Posts Tagged ‘Flood’
World focus on Burma (25 November 2008)
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Burmese aid for post flood health care in Orissa
Mizzima.com, India -
Speaking on the occasion Kyi Thein said that in May this year when Burma was ravaged by Cyclone Nargis, the worst calamity in the country’s history, …
Prepaid card system for mobile phones in Burma soon
Mizzima.com, India -
An official at the Myanmar Post and Telecommunication told Mizzima that it is all set to introduce a prepaid card system for mobile users, …
Burma’s HIV/AIDS Crisis in Red Alert: MSF
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The Geneva-based humanitarian aid organization said in its latest report “A Preventable Fate: The Failure of ART Scale-up in Myanmar,” that the situation …
Enrile’s grim past casts a long shadow
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
He reduced the killings of human rights activists, lawyers, judges and journalists to nothing but a byproduct of insurgency. He even boasted to journalists …
Domestic migrant workers still vulnerable: HRW
Mizzima.com, India -
Human Rights Watch, in comments released yesterday, said the problem of abuse of domestic labor is predominantly directed at female employees of individual …
Plight of Abused Burmese Women Highlighted on International Women …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The WLB also urged the UN to press the Burmese regime to investigate allegations of human rights abuses against women in ethnic areas. …
“Pull Them Out With Tweezers”
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“The government’s imprisonment of humanitarian aid workers sends the message that Burmese social organizations must follow the junta’s regulations whether …
Spy identified at opposition meeting
Mizzima.com, India -
… for Democracy and Development (NDD), among others residing in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting discussed and exchanged views on the current situation in Burma.
War on drugs takes a hit
RT, Russia -
A price has been paid: human rights groups and the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights report “widespread and systematic” killings of civilians by the …
Nigerian activists take on Chevron in the US
OneWorld.net, UK -
The Alien Tort Statute has been used in cases charging Unocal with violating the human rights of Burmese villagers during the construction of an oil …
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria: Russian Landmines
UNPO, Netherlands -
No halt for landmine use by Burma and Russia – Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and Karenni State suffer. Turkey, Greece and Belarus have all violated an …
• Freedom is first
Hamilton Spectator, Canada -
Barbarity in Burma (Myanmar) last week served as a reminder that, with or without Barack Obama, the global struggle for liberty will rage on long after …
Burma: UN Resolution Barely Pushed Through
UNPO, Netherlands -
A United Nations resolution on human rights in Burma has been approved but faces diplomatic opposition. The United Nations General Assembly’s Third …
Sakharov Prize at 20: For democracy – against oppression
European Parliament (press release), EU -
Burmese political party the National League for Democracy won the general election in 1990. Instead of its most prominent member Aung San Suu Kyi becoming …
The task of unification
Mizzima.com, India -
Dr. Sein Myint serves as the director of Policy Development of Justice for Human Rights in Burma, located in Maryland, USA. He is an Honorary Member of …
Vulnerability in the spotlight
Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia -
Alongside Hura and Wasif, critically acclaimed photographer James Whitlow Delano also presented his exhibit, “Burma, A Flameless Inferno”. …
Daewoo Aggravating Bay of Bengal Tensions
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Just as Daewoo certainly knew of the disputed waters they were entering, they are also well aware of the well-documented human rights abuses associated with …
Tibetan Exiles’ Meeting Produces Comparisons with Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
They fall out from time to time—most recently when the NCGUB failed to cooperate with the NCUB in its action against the Burmese junta seat at the United …
CNPC to invest in Sino-Burma oil, gas pipeline
Your Oil and Gas News (press release), UK -
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent of the country’s largest oil and gas producer PetroChina will team up with Myanmar Oil and Gas …
New era for human rights
Boston Globe, United States -
… from how to rescue democracy promotion from the stain of Iraq to how best to pressure human-rights abusers such as Burma and Zimbabwe. …
Great Nations & Industry Captains Ignore Thugocracies in Burma …
OpEdNews, PA -
Many took part in protests against the ruling junta sparked by fuel and food price rises in August 2007. Zarganar led a group of entertainers who organised …
Remember, Aung San Suu Kyi’s disengagement is not her choice
guardian.co.uk, UK -
There are several misinterpretations and failures to contextualise in the article on Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (Not such a hero after all, …
The Big Question: Who are the Elders, and can they do anything to …
Independent, UK -
… former Irish president and UN Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, and, in absentia, Burmese democracy activist Aung Sun Suu Kyi. …
Moulamein – Culture and History
The Age, Australia -
Some claim the town’s name is Aboriginal and some argue it is an Indian word (Moulmein is a seaport in Burma), though the translation is consistently given …
US taps online youth groups to fight crime, terrorism
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Rebel vigil talks with Myanmar
Calcutta Telegraph, India -
24: India and Myanmar have agreed to enhance security co-operation and border vigil to check Northeast insurgent groups that have bases in the region. …
Human Rights undermines public safety, says Tory
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
“Terrible human rights abuses in the world are taking place as we sit here today – in Zimbabwe, in Iran, in Sudan, in Burma. …
India, Myanmar to up security cooperation
Indian Express, India -
New Delhi, November 24 : Emphasising the need for “greater vigilance” at the border, India and Myanmar agreed to “enhance security cooperation to combat …
Good to speak about it. Even better to apply it!
FIDH (Communiqué de presse), France -
In 1948 the then UN member states adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. “Never again” were the words they proclaimed at the end of a conflict …
India-Burma holds another round of bilateral talks
Mizzima.com, India -
by Mungpi New Delhi – Burma and India on Sunday concluded the 9th foreign office consultation agreeing to cooperate in wide range of bilateral issues and to …
World focus on Burma (13 September 2008)
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Exiled Burmese monks dream of new uprising
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
There are also unconfirmed reports that Aung San Suu Kyi, the pro-democracy leader and Nobel peace prize winner who has spent much of the past 20 years …
Newspaper: 2 bomb blasts in central Myanmar kill 2
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
The military, which has ruled Myanmar, also called Burma, since 1962, has been widely criticized for suppressing basic freedoms.
