘the parent of the people’ and had exercised … |
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Rainy Season Further Threatens Myanmar
Zenit News Agency, Italy - Cyclone-devastated regions of Myanmar stand to lose the little shelter that remains as the rainy season brings torrential downfalls. … |
NPR -
I mean you can look at the dysfunction in Myanmar, formally Burma, or you can look at, you know, distribution problems in sub-Saharan Africa. …
MaximsNews Network, NY -
Question: Okay, one question about Burma. There are credible reports from the ground that aid does not reach the hard-hit area and that the monks and others …
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Nu Image/Millennium Breaking Three Musketeers Out of Mothballs
Rotten Tomatoes, CA - I also liked how the setting was Myanmar (previously Burma). Maybe he can do Rambo in Sudan, as that country is going to be a giant bag of suck for a while. |
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UN: 10000 pregnant women need care in Burma
USA Today - Rangoon, Burma (AP) — Ten thousand pregnant cyclone survivors are in urgent need of proper care in Burma, a UN expert said Wednesday, as relief agencies … |
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Volunteers send aid through Burma’s (Myanmar’s) back door
Christian Science Monitor, MA - No, Ms. Finke elected to fly here June 11 to join a grassroots effort for cyclone relief and civil empowerment for Burma (Myanmar), run by the father of her … |
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BURMA: One Million Survivors Not Yet Reached – UN
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - Since the Cyclone Nargis struck on May 3 the military regime in Burma, or Myanmar, has issued 180 visas for UN staffers to enter the South-east Asian … |
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Today’s Overview of Leading News & Views – 11 June 2008
Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription), NY - … recent weather catastrophes that have wiped out rice fields in Myanmar (Burma), or the virulent wheat disease now infecting crops in Iran as well as in … |
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ONLINE GAMBLING TRIAL STARTS IN CHINA
Online-Casinos.com, Denmark - … identified as Tan Zhiwei and Tan Zhiman were originally involved in setting up a gambling organisation in Myanmar (Burma) and then branched out into … |
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Xola Consulting to Share Adventure Tourism Insights at Yunnan …
Newswire Today (press release), UK - … markets around the world including Central and South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), India and Nepal. |
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Burma will not face food-shortage: Junta minister
Mizzima.com, India - The Burmese junta’s official mouthpiece, the New Light of Myanmar, on Wednesday quoted the Minister of National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, … |
Mizzima.com, India -
It is the presentation of our position to the people in Burma and also to the international community including the UN which observed the referendum to see …
World Focus on Burma (14 and 15 May 2008) part 1
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“I think the overall projection is of incredible hardship,” said Sean Turnell, a Macquarie University expert on Myanmar and editor of Burma Economic Watch. …
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AOL Canada, Canada -
However, Ban said he has now secured support from Burma, also known as Myanmar, its neighbours and key donors to increase the flow of cyclone relief aid and …
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Media Guardian, UK - May 14, 2008
… according to Aung Zaw, editor of Irrawaddy, a magazine and website produced by exiled Myanmar journalists in neighbouring Thailand. …
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Pressure on Myanmar to open up to cyclone aid
AFP - May 14, 2008 YANGON (AFP) — Top foreign officials headed Wednesday to Myanmar to press the defiant junta to open the doors to a massive cyclone relief effort for two … |
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… the world stage in the last week to share his thoughts about the human rights, humanitarian crisis in the country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. …
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Prayer service for Myanmar victims set for Friday
Battle Creek Enquirer, MI - May 14, 2008 Laisum said those who attend Friday’s service may make donations to help pay for relief efforts in Burma, which the military regime renamed Myanmar in 1989. … |
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Myanmar: Welthungerhilfe starts distributing supplies in the …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - “This guarantees that our aid is received by the people who really need it,” says Angela Schwarz, Welthungerhilfe’s Regional Co-ordinator in Myanmar/Burma. … |
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Stockton Record, CA -
First, two weeks ago, it was a cyclone that swept across Myanmar – formerly known as Burma – that killed at least 32000 people. More than 29000 people are …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - Despite roadblocks and bad weather conditions DanChurchAid’s partners are able to gain access to some of the worst hit areas in Burma. …
