Posts Tagged ‘Rambo’
World focus on Burma (12 December 2008)
Burma needs Rambos
Mizzima.com, India -
by Mizzima News As the year is about to end and the junta’s plan for its proposed election draws ever nearer, many democracy and human rights activists …
Former Norwegian PM urges action on Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Dec 12, 2008 (DVB)–Former Norwegian premier Kjell Magne Bondevik expressed his hopes for a democratic transition in Burma but said a fair election could not …
Health care at risk in cyclone hit areas in Burma: UN
Mizzima.com, India -
“There are very positive results from projects related to prevention and treatment of diseases like Malaria and HIV/Aids in Myanmar [Burma]. …
Rangoon Residents Suffer Power Cuts
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… sector in Burma in recent years. Quoted in the state-run newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar, he said, “There was only 228 megawatts in the past. …
Tay Za: Recession Taking a Toll
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The junta’s response to Cyclone Nargis in May of this year has also been highly criticized. Tay Za’s meeting with executives took place just one day after …
Sundance Film Festival lineup announced
Desert Valley Times, UT -
211:Anna / Italy – The story of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist and human rights activist who risked her life to report the truth about the Chechen …
First’s lady’s Biography: Laura Bush
Webnewswire.com, India -
She also met with President Hamid Karzai and expressed America’s continued support for Afghanistan’s new democracy, which ensures equal rights for women and …
A vote against ‘discipline democracy’
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong -
By Nehginpao Kipgen Shed another tear for Myanmar’s (Burma’s) swelling population of prisoners of conscience. In recent weeks, the country’s ruling military …
Junta Releases Activist after 2 Months of Interrogation
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By AP RANGOON — Burma’s military authorities freed a prominent member of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party Thursday after holding him …
Weekly Business Roundup (December 12, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… but the Hindu News newspaper reports that Burma’s neighbor will now face competition from several Middle East countries. It quotes the Union of Myanmar …
Child trafficking continues between Burma and Thailand
Human Rights Tribune, Switzerland -
It has Thailand’s largest Burmese population, estimated at 80000-plus, nine refugee camps, and probably the largest concentration of Myanmar-focused …
YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s military government is working on pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal against her detention but has rejected her …
Ashin Gambira awarded honourary citizenship by Italy
Mizzima.com, India -
by Zarni Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Ashin Gambira, sentenced to a lengthy prison term for galvanizing the monk community into staging protests in Burma last …
Asia and Africa’s wild elephants live longer than their zoo …
Fresh News, India -
… National Park in Kenya; and the Myanma Timber Enterprise in Myanmar (Burma), a government-run logging operation where Asian elephants are put to work. …
Myanmar junta sweeps clean for 2010 polls
TopNews, India -
Yangon – The two pivotal events for Myanmar in 2008 – Cyclone Nargis and a national referendum – fell on the same month, highlighting the ruling junta’s …
Nobel Women
The Globalist, DC -
Mother Teresa of India and Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma remain perhaps the most famous of recent winners for their work on eliminating poverty and facilitating …
Force: The Real ‘F’ Word
Antiwar.com, CA -
The Burmese junta ruthlessly represses both activists promoting democracy and ethnic groups fighting for autonomy. Lebanon has suffered through civil war, …
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After Pax Americana?
Liberal International – Bangkok Executive 2008
Elephants kept in zoos die younger than in the wild
Mugabe, please tell the West to shut-up!
Panel looks at ‘the crime of all crimes’
Study: Elephants live longer in wild than zoos
Zoo life harmful to elephants: Research
[WT논평]The plight of Myanmar
MYANMAR-THAILAND: Child trafficking continues, but not fuelled by …
IRINnews.org, NY -
MAE SOT, 11 December 2008 (IRIN) – When Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar in May, leaving close to 140000 people dead or missing, aid workers feared an increase in …
World focus on Burma (14 September 2008)
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The Asian century still a long way off
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
“The Thais, all they care about is money, nothing else,” one Burmese acquaintance told me in Rangoon, despite never having been to Thailand. …
Aung San Suu Kyi meets doctor amid health worries: witnesses
AFP -
YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for several hours with her physician Sunday, witnesses said, amid worries for her …
Myanmar loosens some strictures on Aung San Suu Kyi
International Herald Tribune, France -
By Seth Mydans BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military junta will allow the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to receive letters from her two sons as well as some …
Nobel laureate from Iran urges against military action
Los Angeles Times, CA -
… up political pressure on the military regime to democratize the nation and free Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader and 1991 Nobel laureate. …
Rambo-type people less likely to survive disasters!