Explosion northeast of Yangon, two dead, ten wounded
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
The Burmese junta has granted a few of the requests made by Aung San Suu Kyi, who will be allowed to receive letters from her relatives, …
Burma arrests 420 drug traffickers
Radio Australia, Australia -
Burma arrested 420 drug traffickers last month as it seeks to show that it is cracking down on the narcotics trade. The world’s second-largest opium …
Center organized to assist refugees
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN -
That is why groups that serve refugees, especially those from Myanmar, formerly Burma, were called together to try to better coordinate services and seek …
Myanmar nabbed 420 drug traffickers in August–state media
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
YANGON — Myanmar arrested 420 drug traffickers last month, state media reported Saturday, as the world’s second-largest opium producer sought to show it …
Myanmar blames “insurgents” for deadly bomb blasts
Reuters -
The military, which has ruled the former Burma since 1962, often points the finger of blame at anti-government dissident groups, comprising ethnic armed …
Marauders’ memories
The Ann Arbor News – MLive.com, MI -
… about the unit’s formation and its strenuous mission to cripple supply lines by capturing the only Japanese airfield in Burma, now known as Myanmar. …
Making a Killing
ZNet, MA -
Chinese military hardware is shipped regularly to Burma, including the 2005 supply of 400 military trucks to Myanmar’s army. Chinese military exports went …
American Revolutionary
Wall Street Journal -
A Burmese exile asked Mr. Sharp to write a short primer on nonviolent struggle. The result was “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” which was initially …
UN envoy defies call to scrap Burma mission
Financial Times, UK -
By Harvey Morris at the United Nations Ibrahim Gambari, the United Nations special envoy to Burma, said on Friday he would continue his role of mediator …
A Monk Remembers
Radio Free Asia, DC -
Nearly one year after the Burmese uprising, a leading monk says the struggle will go on. A leader of the All Burma Monks Union, U Zawana, explained in an …
“Heretic” Bloggers Risk Execution Under Iran’s New Restrictions
NewsBlaze, CA -
Through its annual human rights reports, the State Department has criticized Internet censorship in Burma, China, Cuba, Iran and other countries. …
Remembering Burma’s Saffron Revolution
Radio Free Asia, DC -
In the newspapers, like the Myanmar Ahlin [New Light of Myanmar], it was reported that political activists in Pakokku and the media conspired and made up …
Mittraphap Highway cut by floods
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
… lower north and the central provinces will move towards Burma, while a strong southwest monsoon remains over the Andaman Sea, the South and the Gulf. …
Suu Kyi wins concessions
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
THE Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has wrung concessions from the ruling generals – family letters and some news magazines, her lawyer said …
Myanmar’s colonial-era Strand Hotel in Yangon well preserved
The Canadian Press, Myanmar -
Before the Second World War, the Strand was reserved for “whites only,” but during the Japanese occupation of Burma – as Myanmar was formerly known – it …
On Myanmar, UN Visits As Possible Leverage, China and India Want …
Inner City Press, NY -
Indonesia has been described as the bring, between Myanmar’s Eastern neighbors and Westerners who speak of freeing Burma. So after Friday’s meeting, …
THE BLINDNESS OF BIGOTS
Calcutta Telegraph, India -
… whom decency and democracy comes first, even before patriotism (which is why I abhor what we are doing in [promoting a military dictatorship in] Burma). …
Burmese Court Sentences 10
Radio Free Asia, DC -
Burma’s military has ruled the country without interruption since 1962. The NLD, led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, won a general election in 1990 but …
Refugee office planned
News Sentinel, IN -
… office will pay for three employees to help Burmese – who have fled their junta-ruled homeland now renamed Myanmar – with self-sufficiency skills, …
UN envoy says it’s time for Myanmar to release political prisoners
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
UN Special envoy Ibrahim Gambari says it’s time for Myanmar leaders to release political prisoners and resume dialogue with opposition leader Daw Aung San …
Politics pulled back from the brink… for now
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
There are other cases, like the scandalous decision to grant government loans from Thailand to the Burmese junta, which would in turn buy equipment from …
World focus on Burma (12 September 2008)
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Army officer accused of attempted rape of doctor
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
A case involving a 15-year-old Kachin girl, who was gang raped and murdered by Burmese army troops in July, caused widespread outrage. …
Two killed nine injured in explosion in Burma’s Pegu division
Mizzima.com, India -
Though armed rebel groups, fighting the ruling junta, are reported to be present in Kyaugyi town, such blasts are considered rare. Earlier on July 14, …
Child soldiers and the China factor
International Herald Tribune, France -
By Jo Becker Myin Win was 11 years old when he was first recruited into Burma’s national army. He was picked up by soldiers while selling vegetables at a …
Magwe Division activists sentenced to long prison terms
Mizzima.com, India -
Chiang Mai – Four ‘National League for Democracy’ (NLD) members from Yenanchaung, Chauk and Magwe of Magwe Division and seven people from Pakokku arrested …
GOP platform offers more gravitas on E. Asia policy
World Tribune -
Both parties importantly welcome the importance of America’s deepening ties to democratic India, both fear for human rights suppressions in Burma, …
Philippine Military Accused MILF Of Using Child Soldiers In Mindanao
Mindanao Examiner, Philippines -
“The MILF continues to recruit and train young men to fight the government and international human rights groups should investigate these disturbing reports …
Lucian Pye, 86, political scientist who studied Asia, dies
International Herald Tribune, France -
His next project was Burma, now Myanmar, where he concluded that psychology was more important than economics in explaining development. …
Burma’s junta allows Suu Kyi to receive mail
guardian.co.uk, UK -
Burma’s junta has relaxed some restrictions placed on the country’s democratically elected opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said today. …
Gainesville Rotary Club ShelterBox arrives in Myanmar, Burma
Access North Georgia, GA -
By Staff GAINESVILLE – The Gainesville Rotary Club was recently notified that one of its sponsored ShelterBoxes had safely arrived in Myanmar, Burma to aid …
UN shares opposition’s frustration over pace of reforms
Mizzima.com, India -
Nearly three weeks after leaving Burma, United Nations Special Envoy to Burma – Ibrahim Gambari – met with reporters at the UN’s headquarters in New York, …
UN chief Ban Ki-moon frustrated by Myanmar junta
Times and Transcript, Canada -
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Secretary General says he is frustrated at the failure of Myanmar’s military government to open its political process. …
Prominent Myanmar activist arrested after year on run
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates -
Yangon: Myanmar’s junta has arrested a prominent democracy activist who abandoned her four-month-old baby and went into hiding a year ago at the start of …
Two die in twin Burma blasts: police
The Age, Australia -
Two people were killed and another 10 wounded by two bomb blasts at a Burmese video cafe northeast of the main city Rangoon, near a region hit by an ethnic …
Rising Irrawaddy floods five villages in Sagaing Division
Mizzima.com, India -
Chiang Mai – Flood waters from the Irrawaddy River has entered and inundated five villages in Sagaing Division in central Burma. …
Lawyer U Kyi Win ‘positive’ after Daw Suu visit
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Sep 12, 2008 (DVB)–U Kyi Win, lawyer for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, said his latest meeting yesterday with the detained National League for Democracy leader …
Myanmar’s junta grants Suu Kyi new rights
The Associated Press -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been in a political deadlock since 1990, when Suu Kyi’s party overwhelmingly won general elections but was not allowed to …
MYANMAR: Forewarned, not forearmed
IRINnews.org, NY -
BOGALE, 12 September 2008 (IRIN) – The Myanmar government says most residents were warned about approaching cyclone Nargis, but many failed to take …
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Durham Herald Sun, NC -
From 2000 to 2003 she worked as a research director with Doctors without Borders in Paris before spending three years in Myanmar (Burma) with the …
Meat Processor Turns to Refugees in Chicago
Chicago Public Radio, IL -
These former farmers speak Karen, a language of southeastern Myanmar, the Asian country formerly known as Burma. They spent 11 years in a refugee camp in …
Mere rhetoric? You decide!