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First Burma aid plane to leave UK
BBC News, UK - The DEC Myanmar (Burma) cyclone appeal has received donations of over £6mn since it was launched last week. Among those who have contributed to the fund are … His Holiness the Dalai Lama in aid of the Myanmar cyclone Phayul Red Cross estimates up to 128000 died in Myanmar cyclone as heavy … International Herald Tribune Aid beginning to trickle through to Burma cyclone victims ABC Online PRESS TV - Times Online all 736 news articles » |
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CWS – Local Organizations Make Difference in Relief Delivery in …
Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY - BANGKOK, May 13, 2008–Ten days after cyclone Nargis devastated parts of Myanmar (Burma), as tens of thousands of people still wait for assistance, … Myanmar: MCC seeks $200000 for cyclone relief and recovery ReliefWeb (press release) MCC launches cyclone relief for Burma Abbotsford Times all 6 news articles » |
International Herald Tribune, France - Myanmar, also called Burma, has long been a source of embarrassment to ASEAN, largely because of its junta’s failure to fulfill promises to restore …
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UN chief secures support for more access in Myanmar
The Associated Press - … who proposed that the UN convene an emergency summit on Myanmar, which is formerly known as Burma, and that Ban possibly visit the country. … |
Seattle Times, United States -
It is where Cyclone Nargis first struck land in Myanmar, also known as Burma, about midnight Nov. 2. The storm went on to clear a path through the delta, …
Curfew in Myanmar villages News24
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Myanmar approves new constitution while it reels
Yahoo news / AP
Myanmar approves new constitution while it reels
Myanmar’s junta announced Thursday that a pro-military constitution has won overwhelming support in a referendum, which was held despite widespread criticism and in the midst of a national tragedy — a devastating cyclone that the Red Cross says may have killed more than 125,000 people.
State radio said the draft constitution, which critics dismissed as a sham document designed to entrench the military’s rule, was approved by 92.4 percent of the 22 million eligible voters. It put voter turnout at more than 99 percent.
Voting was postponed until May 24 in the Irrawaddy delta and Yangon areas, which were worst hit by Cyclone Nargis. But state radio said the results of the late balloting could not mathematically reverse the constitution’s approval.
Myanmar’s government issued a revised casualty toll Wednesday night, saying 38,491 were known dead and 27,838 were missing.
But the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said its estimate put the number of dead between 68,833 and 127,990.
Even though the figures seemed precise, spokesman Matthew Cochrane said they were not based on body counts, but were only estimate designed to provide Red Cross donors and partner organizations with an idea of the numbers being discussed within the aid community.
U.N. officials have said there could be more than 100,000 dead in the May 2-3 cyclone.
With up to 2.5 million people in urgent need of food, water and shelter, aid agencies were preparing or moving in a wide-range of relief supplies including material for temporary shelters, rice, drinking water, kitchen utensils and medicines, including 2,000 anti-snake bite kits.
The World Health Organization said an increase in snake bites was feared in coming days. U.N. agencies and other voluntary groups have been able to reach only 270,000 of the affected people.
But instead of accepting foreign help freely, the government continued to issue only a few visas to foreign aid experts, and all but shut them out of the hardest-hit areas.
The regime insists it can handle the disaster on its own — a stance that appears to stem not from its abilities but its deep suspicion of most foreigners, who have frequently criticized its human rights abuses and crackdown on democracy activists.
Critics see the May 9 referendum as another attempt by the junta to stifle democracy. In a country ruled by the feared military since 1962, few would have dared to vote against the constitution. Human rights groups dismissed the vote as a mockery, saying government officials were told to mark the ballots with “Yes” ticks for those who failed to show up at polling stations by 1 p.m.
The junta says the new constitution will lead to a general election in 2010. But it guarantees 25 percent of parliamentary seats to the military and allows the president to hand over all power to the military in a state of emergency — elements critics say contradict the junta’s professed commitment to democracy.
The junta’s iron-fisted rule has been clearly demonstrated in the way it has dealt with international humanitarian agencies offering their services in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
The junta has limited international staff to Yangon, and has also used police to keep foreigners out of the delta. It did grant approval for a Thai medical team to visit the delta as early as Friday.
