World Focus on Burma (26-11-2007)

1. Too Many States Not on Course to Meet Clearance Deadlines
   Media For Freedom, Nepal -
   Government use of antipersonnel mines declined further, with only Myanmar/Burma and Russia continuing to lay new mines. Non-state armed groups in at least …
2. Asean members have no time to waste
   Bangkok Post, Thailand -
   Philippine President Gloria Arroyo told Burma’s Thein Sein during a one-on-one meeting on Tuesday: ”The expectation of the Philippines is that if Myanmar …
3. China must revalue yuan: Sarkozy
   NEWS.com.au, Australia -
   He said he wanted “vigorous” action from China on Myanmar, a close Chinese ally which crushed pro-democracy protests in September, sparking global outrage, …
4. Burma Mobilizes To Protect 7M Kids Against Polio
   Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand -
   Midwife Daw Kyin Nu is braving the cold rain in the hilly regions of Shan State, Myanmar, as she goes house to house to vaccinate children under the age of …
5. Networking Central
   Philadelphia Jewish Voice, PA -
   … half way around the world, monks, and crowds of protestors marched in the streets of Yangon fighting for peace, freedom, and democracy in Burma/Myanmar. ..
6. Sarkozy says China must revalue yuan
   Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
   He said he wanted “vigorous” action from China on Myanmar, a close Chinese ally which crushed pro-democracy protests in September, sparking global outrage, …
7. UN Burma fact-finder to speak at Brown
   Providence Journal, RI -
   Paulo sérgio Pinheiro, the UN special rapporteur for human rights, said he is hopeful that crisis in Burma (called Myanmar by the country’s ruling generals) …
8. Myanmar PM to visit Cambodia
   Xinhua, China -
   26 (Xinhua) — Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein will pay a goodwill visit to Cambodia in the near future at the invitation of his Cambodian …
9. Just words
   Pinoy Press, Philippines -
   Here was the most authoritarian leader the Philippines has ever had since Ferdinand Marcos declaring , albeit indirectly, the members of Burma’s ruling …
10. Boat sinks near Bangladesh-Burma sea border; 50 people missing
    Toronto Star, Canada -
    Several thousand Burmese refugees, mostly Muslims known as Rohingyas, have fled to Bangladesh over the years, claiming persecution by Burma’s military junta …
11. Myanmar ruby boycott proposal raises red flag
    Los Angeles Times, CA -
    “The sale of these gems gives Burma’s military rulers quick cash to stay in power.” (Myanmar is also known as Burma.) But a successful boycott of what …
12. Indian Buddhist monks protest against Myanmar junta
    Reuters -
    … emblems,” Kyaw Than of the All Burma Students League said by phone from the town. A monk-led protest was crushed by Myanmar’s ruling junta in September, …
13. ASEAN pays price for embracing Burmese junta
    Vancouver Sun, Canada -
    … said: “The credibility and reputation of ASEAN has been called into question because of the situation in Myanmar [the name the junta calls Burma]. …
14. Thailand’s counterfeit pipeline
    Columbus Dispatch, OH -
    … Thailand shares borders with countries that don’t place a premium on intellectual property rights: Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar, formerly Burma. …
15. Sarkozy urges Beijing to take on greater global responsibility
    AsiaNews.it, Italy -
    … and the massacre of Myanmar’s population are the key objectives which French President Nicolas Sarkozy set himself on his arrival in China yesterday, …
16. ASEAN still toothless after 40 years
    Asia Times Online, Hong Kong -
    The senior diplomat, charged with mediating national reconciliation between Myanmar’s ruling generals and its oppressed pro-democracy movement, …
17. Report: Myanmar monks have vanished
    United Press International -
    The crackdown by the military junta, which has ruled Myanmar, formerly Burma, since 1989, began after pro-democracy protests were taken over by the monks. …
18. UN asks Vietnam to help rein in Burma
    Bangkok Post, Thailand -
    Noting that Hanoi is close to Burma’s ruling junta, Gambari said he hoped Vietnam’s government would “further encourage the government of Myanmar to …
19. NLD branch welcomes Suu Kyi’s statement
    Mizzima.com, India -
    On Monday, the Burmese state-run newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar, carried statements by the ’88′ generation students (The Union of Myanmar), …
20. USDA to hold pro-government rallies
    Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
    The state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper has been running a number of announcements since early November from ethnic and other political groups who …