Malaysia Kini, Malaysia -
Freedom of rational speech is also a key component of democracy, and contrary to what you think or claim, democracy is a Western ideal – it was born out of …
Narcotics and terrorism
Merinews, India -
This is besides, the Golden Triangle (Laos, Burma, Thailand), and the Golden Crescent (Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran) which is notorious for drug …
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to get family letters, news mags
Reuters -
In all, Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 13 of the last 19 years. Myanmar, or Burma as it used to be called, has been under military rule since 1962.
Peter Gabriel Named Ambassador of Conscience
Mindanao Examiner, Philippines -
… REM where fans will engage in Amnesty International’s campaign to release Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Myanmar. …
Burmese Dissident Arrested After Year in Hiding
New York Sun, United States -
… Nations the Security Council gathered to discuss the UN envoy to Burma’s recent failure to meet with the country’s leading dissident, Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Burmese Exiles Say Authorities Arrest Activist in Rangoon
Voice of America -
It has kept pro-democracy leader and Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years.
OBI Humanitarian Aid in Flood-Ravaged Haiti
NewsBlaze, CA -
Most recently, OBI mobilized teams and funded major relief and recovery efforts in Myanmar, the Sichuan Province of China, Rift Valley in Kenya, Bangladesh, …
On Myanmar, UN Belatedly Speaks, Claims It Has No Leverage, Blames …
Inner City Press, NY -Inner City Press asked Ban Ki-moon:
We think that the Security Council has not been listened to by the authorities of Burma/ Myanmar and we think that they have to abide by their commitments. …
UN chief urges Myanmar junta to include opponents
The Associated Press -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been in a political deadlock since 1990, when Suu Kyi’s party overwhelmingly won a general election but was not allowed to …
THE STANLEY FOUNDATION: THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY …
MaximsNews Network, NY -
For instance, a number of commentators called the May 2008 cyclone in Myanmar/Burma a test case for R2P, questioning the utility of the concept if it could …
Secretary-General calls for tangible political progress in Myanmar
UN News Centre -
11 September 2008 – Myanmar has not experienced the political progress as anticipated and its Government should take real measures towards setting up a more …
UN chief urges Myanmar junta to include opponents
The Associated Press -
Myanmar, also known as Burma, has been in a political deadlock since 1990, when Suu Kyi’s party overwhelmingly won a general election but was not allowed to …
UN envoy in dark after snub by Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
Reuters -
After briefing the UN Security Council on his sixth visit to push for reform in the former Burma, Gambari was asked why Suu Kyi had declined to see him. …
“We need to understand the frustration that she, and her supporters, her party and indeed the people of Burma (Myanmar) are feeling at the lack of progress. …
OUTSIDE THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL, UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY …
Federal News Service (subscription), DC -
… a time-bound political negotiations leading to democratization and the release of all political prisoners including Madame Aung San Suu Kyi and that the …
US, Britain demand more pressure on Myanmar for democratic progress
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
New York – The United States and Britain on Thursday called for more pressure on Myanmar to end its defiance of demands for democratic progress and the …
Lawyer says Suu Kyi in good health
AFP -
Her party won a landslide victory in a 1990 election but the junta never allowed it to take office. The military has ruled Myanmar since 1962.
Gems display robust growth
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
… the Commerce Ministry) have consistently explained to exhibitors Thailand’s political situation and the venue is far from the protest areas,” he said.
World focus on Burma (30 August 2008)
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Heavy rain expected to worsen northern India floods over weekend
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
South Asia’s monsoon season typically begins in June and lasts through September, affecting Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) and Pakistan. …
US Department of State: Refusal of the Burmese Regime to Cooperate …
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
Improved relations between Burma and the international community depend on the Burmese regime taking concrete and sincere steps in this direction.
Old and new builders come together
Chicago Daily Herald, IL -
General Richard Smykal, Ralph’s father, helped build the Burma Road linking what was then called Myanmar to China during World War II. ...
3 decades of helping immigrants assimilate
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
The event will include speakers such as human rights advocate Dolores Huerta of the United Farm Workers and Kovida U, an English Center student who is a …
Burmese days: A nation faces up to its future
Independent, UK -
The monks cannot and will not take up arms against the junta. As one monk on the Thai-Burmese border said to me last September, “To play a physically …
Union, Alliance blast Myanmar FTA
TVNZ, New Zealand -
… it includes Burma. General secretary Trevor Hanson says the deal will only be good for what he calls the “violently anti-worker regime in Myanmar”. …
Aung San Suu Kyi continues to refuse food supplies
Mizzima.com, India -
Chiang Mai – Burma’s detained opposition leader and democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi continues to refuse food deliveries, even after nearly two weeks of …
88 Gen students on trial inside prison
Mizzima.com, India -
Nyan Win, spokesperson of Burma’s main opposition party – National League for Democracy – said, “This is a continuous crackdown on political activists and …
Twenty seven children poisoned by physic nuts
Mizzima.com, India -
Dr. Kyi Kyi Thin from the Institute of Medicine 1 (IM 1) revealed this in a lecture on ‘World Crises in Food, Water and Energy’ held at the Myanmar Medical …
New Zealand- ASEAN free-trade, ‘slow motion disaster’ for workers …
Mizzima.com, India -
… on the tables of the fascist junta of Myanmar, while we get cheap products produced by slave labour in Myanmar [Burma] destroying jobs in New Zealand. …
Burmese gem sales decline as tourism slumps
Mizzima.com, India -
An official at the ‘Myanmar Gem Trading’ said the auction will be held from October 4 to October 16 and invitations have been sent to all Burmese missions …
Better half: Unconventional women in America and Asia
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
Take a look at the heroic Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner closeted for years in her home in Burma/Myanmar on orders from the evil junta. …
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI -
… President’s travel to China — Olympics now over — many human rights groups are asking if President had really represented them, like Burma, Tibetans, …
World focus on Burma (22 August 2008)
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NLD ‘Please’ with second round meeting with UN envoy
Mizzima.com, India -
Chiang Mai – Ibrahim Gambari, United Nations Special Envoy to on Friday met with leaders of Burma’s main opposition party – National League for Democracy …
Singer Moon Aung to perform in Australia
Mizzima.com, India -
Enthusiastic about politics he fled to the Thai-Burma border after the military assumed power in a coup in 1988. The Kachin ethnic singer joined the ‘All …
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari losing credibility?
