Posts Tagged ‘Cyclone Naragis’
World focus on Burma (11 October 2008)
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Suu Kyi appeals for release
Straits Times, Singapore -
YANGON – MYANMAR’S detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appealed to the ruling junta against her detention, her party’s spokesman said on Saturday …
Suu Kyi files appeal against house arrest
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Rangoon (dpa) – Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has submitted an appeal against the Burmese junta’s latest extension of her house arrest – arguing that …
Lawyer appeals for freedom of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
The Associated Press -
Myanmar has been under military rule since 1962. The current junta came to power in 1988 after crushing a nationwide pro-democracy uprising. …
A serious loss of credibility on the world stage
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
And although she failed to achieve her demand, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had called for the release of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi as a …
US takes hard-line on military forces, armed groups recruiting …
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
“Human Rights Watch has conducted other investigations on the use of child soldiers in Angola, Burma, Burundi, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Lebanon, …
State Department blasts China for religious freedom violations
Dallas Baptist Standard, TX -
The eight countries of particular concern are Myanmar (formerly Burma), China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Uzbekistan. …
Nobel Peace Prize plays it safe
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Few would argue that the likes of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy activist, Lech Walesa, Desmond Tutu or the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov …
Nobel Prizes: The Reverance Is Overdone
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) -
Worldwide attention and support given to the Burmese dissident Daw Aung San Suu Kyi are attributable to her status as a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. …
Tainted Milk Products Found in Burma
Voice of America -
The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar says nine of 16 products tested positive for melamine. The Health Ministry has destroyed the tainted products, …
Burma Bans Nine Imported Milk Powder Products
RedOrbit, TX -
Yangon, Oct. 10 Kyodo – Myanmar’s junta has banned nine dairy products found to be contaminated with melamine, state-run newspapers reported Friday. …
MP-elect interrogated over bombing links
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
U Ohn Kyaing, 64, who is also known by the nom de plume Aung Wint, is the MP-elect for Mandalay’s Southeast township and a researcher for the NLD.
World focus on Burma (29 June 2008)
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Burma’s Cyclone Farmers Await Assistance The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - … Minister Soe Tha said: “Some organizations were spreading groundless information such as there is or will be a shortage of rice in Myanmar [Burma]. … |
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Children pay the price as international community plays catch-up … Reuters AlertNet, UK - The experience of Bangladesh contrasts strongly with Myanmar (Burma) in May 2008, where there was very little preparation for disaster, and Cyclone Nargis … |
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Mugabe: Another Man the West Loves to Hate Pacific Free Press, Canada - We saw the same demonization of Myanmar (or Burma as the West chooses to continue calling it) even as major Western oil cartels continue to suck oil from … |
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Christian Science Monitor, MA - … the intransigence of racism and discrimination, the abuses from Iraq to Burma (Myanmar) – won’t politely go away with a few clicks of a mouse. … |
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Rice meets children homeless after China quake AFP - During her talks with China’s leaders, Rice said she will discuss ways to get China’s close neighbour and ally Myanmar, also known as Burma, … |
Bush’s call for sanctions against Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Guardian, UK -
UNITED States President George W. Bush, having failed at so much else—Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, Tibet, and the political prisoner in Burma/Myanmar, …
‘Made in Myanmar’ still on shelves
The South African Star, South Africa -
Consumers with a conscience, beware: clothing made in “Myanmar” – the country known as Burma until its name was changed by its oppressive military regime …
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The Coloradoan, CO - Up until last month it has been difficult for citizens of the United States to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma) because of their … |
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US Secretary of State Rice visits quake-hit areas in China Monsters and Critics.com - As opposed to the military junta in Myanmar (Burma) after the destruction visited upon that country by cyclone Nargis, the Chinese leadership accepted help … |
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Channel 4 News, UK - … recovery efforts during a visit to the disaster zone, saying it contrasted with Burma’s reluctance to allow in aid after a devastating cyclone. … |
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A town in India rocks to the sounds of Dylan TheDay, CT - Mashangva bought his first guitar at 15, from a trader who ferried it on his shoulder across the border from what was then Burma, on a buffalo caravan. … |
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - In the audience are about 100 refugees from the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Many are in native dress, which can include … |
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The Press Association - Rice said China’s efforts contrasted with that of Burma’s ruling junta, which faced worldwide criticism after Cyclone Nargis in early May for failing to … |
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Rice meets children homeless after China quake AFP - During her talks with China’s leaders, Rice said she will discuss ways to get China’s close neighbour and ally Myanmar, also known as Burma, … |
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Burmese ambivalent about resettling in US San Francisco Chronicle, USA - If caught, they can be deported to Burma, also known as Myanmar. Adapting to an indefinite life in limbo, the refugees have organized their own government … |
Stories of freedom told by refugees living in Erie
GoErie.com, PA -
Heaven may not have free time, but he has more freedom than he did as a refugee in Thailand, or while living in his native Myanmar, formerly Burma. …
What’s new at your local library
IdahoStatesman.com, ID -
The story of well-known herpetologist Joe Slowinski, who died while handling a highly venomous krait in Burma (now Myanmar) in 2001. …
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Suffer the Environment at Your Cost! KanglaOnline, India - In Myanmar (Burma), the difficulties surrounding aid to cyclone affected people raised a great storm of international controversy as well. … |
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Soccer game helping out cyclone victims WOOD-TV, MI - The ball is bouncing for Burma. Many of the players are from the southeast Asian country now known as Myanmar. The country was recently devastated by … |
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Inquirer.net, Philippines - … food security, poverty reduction, the future of Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), human rights in Burma (Myanmar), and defense reform. … |
Paul Collier: Only answer in Zimbabwe and Myanmar may be a coup
The Capital Times, WI -
Last month, the government of Myanmar issued a similar ban. Of course, when we say “the government of Zimbabwe,” what we really mean is President Robert …