Entertainment and Showbiz!, India -
To reach the conclusion, Gonzales reviewed miraculous tales of survival from catastrophes like the Burmese cyclone, September 11 attacks and the Boxing Day …
Newspaper: 2 bomb blasts in central Myanmar kill 2
The Associated Press -
The military, which has ruled Myanmar, also called Burma, since 1962, has been widely criticized for suppressing basic freedoms.
Resources center will aid refugee influx
WTHI, IN -
Some of its programs will be specifically for refugees from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. Thousands of refugees from Myanmar have resettled in Fort …
Beloved Leader would be mourned by more than those in North Korea
Sunday Herald, UK -
… event of Kim’s demise – think a military-style junta along the lines of that seen in Burma – there would be inevitable tensions over the nuclear issue. …
Climate change challenges
The Daily Star, Bangladesh -
In December last year I visited Bangladesh and met people who had lost their homes, their possessions and in many cases their loved ones in Cyclone Sidr. …
Man sets out to retrace his ancestor’s trek around the world …
Chicago Sun-Times, United States -
Tempas, who has been in touch with the State Department, will skip Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, because of political unrest. …
Suu Kyi to appeal to Myanmar junta for her release: lawyer
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India ‘must not show weakness to China’
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
On India’s eastern flank, China has allied with Burma’s military regime and begun constructing another deep water port on the Bay of Bengal. …
World focus on Burma (9 September 2008)
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Opposition in exile launches campaign against Burmese junta’s …
Mizzima.com, India -
… in 2007 that called for a tripartite dialogue between the Junta, the National League for democracy led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic groups. .
Myanmar emergency response continues
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D) continues to provide emergency relief in Myanmar (Burma) through the Action by Churches Together (ACT) …
At UN, Ingrid Betancourt Urges Ban to Act About Myanmar, 15 Days …
Inner City Press, NY -
.. would like to request you to reconsider the most effective ways and means appropriate for settlement of political situation in Burma (Myanmar). …
NLD members accused of medical offences
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
“Everywhere in Burma there are many people who keep syringes to help people in places were there are no doctors or medics,” Dr Aung Moe Nyo said. …
Film director Mike Tee arrested
Mizzima.com, India -
Burmese military junta authorities have arrested Burma’s prominent film director Mike Tee for alleged drug abuse, sources said. Though he was said to have …
Visa-On-Arrival proposal thrills Burmese tour companies
Mizzima.com, India -
Chiang Mai – A proposal to allow tourists to obtain visas on arrival by the Union of Myanmar Travel Association to the Burmese junta has triggered new hopes …
India Urges South Asian Cooperation Against Poverty, Disease
RedOrbit, TX -
He cited the recent cyclone havoc in Myanmar [Burma] and floods in Nepal and Bihar. Expressing empathy with the flood-affected people, he said the need of …
Angola: A Potential Powerhouse Inches Forward
World Defense Review -
Last month, Human Rights Watch issued a report which, citing intimidation of opposition parties and the media as well as interference with the electoral …
Cyclone refugee charged after submitting petition
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Sep 9, 2008 (DVB)–Cyclone refugee U Nyan Win has been arrested in Naypyidaw where he was trying to secure the right for other survivors of Cyclone Nargis to …
Pakokku residents slam security forces’ inaction
Sep 9, 2008 (DVB)–Residents of Pakokku in Magwe division have criticised the actions of government security forces who failed to respond to an attempted robbery that took place in broad daylight. -
The stuff of nightmares for 21st century kids
International Herald Tribune, France -
The junta in Burma looks downright evil – refusing international aid after a cyclone, and starving its own citizens. Watching the resulting chaos erodes our …
Commemoration of Monk’s Death Muted in Arakan State
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Ashin Ottama was born in Arakan State, western Burma. As a child, he was selected to go to England to study, but his mother refused to let him go, …
Thai prime minister toppled by court for hosting cookery show
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
After taking office seven months ago Mr Samak personally cooked dinner for the Burmese prime minister, General Thein Sein, when he visited Thailand. …
RICS Strengthens Its Position in Hong Kong and Asia with More …
PR Newswire (press release), NY -
It also has members working across the region such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos PDR, Macao, Mongolia, …
Gambari Should Push for Tripartite Dialogue: UNA