Merinews, India -
The Opposition in Myanmar believes that the UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari is drifting from his mission and falling into a neatly laid trap of the crafty military …
UN ends cyclone relief flights into Burma
USA Today -
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — Regularly scheduled cargo flights arranged by the UN to bring cyclone relief aid into Burma have been concluded after three months. …
Burma monk disrobed over street protests
Independent, UK -
Human rights groups believe that up to 200 people were killed by the subsequent crushing of the demonstrations by the regime. Hundreds of monks and ordinary …
ICA Foresees Collateral Damage from Burmese Ruby Ban
Diamonds.net, NY -
The International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) has asked its members to stop buying gemstones from Myanmar (Burma) directly and from third party …
ICA Concerned Over Burma Ban Law
Jewelers Circular Keystone Online, NY -
… and international associations against the violent repression of individuals, human rights and pro-democracy movements in Myanmar (formerly Burma). …
AFP -
If Gambari cannot see Aung San Suu Kyi, his trip is meaningless,” Myanmar analyst Win Min said. Two UN officials spent 30 minutes in a car outside of Aung …
Ansell aroused to halt flagging sales
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
This column’s suspicions that the internal management troubles within ANZ resemble the struggles within the Burmese military junta have been reinforced by a …
Gambari holds second meeting with NLD
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… dialogue between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and regime leaders, to improve Burma’s failing economy and to appoint a communications officer based in Burma. …
Ethnic opposition leaders not allowed to meet UN envoy
Independent Mon News Agency, WA -
Ethnic opposition party leaders have not been allowed to meet United Nations special envoy, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari who is in Burma on a five-day visit, …
Sending a Message to the UN
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
If so, the latest visit of UN Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari could mark the beginning of a subtle but significant shift in the pro-democracy …
Desperate Burmese youth seek greener pastures abroad
Mizzima.com, India -
… anywhere other than Burma, and earn a decent salary to build up his life. An employed information technology (IT) engineer at the Myanmar Information …
Junta bars UN envoy from meeting Suu Kyi
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Rangoon (dpa) – UN special envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari, after five days in the country, has failed to see either opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi or …
Suu Kyi Reportedly Refuses to Meet Gambari
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By SAW YAN NAING Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is reportedly refusing to meet UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari because she’s unhappy with …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By AUNG THET WINE RANGOON — Burma’s junta authorized the unlimited purchase of diesel and gasoline with Foreign Exchange Certificates (FECs) at state-owned …
BBC News, UK -
“For WFP and the wider UN and NGO community, the air hub was critical for the provision of vital relief supplies to the people of Myanmar (Burma),” said WFP …
Sudden rise in FEC price
Mizzima.com, India -
The situation worsened after Cyclone Nargis lashed Burma in early May. No one can keep foreign exchange without permission in Burma. …
Burma’s 88 Generation Students complete a year in custody
Mizzima.com, India -
Bo Kyi said, the student leaders continued arrest proves the severe human rights conditions in Burma and the lack of the rule of Law. …
Burma Tourism Report Ignores Cyclone, Demonstrations
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Burma’s Tourism Entrepreneurs Association is quoted in media reports admitting that the effects of Cyclone Nargis alone have reduced tourist visitors to the …
UN Ends Its Relief Flights from Bangkok to Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“The air hub was critical for the provision of vital relief supplies to the people of Myanmar [Burma],” said Tony Banbury, WFP’s Asia regional director. …
Tibetans in Belgium and Austria go on hunger strike
Phayul, Tibet -
The effort is supported by Brigid Weinzinger, human rights speaker of the Green Party in Austria Tseten Zöchbauer started the function and spoke in detail …
THAILAND: Alarm bells over possible tidal surge
IRINnews.org, NY -
“A storm surge in the Gulf could cause greater damage than the one triggered by Cyclone Nargis in Burma last May,” he said. Strong winds could cause the …
WFP Bangkok relief air bridge for Myanmar completes mission
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
In the three months since the opening of the Don Mueang humanitarian air bridge on 24 May, 232 relief flights were dispatched to Cyclone-hit Myanmar. …
UNLD not allowed to meet Gambari
Art of Patience FREE BURMA (Weblog) Supporting IMNA
Ethnic opposition party leaders have not been allowed to meet United Nations special envoy, Mr. Ibrahim Gambari who is in Burma on a five-day visit, though ethnic leaders demanded a meeting….
Three dead in China-Myanmar border quakes
Channel NewsAsia – AsiaPacific
Yangon, Myanmar: U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, hoping to promote democratic reform in Myanmar, will extend his five-day visit until Saturday in an apparent effort to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi….
Burma: UN food agency sends final aid flight
آكي , Italy -
Bangkok, 22 August (AKI) – The United Nations’ World Food Programme has sent its final humanitarian flight from Thailand to Burma to aid victims of Cyclone …
Burma to Allow International Text Messaging
Cellular-News, UK -
It has been reported that mobile phone users in the reclusive country of Burma (Myanmar) can now send SMSs overseas, but only via a government approved …
Burma: Junta Approves International Text Messaging RedOrbit, TX -
SI.com -
The European Union has sanctioned Burma, and banned the granting of visas to various members of the brutal military regime that rules the country. …
TOKYO —Japan will introduce the so-called third-country refugee resettlement program as early as fiscal 2010 as the first Asian country to do so in a bid to accept more foreign refugees, government sources….