Amanda Pitt of the U.N. Office for Humanitarian Affairs said that unless the disaster response was improved, more lives would be lost. “It is clearly inadequate, and we do not want to see a second wave of deaths as a result of that not being scaled up,” she said.
Meanwhile, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said that countries delivering aid should insist on monitoring to ensure aid reaches the cyclone victims most in need and to prevent the military government from seizing it.
It said it has confirmed an Associated Press report this week that the junta had seized high-protein biscuits supplied by the international community and distributed low-quality, locally produced substitutes to the people.
“Simply dropping aid off at (the) airport under the control of the abusive and ill-equipped … military will not necessarily help victims of the cyclone,” it said.
The junta also said Wednesday it would accept 160 relief workers from India, China, Bangladesh and Thailand, though it was not clear if anyone but the Thais would be permitted to go to the delta.
On Thursday, the U.N. said that an emergency rapid assessment team from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, would also head into Myanmar within 24 hours to assess the most critical needs.
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World Focus on Burma (27 April 08)
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Burma Activists Stage Protests in Thailand, Singapore
Voice of America - By VOA News The demonstrators, organized by the Joint Action Committee for Democracy in Burma, chanted slogans against the May 10 referendum. … |
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Myanmar nationals protest constitution in Singapore
Reuters UK, UK - Other underground opposition groups are also pushing for the former Burma’s 53 million people to reject the charter. At least 60 people have been arrested … |
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Activists protest as embassy conducts polling
Mizzima.com, India - Chiang Mai – Burmese activists on Sunday staged a brief protest outside the Burmese embassy in Bangkok, exhorting voters to reject the ruling junta’s draft … |
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Security tightened in Myanmar amid possible demonstration
The Associated Press - Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been under military rule since 1962. Its government has been widely criticized for human rights abuses and suppression of … |
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Irregularities in absentee voting in Singapore, Malaysia
Mizzima.com, India - But what we fear is since the results are not going to be announced here but will be announced along with others in Burma, there could be a possibility that … |
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Burma bars anti-constitution group from voting
Bangkok Post, Thailand - Others sported T-shirts reading, “We pursue peace, justice and democracy for Burma.” Those wearing the shirts refused to take them off and were not admitted … |
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Pro-democracy Myanmar citizens in Singapore wait at embassy to …
International Herald Tribune, France - Myanmar used to be known as Burma. “I’m going to vote ‘no’ because the draft constitution is for a sham democracy,” the university student said. … |
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Myanmar junta says referendum will be ‘fair’
Macau Daily Times, Macau - Myanmar’s junta has said next month’s vote on its proposed constitution would be held in a “systematic and fair manner” and warned the military would “ward … |
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Democracy activist will receive medal
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY - Suu Kyi has been under house arrest by the military regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Giving her the medal continues the tradition of “honoring … |
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After raids, refugees given jobs
Baltimore Sun, United States - Since January, roughly 400 members of the Karen and Chin ethnic groups from Myanmar, also known as Burma, have moved into Moore County from Houston and … |
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Are We Nicking Ourselves In The Throat?
Hartford Business - My bride Carol Ann and I recently visited Burma, as the United States government knows it, or Myanmar, as others now call it. Our trip was organized by the … |
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Myanmar Nationals in Singapore, Indonesia Vote on Constitution
Bloomberg - Citizens of the country formally known as Burma lined up in front of their embassy in Singapore for the third day to cast ballots in an April 25-29 vote. … |
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Myanmar activists stage anti-junta protest in Thailand
International Herald Tribune, France - Myanmar is also known as Burma. A statement from the umbrella committee for a dozen dissident exile organizations said the constitution was drawn up solely … |
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Asia’s rainforests vanishing as timber, food demand surge: experts
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AFP –
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International Herald Tribune, France -
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The Post, Pakistan -
… according to the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs. Sri Lanka is hoping to import 200000 tons of rice from India, Pakistan and Burma (Myanmar).