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Unless national reconciliation was established, the UNA warned, there would be no peace and tranquility in Burma. “What are the UN’s mandates assigned upon …
Refugees explain problems getting aid
Indianapolis Star, United States -
Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest communities of refugees from Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma. Refugees arrive in the US …
Veteran politicians call for end to hunger strike
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a true democratic leader whose party won the elections in 1990 and she is loved and respected by the people of Burma,” the …
Dissidents Dismiss Junta’s Allegations
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
The New Light of Myanmar also claimed that other dissidents, including more than a dozen NLD members, had left Burma to receive training to carry out …
Rambo-type people less likely to survive disasters!
Newstrack India, India -
To reach the conclusion, Gonzales reviewed miraculous tales of survival from catastrophes like the Burmese cyclone, September 11 attacks and the Boxing Day …
Vision Beyond Borders founder shaken by China experience
Billings Gazette, USA -
The group also visited Myanmar, where Klein said Vision Beyond Borders continues to provide relief and aid to people affected by Cyclone Nargis. …
Mission leaves empty feeling
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune, WY -
“That medicine would have cost us $20000 to $30000 in the US” With about 60000 to 80000 orphans left behind in Burma, Klein said sex slavery is a …
Hawaii Doctors Help Cyclone Hit Myanmar
KGMB9, HI -
“We managed to get in only because we were sponsored by the chief monk in Burma,” said Dr. Carl Lum, Aloha Medical Mission. Two months after the storm, …
Two dead as monsoon floods hit northern Thailand
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
… to overflow for the second time this year due to heavy rains in Myanmar (Burma) that are causing the Mae Sai River to rise as it drains into the Mekong. …
Locked in Burma
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa -
It is hard to imagine what life must be like for Aung San Suu Kyi, locked up inside her Rangoon home, separated from her children, denied visitors, …
Burmese refugees want help getting aid
WTHI, IN -
Fort Wayne is home to 1 of the largest communities of refugees from Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma. The News-Sentinel of Fort …
Is Cold War Rhetoric Back at the UN?
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
Judging by the recent deadlock in the Security Council — over Kosovo, Iran, Myanmar (Burma), Zimbabwe, Sudan and most recently Georgia — one wonders …
Analysis and Strategy: My Country First
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
Burma is a classic example and now the plight of Burma is the most highlighted in the world, what in Burmese we always boast “Myanmar Ko Kaba Thi Say Mae” . …
Miraculous survivors: Why they live while others die
CNN -
Whenever a disaster hits — a cyclone in Myanmar; an earthquake in China; a climbing accident in Alaska — Gonzales scans the headlines for the stories of …
Samak to ask Burma to let UN play a role in elections
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Thailand will try to convince Burma to allow the United Nations to play a role in its general elections scheduled for 2010, Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej …
Appeasing the junta _ the UN’s dangerous detour
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Either way, the UN is taking a dangerous gamble on the goodwill of the Burmese junta. And even if the regime honours any promises that it may have made _ …
Opposition denies junta’s accusation of terrorism
Mizzima.com, India -
Khin Yi said NLD members Yan Shwe, Zaw Zaw Aung and Myint Aye, that last of whom is also a member of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network (HRDP) …
Ex-local to lead Buddhist classes
Vail Daily News, CO -
He has traveled on pilgrimage and for teachings to India, Tibet, Nepal, Burma (Myanmar) and Thailand. SDC also offers a weekend retreat, “Living Dharma in …
Karachi, a beggar’s paradise, continues to provide for many
Daily Times, Pakistan -
There are around 60 Burmese and Bengali colonies in the city, with a population of approximately 1.5 million. The colonies are spread from Machhar Colony to …
Sept 9, 1951 – Nehru becomes president of Congress party
Sify, India -
1988 – Burma’s former Prime Minister U Nu, toppled in a 1962 military coup, announces formation of a rival government. Burma is now known as Myanmar. …
South Africa’s Human Rights Reputation Tarnished
Human Rights Watch (press release) -
By Carroll Bogert, published in The Sunday Independent Supporters of human rights around the world watched in joy 14 years ago as apartheid ended and a new …
Asia’s rejection of rock star says no to child sex tourism
FinalCall.com, IL -
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 …
POLITICS: Is Cold War Rhetoric Back at the UN?