Rights groups lash out at UN
Mizzima.com, India -
The organization went on to argue that the human rights situation in Burma has actually deteriorated over the course of Gambari’s tenure, citing a doubling …
The Olympic Games: A Propaganda Victory for China?
FrontPage magazine.com, CA -
It has paid only lip service on the human rights issues in China, and entirely ignored the illegitimate nature of the Chinese communist regime. …
Community service often viewed as punishment
The Tennessean, TN -
Tyrannical regimes in Burma, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Cuba are guilty of these crimes. Liberals refuse to offer serious proposals that would …
UN ends Bangkok “air bridge” to Burma
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
“For the WFP and the wider UN and NGO community, the air hub was critical for the provision of vital relief supplies to the people of Myanmar,” said Tony …
Burmese Dissidents Call United Nations for Openness and Accountability
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
… its recent mission to Burma (Myanmar), the Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) called for UN Special Envoy to Burma …
Free Buram’s Political Prisnoers campaign
MyNews.in, India -
For decades the people of Burma have suffered from socio-economic hardship and severe oppression of political and civil rights by its brutal military regime …
88 Gen Student leaders in custody for a year with remands in absentia
Mizzima.com, India -
“It reveals lack of the rule of law in Burma. They fought for democracy and human rights in the 1988 popular uprising. They have served long prison terms …
UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING AND TV – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS …
MaximsNews Network, NY - 3 hours ago
Is that pretty much the way he apportions to the democratically elected leaders of Burma? Deputy Spokesperson: As you know, Mr. Gambari is in Myanmar to …
Report exposes insurance industry Burma links
Union Network International, Switzerland -
It is part of a carefully targeted policy designed by Burma’s democracy movement to cut the junta’s economic lifeline, this will decrease the amount of …
UN special envoy to Myanmar fails to see Aung San Suu Kyi
Monsters and Critics.com -
This week’s visit is Gambari’s fourth since last year to Myanmar, also known as Burma, where he has been handed a mandate by the United Nations to deal with …
UN special envoy to Myanmar fails to see Aung San Suu Kyi
Thaindian.com, Thailand -
The State Peace and Development Council, as Myanmar’s junta calls itself, has shown little willingness to comply with Gambari’s overall mission. …
Flooding kills 74 in northern India
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
… Myanmar (Burma) and Pakistan. About 50000 people have been displaced in southeastern Nepal since the Saptakoshi River burst its banks earlier this week. …
Oppressed Burmese deserve better from the world
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
For instance, strong words in the wake of the devastating Cyclone Nargis in May against the inhuman intransigence of the military leaders, …
C’mon, Mr. Chrétien, our voice on China does matter
Globe and Mail, Canada -
Canada speaks out today about injustice in Burma and Zimbabwe. Canadians are fighting and dying for human rights in Afghanistan. …
The United Nations has acknowledged that over the past three months some $1.60-million in aid for the victims of the devastating cyclone in May has been lost to Burma’s odd foreign exchange regulations.
The World
TIME -
Meanwhile, in Burma, which is still recovering from a cyclone that killed at least 84000 people in May, torrential rains have forced people to flee their …
Unprecedented search for heroes of ‘the Hump’
Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -
JPAC’s Troy Kitch said recently that the missing planes included more than 100 in India, about 100 in Myanmar and more than 170 in China. …
A Forgotten Mountain Region Rediscovered
MorungExpress, India -
… the territory of the Naga people in the border area of North-east India and Myanmar (Burma) appeared as a blank spot on Western world maps” and that …
More help for local refugees
News Sentinel, IN -
Fort Wayne is home to refugees from strife in many parts of the world, including Somalia, Bosnia and Darfur, but the largest wave has been from Burma. …
State media: 5.9-magnitude quake kills 1 in China
The Associated Press -
BEIJING (AP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted southern China near the border with Myanmar Thursday, killing a woman — one day after another quake damaged …
Quakes kill one near China, Burma border Radio Australia, Australia -
State media: 5.9-magnitude quake kills 3 in China PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
Quakes hit China-Myanmar border Straits Times, Singapore -
Three dead in China-Myanmar border quakes Channel NewsAsia – AsiaPacific
World focus on Burma (21 August 2008)
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ASIA: Rock Star’s Expulsion Says No to Child Sex Tourists
Inter Press Service, Italy - By Marwaan Macan-Markar
Likewise, Chinese and Thai tourists are going to the Shan state in Myanmar (Burma) to take advantage of child sex workers,’’ another study by the UN agency …
State media: 5.9-magnitude quake kills 1 in China
The Associated Press -
BEIJING (AP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted southern China near the border with Myanmar Thursday, killing a woman — one day after another quake damaged …
One dead as two quakes hit NEWS.com.au, Australia -
5.9-magnitude quake hits China The Standard, Hong Kong -
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Thailand: Flooding in Chiang Rai business districts; Chaiyaphum …
Mathaba.Net, UK -
Greatly over the critical level of 2.50 metres following heavy rain in Thailand and Myanmar, overflowing its banks and flooding residential and business …
ACT Situation Report: Myanmar emergency response operation 21 Aug 2008
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
ACT members and partners continue co-ordination between each other and with other non-governmental organisations and UN agencies. …
Tanzanian refugees settle in Ireland
The Press Association -
Last year, Ireland accepted almost 100 refugees from Burma who were living in hillside camps on the border with Thailand. The Tanzania refugees, who are …
Burma Rights Group Says XL, Chubb to Withdraw; Chubb Charges …
Insurance Journal, CA -
The Burma Campaign UK, a human rights group, has issued a bulletin stating that XL and Chubb have separately announced their withdrawals from the Burmese ..
Appreciating the Spirit of India´s Independence Day
American Chronicle, CA -
The landlocked Northeast, which has been surrounded by Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet (china), Burma and Bangladesh, is the home for more than 30 active armed groups, …
Dead-end in Burma for UN envoy
Mizzima.com, India - by Larry Jagan
“The SG has also indicated his intention to return to Myanmar (Burma), when conditions are right, to continue his dialogue with the Myanmar leadership,” a …
Myanmar: “I only lost my home,” says cyclone survivor
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
YANGON, MYANMAR (BURMA), August 21, 2008 – Ma Yi* was one of the fortunate ones: all that she lost was her house, and everything in it. …
More US Regional Engagement Needed
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
In 2003, the US introduced the Freedom and Democracy Act in response to the ruthless attack on Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters in the central Burmese …
Court charges monk on 10 counts
Mizzima.com, India -
He said ‘even if I did not put on my robe, I am still a monk, it is not necessary to handcuff me, you are violating human rights’, the monk’s sister quoted …
Burma democracy group names insurers on ‘dirty list’
Royal Gazette, Bermuda -
Ace Marine, it added, offered insurance for Burma through its London office. The Burma Campaign, whose aim is to bring democracy to a country currently …
Habeas corpus returns to Burma?