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The Canadian Press, Myanmar -
YANGON, Myanmar — A man who set himself on fire at Myanmar’s most revered Buddhist temple to protest military rule has died of his injuries. …
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Concord Journal, USA -
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Asian Tribune, Thailand -
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Bluff Country Reader, MN -
And in Yangon, Myanmar (previously known as Rangoon, Burma), “Anyone who distributes leaflets or makes speeches against Myanmar‘s constitutional referendum …
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OneWorld.net, UK -
In fact, the army officer, in his late 50s, has played pivotal roles in the past to strengthen the military dictator’s grip on power in Burma, or Myanmar, …
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Mizzima.com, India -
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International Herald Tribune, France -
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Reuters India, India -
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International Herald Tribune, France -
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Myanmar constitution referendum set for May 10
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Myanmar constitution referendum set for May 10
Katerina Ossenova at 2:46 PM ET
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[JURIST] Myanmar’s 45-member Referendum Holding Commission has scheduled a planned national constitutional referendum [JURIST reports] for May 10, the military government announced Wednesday. Opposition groups like the National League for Democracy (NLD) have urged citizens to reject [JURIST report] the proposed constitution put forth by the military government, labeling the referendum a “sham” to legalize military rule. AP reported last month that the draft constitution reserves 25 percent of parliamentary seats for the military [AP report; JURIST report] and would also block pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] from seeking office.
Myanmar [JURIST news archive] has been governed without a constitution since the military regime took power in 1988 and talks on a new national charter [JURIST report] have been underway for 14 years. The last general elections in Myanmar were held in 1990. The NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won that election easily, but the ruling military government did not recognize the result and placed Suu Kyi under house arrest.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/04/myanmar-constitution-referendum-set-for.php
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Myanmar junta sets date for referendum
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s military government announced Wednesday that it has scheduled its national referendum on a new constitution for May 10.
Myanmar has been under mounting pressure over its crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
The government’s Referendum Holding Commission said the date was set because the 45-member body had met and judged arrangements to be “ready.” The announcement was broadcast on state radio and television news.
Pro-democracy groups have already urged voters to reject the draft charter, which they charge is meant to perpetuate military control.
The government in February had announced that the vote would be held in May, but had not given an exact date. Its rules said only that the date had to be announced at least 21 days in advance.
The junta earlier Wednesday published the text of its proposed constitution, which would guarantee the military a continuing role in government and ban Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi from holding public office.
The government’s opponents had criticized the junta for not releasing it earlier, since a committee hand-picked by the military completed it on February 19.
Copies of the 457-article, 194-page document went on sale at government bookshops Wednesday for 1,000 kyat ($1) a copy. Copies of the text began to leak to journalists last week, after being distributed to selected officials.
Opposition leader Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party urged voters last week to reject the proposed charter because it was drafted under the junta’s direct control, without any input from the country’s pro-democracy movement.
The draft constitution will be adopted if more than half of eligible voters approve it.
The document bans anyone who enjoyed the rights and privileges of a foreign citizen from holding public office. This would keep Suu Kyi out of government because her late husband, Michael Aris, was a Briton and their two sons are British.
Suu Kyi, who is currently under house arrest, has been in detention without trial for more than 12 of the past 18 years.
The proposed charter allots 25 percent of the seats in both houses of Parliament to the military. It empowers the president to transfer legislative, executive and judicial powers to the military’s commander in chief for a year if a state of emergency arises.
It also stipulates that no amendments to the charter can be made without the consent of more than 75 percent of lawmakers, making changes unlikely unless supported by military representatives in Parliament.
The proposed charter also would protect junta members from legal prosecution for any acts carried out as part of their official duties.
The junta has been accused of gross human rights violations in suppressing the pro-democracy movement and in operations against ethnic minorities seeking autonomy or independence.
The junta announced in February that a constitutional referendum would be held in May, to be followed by general elections in 2010. The exact dates have not been announced.
Suu Kyi’s party won the last general elections in 1990, but the military refused to hand over power, instead stepping up its repression of dissidents.
The charter is based on a set of guidelines that a military-guided national convention completed last year after 14 years of on-and-off meetings. The junta calls the process starting with the convention and culminating in the general elections its “roadmap to democracy.”
Other groups urging a rejection of the charter include the 88 Generation Students group and the All Burma Monks’ Alliance, which were instrumental in organizing mass pro-democracy protests last year. Most of the leaders of the two groups are under arrest or in hiding.
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