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong -
(Awzar Thi is the pen name of a member of the Asian Human Rights Commission with over 15 years of experience as an advocate of human rights and the rule of …
International Text Messaging Approved in Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
GSM phones were introduced by Myanmar Post and Telecom in 2002. Despite being more expensive, they’ve quickly become more popular than CDMA and cell phones …
Gambari May Leave Without Seeing Suu Kyi, Than Shwe
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By SAW YAN NAING With one day of his current visit to Burma left, UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari has still not met either opposition leader Aung San Suu …
Migrants Flow out of Burma as Economic Woes Deepen
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Some local observers suggested that the steady influx was due to the impact of Cyclone Nargis, which slammed into Burma’s largely agricultural Irrawaddy …
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. …
Solo Protestor and Wife Released
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
During the protest, he demanded the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in a message written on a poster that was hanging around his neck. …
More US Regional Engagement Needed
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
In 2003, the US introduced the Freedom and Democracy Act in response to the ruthless attack on Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters in the central Burmese …
U Myint Aye to be charged with misappropriating aid
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Aug 21, 2008 (DVB)–Human rights activist U Myint Aye is to be charged with misappropriating relief funds despite the lack of evidence against him, …
Monsoon floods strand 80000 in India’s northeast
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
South Asia’s monsoon season typically runs from June through September, bringing deadly flooding and landslides to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma) …
SCR Studios Launches Asian Photo Gallery Web Site Version 2.0
PR Web (press release), WA -
Some upcoming trips that will be incorporated into his online stock include India, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sir Lanka, Malaysia, …
Tsunami warning system improvements stalled
Phuket Gazette, Thailand -
… provinces should a storm similar to Cyclone Nargis, which devastated Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta region, make landfall and cause a storm surge there. …
UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING AND TV: WEDNESDAY, 20/08/2008 …
MaximsNews Network, NY -
On his third day in Myanmar, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Ibrahim Gambari, met with the ministers of Planning and Health with whom he discussed …
Flooding in Chiang Rai business districts; Chaiyaphum prepares
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
… of 2.50 metres following heavy rain in Thailand and Myanmar, overflowing its banks and flooding residential and business areas in Mae Sai municipality. …
It’s about time for a fresh look at China
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel, NC -
Unfortunately, that is not the case. Human rights are global rights. What’s good for the Chinese is good for all Zimbabweans, Burmese and Sudanese.
Myanmar: Opposition Leader Misses UN Meeting
New York Times, United States -
The ruling generals in Myanmar, formerly Burma, had thrown a tight security cordon around the state guest house where the envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, …
Myanmar Opposition Concerned About Aung San Suu Kyi’s Health
Bloomberg -
“The government didn’t give an explanation for why she didn’t show up and neither did Mr. Gambari,” Nyan Win said by phone from Myanmar. …
HUMAN NEED: Pakuranga’s Stuart Corlett with refugee child Tommuang, due to get plastic surgery thanks to Partners Relief and Development. Photo supplied.
Times Online – Auckland, New Zealand -
… Mr Corlett is back in New Zealand on a five-week journey to bring Burma (also known as Myanmar) back into the minds of New Zealanders. …
Global insurers targeted by human rights activists
Lloyd’s List, UK -
HUMAN rights activists are renewing pressure on the global insurance industry and its leading market place, Lloyd’s of London, to reassess its policy on …
Pacific Team Delivers GEOINT in Paradise
DirectionsMag.com, IL -
When Tropical Cyclone Nargis struck Burma on May 2-3, 2008, causing catastrophic damage and killing tens of thousands, these well-prepared virtual partners …
The Military and the Monetary,
Toward Freedom, VT -
Chinese military hardware is shipped regularly to Burma, including the 2005 supply of 400 military trucks to Myanmar’s army. Chinese military exports went …
ASEAN considers observer status for Burma civilian Govt
ABC Online, Australia -
Elected in 1990 but unable to form government he was driven from Burma by the military junta in 1994. “I’ve been out of Burma for nearly 15 years,” he said. …
Daily Times, Pakistan -
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 …
Thumbs up for Mandela, down for Geldof
OneWorld.net, UK -
A greater proportion of Londoners also voted for Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi (9 per cent) than any other region. …
Intermountain Catholic, UT -
Aden Batar (back row, second from right) meets in the CCS courtyard with newly arrived refugees from Burma (Myanmar). Most Burmese refugees have spent at …
Johann Hari: John McCain and his secretive plot to ‘kill the UN’
Independent, UK -
For example, the UN is routinely blamed for not intervening in Burma, or Zimbabwe, or Georgia – but the UN has no army of its own; it is only as good as its …
Emergency Appeal update: Myanmar(Burma) Cyclone Nargis response
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Nargis struck Myanmar (Burma) on May 2-3 and, according to figures supplied by the United Nations in July, killed more than 84530 persons; 53836 are still …
Samantha Power’s Special Pleading
The Plank on TNR.com, DC -
… Chinese fleeing the Mao regime, Asian nationals from Uganda, and the avalanche of human wreckage from Paraguay, Guatemala, Burma, Cambodia, …
PMO: No decision yet on Bnei Menashe
Jerusalem Post, Israel -
The Bnei Menashe, who live in the states of Mizoram and Manipur on the border with Myanmar (formerly Burma) claim to be descendants of a lost tribe of …
Myanmar: UN envoy meets with ministers on third day of visit
UN News Centre -
20 August 2008 – The top United Nations envoy to Myanmar met with the country’s planning and health ministers today to discuss ways to tackle the …
Inter Press Service, Italy -
Burma and Somalia, ranked 179th in the Index, are the countries viewed as the most corrupt. Zambia is ranked 68 in the latest index measuring the level of …
The Mislabeled “United Nations Human Rights Council”
Post Chronicle -
Well-known human rights abusers Burma, China, Cuba, Ethiopia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe voted in favor of the new council and many …
Two international insurance companies to pull out of Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
“…we strongly condemn all insurers that remain involved in our military junta run country. They help keep the generals in power, and condemn Burma’s 50 ..
World focus on Burma (18 August 2008)
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Vatican Radio, The Vatican -
Mark Farmaner is the Director of the Burma Campaign in the UK. He says that hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations are low.
Gambari’s visit has created no political breakthrough: Burmese …
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – Burma’s main opposition party – the National League fro Democracy – on Monday said it welcomed another round of visit by the United Nations …
Aung San Suu Kyi in another rare meeting with lawyer
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – Burma’s detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday was allowed another meeting with her lawyer, Kyi Win, …
Burmese MPs in exile call for ASEAN support
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… for the Philippine and other ASEAN governments to censure SPDC for its human rights violations and suppression of democratic forces in Burma,” he said. …
Support athletes, but not China
Ukiah Daily Journal, CA -
The military junta in Burma is still in power to this day, despite strong and continuous resistance by the people of Burma, because of China’s support. …
Six killed in a landslide in Upper Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
“The heavy and incessant rainfall in Mogoke has been on for about three months now and started even before Cyclone Nargis hit Burma. …
Thousands flee as Mekong breaks flood records
The Age, Australia -
A Cambodian woman swims with her cattle to higher ground. Photo: Reuters
Flooding has also hit parts of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos as well as Burma, where waters rose in the Irrawaddy Delta, still recovering from a cyclone that …
Five Taunggok activists jailed for 8 August march
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… including members of the 88 Generation Students group, the All Burma Federation Of Student Unions and the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters network, …
Daw Suu receives visits from lawyer and doctor
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
… League for Democracy leader is intended to create a positive impression for United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who arrives in Burma today.
Gambari Arrives in Burma
United Nations special envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari speaks during an interview on February at the United Nations information center in Tokyo. (Photo: Reuters)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WAI MOE The United Nations Special Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Rangoon on Monday for a five-day trip to Burma. …
UN envoy visits Myanmar Radio Netherlands, Netherlands -
UN envoy makes another visit to Burma Radio Australia, Australia -
UN Envoy Begins Burma Visit Voice of America -
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Six Die and Thousands Flee Torrential Rain in Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Last Saturday, the state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported that the floods hit areas of Rangoon and the Irrawaddy delta, where Cyclone Nargis left a …
Nobel Peace Laureates Offer a Message of Hope on America’s Most …
PR Newswire (press release), NY -
The ten core issues that the Nobel Peace Laureates have designated for projects include: — Ending racism and hate — Social justice and human rights for …
Myanmar Gem Sellers Disregard US Ban
Israel Diamond Portal, Israel -
Myanmar, (formerly Burma), produces almost 90% of the world’s rubies and is a leading international supplier of other gems and jade. …
China’s iron Olympic grip starts to
Times Online, UK -
They rejected criticism of their policies on Darfur, Burma and Zimbabwe, brushing aside foreign demonstrators complaining about Tibet. …
Bridging the gap: Myanmar refugees and members of Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church enjoy a game Sunday. The children threw themselves into the games, but language gaps slowed interaction between adults.
… Nationalities Christian Fellowship, a congregation of immigrants, most of them refugees, from Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country once known as Burma. …
Burma’s ‘Blood Jade” Used in Olympic Medals?
The Epoch Times, NY -
A Burmese woman deals her Jade stones with a shopkeeper at the Jade market June 15, 2003 in Mandalay, Myanmar. The country generates a considerable income from the mining of precious stones mostly from the northern part of Myanmar. Its a government run mo (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
Although both European countries and the United States have placed severe restrictions on the import of gems from Burma (also called Myanmar), …
AtHoc IWSAlerts Achieves “Positive Military Utility” Rating by US …
PR Web (press release), WA -
… joint military forces also used AtHoc IWSAlerts in preparation for relief efforts when Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, Burma in May. …
Suu Kyi meets lawyer on eve of UN envoy visit: spokesman
AFP -
A protester carries a photo of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
YANGON (AFP) — Detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed a rare meeting with her lawyer on the eve of a UN envoy’s visit to push Myanmar’s …
UN envoy begins Myanmar reconciliation mission
The Associated Press -
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Myanmar’s capital Monday on a five-day mission to promote national reconciliation and …
UN envoy in Myanmar amid waning hopes for reform
International Herald Tribune, France -
With little to show from his previous five missions to the former Burma, hopes of a breakthrough on Gambari’s sixth visit are low. “Frankly, we don’t expect …
Severe Flooding Hits Burma and Neighboring Countries
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By AP BANGKOK — Severe flooding triggered by torrential rains has struck areas of Burma still reeling from Cyclone Nargis, a state-run newspaper said …
Floods kill 130, drive thousands from homes in Southeast Asia
Boston Globe, United States -
A boy played in flood waters yesterday at a shop east of Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Officials there said the flooding of the Mekong River was the worst in memory. (Reuters)
Flooding has also hit parts of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos as well as Burma, where waters rose in the Irrawaddy Delta. The delta region is still recovering …
UN special envoy arrives in Myanmar
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
The visit is Gambari’s fourth since last year to Myanmar, also known as Burma, where he has been handed a mandate by the UN to deal with the country’s …
UN special envoy visits Myanmar for reconciliation efforts
Xinhua, China -
18 (Xinhua) — United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived here Monday on a re-visit to Myanmar to goon with UN’s efforts for the country’s …
New Yorker, United States -
Soldiers about to close off access to Rangoon’s Sule Pagoda, during the protests of September, 2007. Increasingly, dissidents are questioning the utility of direct confrontation with the government. Photograph by Christian Holst.
… “Aung San Suu Kyi is the new leader of our country. American troops will come liberate us.” But Suu Kyi—the daughter of the general who led Burma to …
Australia helps refugees rebuild their lives
TamilSydney.com, Australia -
‘There are more than 40 000 people in the Mae La refugee camp, mostly people of Karen ethnicity who faced persecution by the Burmese military junta,’ …
Junta allows Suu Kyi to meet with lawyer again
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand -
YANGON, Aug 18 (Kyodo) – Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed Sunday to meet with her lawyer for the second time in 10 days, …
Boston Globe, United States -
Nowhere has that failure been more flagrant than in Burma, where a vicious military junta continues to deceive and defy the world body. …
Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY -
The military junta in Burma is still in power, despite strong and continuous resistance by the people of Burma, because of China´s support. …
Burma opposition lauds UN visit
BBC News, UK -
Mr Gambari met Aung San Suu Kyi in March but not key military leaders
By Brenda Marshall Burma’s National League for Democracy has said it hopes a visit by the UN’s special envoy will revive talks between its detained leader …
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
… cited as models of moral courage peace advocate Mahatma Gandhi, human rights leader Martin Luther King, and Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Myanmar party hopes envoy visit will revive talks
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
Myanmar party hopes envoy visit will revive talks – © AP
Gambari last visited Myanmar in March, a trip he described as a disappointment. Although he was allowed to meet Suu Kyi he had no access to senior junta …
Hopes for talks on Burma democracy
Scotsman, United Kingdom -
BURMA’S main opposition party said yesterday that it hopes a visit today by a United Nations special envoy will help restart talks between the pro-democracy …
Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
JURIST -
[JURIST] Officials of Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) said Sunday that the government has sentenced five of its members to …
NLD hopes Gambari’s visit will revive talks with junta
Daily Times, Pakistan -
YANGON: Myanmar’s main opposition party said Sunday that it hopes a visit this week by a UN special envoy will help restart stalled talks between …
Inquirer.net, Philippines -
… missing the opening rites in Beijing as a protest against the Chinese government’s continuing support of the military junta in Burma or Sudan. ..
Myanmar opposition hopes UN envoy’s visit will spur talks
International Herald Tribune, France -
AP YANGON, Myanmar: The main Myanmar main opposition party said Sunday that it hoped a visit this week by a special envoy from the United Nations would help …
Detained Suu Kyi meets lawyer as release speculation grows
Monsters and Critics.com -
Yangon – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been permitted a rare meeting with her lawyer, the second this month, giving rise to speculation …
Wife of Solo Protester Arrested in Arakan
Narinjara News, Bangladesh -
The poster contained writing demanding the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. “He wrote a sentence on the poster that read, ‘Our mother Daw Aung Suu Kyi must …
For Australia foreign aid, like charity, begins
The Age, Australia -
Since May, Australia has given more than $55 million in the aftermath of Burma’s cyclone Nargis and more than $2 million to China’s earthquake recovery. …
World focus on Burma (16 June 2008)
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International celebrations for Daw Suu’s birthday
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
US senators, Burmese government in exile, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, Burmese activists, foreign correspondents and the Burmese …
Rumors of New Catastrophe Sweep Rangoon
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… the regime’s mouthpiece, The New Light of Myanmar, accused unnamed Western countries of being responsible for the rumors then circulating within Burma. …
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Yin Yin Wie, Tin Tin Cho and Myat Thu were detained by the special branch of Burma’s police in Sanchaung Township in Rangoon on Thursday, June 12. … |
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NOAA: Global Temperature Seventh Warmest for Spring, Eighth … WIBW, KS - Tropical Cyclone Nargis brought heavy rain, strong winds, and high storm surge waters to Burma (Myanmar) in early May, destroying thousands of homes and … |
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Weather Extremes Mark Spring 2008 Daily Green - The period saw Cyclone Nargis devastate Myanmar (Burma); nearly 78000 peopled died. Relief efforts there are still being stymied by the military junta that … |
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Too little is being done to help the people of Burma and their … BBC News, UK - Dr de Jong spent two weeks in Burma, also known as Myanmar, and he said the inhabitants were showing signs of mental trauma. … |
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With Anti-US Propaganda, Amnesty International Mocks Itself North Star Writers Group, MI - Had only the United States shut down its detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Burma’s cruel military Junta would have seen the error of its ways, … |
Catholic order hoping to rebuild in Myanmar
Chicago Sun-Times, United States -
BY MIKE THOMAS Religion Reporter mthomas@suntimes.com In early May, a monster cyclone ripped apart the southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma), …
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UN plans Myanmar anti-dengue operation
The Associated Press -
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The United Nations plans to launch a massive anti-dengue campaign this week in cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar where mosquitoes that …
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Creatures most likely to disappear Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - … and the Burmese roofed turtle, which used to be abundant in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) before hunters targeted the creatures and their eggs. … |
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Asean Must Deliver on Human Rights Body The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - There is an expectation that Cambodia, Myanmar [Burma], Laos and Vietnam may appoint representatives who are less open to human rights. … . Burmese Generals Deserve to be Flogged: US CongressmanThe Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“Madam Speaker, I rise today over the comments made by the brutal generals, military dictators in Burma, saying that Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize … |
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Sports writer arrested after aiding Myanmar cyclone victims AFP - YANGON (AFP) — A popular sports writer who helped deliver aid to victims of the cyclone in Myanmar has been arrested, the second aid volunteer detained in … |
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Burma arrests 245 drug traffickers Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - “Action was taken against 245 persons – 201 men and 44 women in 158 cases,” the New Light of Myanmar reported ahead of the United Nations anti-drugs and … |
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Red Cross welcomes special cyclone support ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - … CEO Robert Tickner today warmly welcomed a special contribution by the Government of South Australia to aid victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar(Burma). … |
Cyclone Brought Something More to Myanmar
Zenit News Agency, Italy -
YANGON, Myanmar, JUNE 15, 2008 (Zenit.org).- May’s cyclone devastated Myanmar and aid restrictions from the ruling junta worsened the chaos. …
State of denial
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
While Myanmar’s junta leaders enjoy a lavish lifestyle, an internal military report suggests more than 1,000 soldiers are deserting every month.
A slow response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis has laid bare the junta’s internal problems and angered the population.
The winds of Cyclone Nargis have exposed the rotting core of Myanmar’s vast military, the nation’s strongest institution. With much of the world focusing on the death and devastation wrought by last month’s cyclone with its 190km/h winds and tidal waves, the wider impact on the ruling powers is only gradually becoming apparent.
Well-placed Myanmese sources and foreign diplomats inside the country now describe a once-proud military facing a spiralling desertion rate, a slow and over-complex command structure and festering doubts about its claim to legitimacy – problems brought into sharp focus by the challenges posed by the storm, the world’s worst natural disaster since the Asian tsunami of 2004…….
Finally, Calbayog gets clinic with help from US NavyInquirer.net, Philippines -
The Mercy, with its high-tech medical equipment, has been ready to help cyclone-devastated Burma (Myanmar), but the paranoid ruling junta refused to allow … |
Xola Consulting to Share Adventure Tourism Perspective at …
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro -
… markets around the world including Central and South America, North Africa and Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Myanmar (Burma), India and Nepal.