Inter Press Service, Italy -
Judging by the recent deadlock in the Security Council — over Kosovo, Iran, Myanmar (Burma), Zimbabwe, Sudan and most recently Georgia — one wonders …
Myanmar’s colonial-era Strand Hotel well preserved
San Jose Mercury News, USA -
Before World War II, the Strand was reserved for “whites only,” but during the Japanese occupation of Burma—as Myanmar was formerly known—it became an army …
The “Church” of Santana, U2, Leonard Cohen and more
Vancouver Sun, Canada -
The probing of love in its non-romantic forms is back too — the love of truth, the fearless love of an Aung San Suu Kyi, the love of the divine. …
Burma’s opposition urges UN to take stronger action
Mizzima.com, India -
… spokesperson for the VPC-Myanmar. He added that they would like to see the reformation of Burma under the UN’s initiative and hope that a future UN …
Aung San Suu Kyi’s aide shifted to another hospital
Mizzima.com, India -
Ma Win Pa Pa and her mother Khin Khin Win have been closely serving detained Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and have been detained along …
Arms: Northern Ireland’s import-export business
Open Democracy, UK -
… very measures which would stop Northern Ireland-supplied weaponry ending up in the hands of human rights abusers in countries like Burma and Zimbabwe. …
Conflicting reports over Daw Suu hunger strike rumours
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
Sep 8, 2008 (DVB)–The National League for Democracy and the Burmese regime have offered conflicting responses to rumours that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is …
Burmese share aid problems
News Sentinel, IN -
Luse gave details on recent legislation that bans import of jade, rubies and other gems from Burma, now called Myanmar, in hopes it pressure the reigning …
World focus on Burma (4 August 2008)
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Bush Heads To Asia For Diplomacy And Sports
MyFox Saint Louis, MO -
He will also meet with activists who oppose the repression of the military junta in neighboring Myanmar. That country, also known as Burma, …
Three months after Burma Cyclone survivors are still in need
ChristianToday, UK -
Rebuilding homes and getting farmers back to work are the urgent priorities for Christian Aid partners working in cyclone-hit areas of Burma. …
International Herald Tribune, France -
In Burma, the Chinese quietly hardened their stance toward the military junta after the September 2007 crackdown against peaceful monk demonstrations. …
Boycott buying blood-Jade from Burma: Campaigners
Mizzima.com, India -
But following a ceasefire agreement with the KIO in 1994, Burma’s military regime passed what is known as the ‘Myanmar Gemstone Law,’ which purportedly …
Foreign Policy In Focus -
Most discussion about China’s Olympics revolves around whether the Olympics should be boycotted in part or as a whole because of China’s human rights abuse, …
OpEdNews, PA -
I suddenly find myself wondering if maybe, after all, human rights issues will be given more than incidental treatment by the hordes of media visiting …
New appeal over 8888 uprising Burma prisoners
More than 2,000 political prisoners still languishing in Burmese jails, 20 years after 8888 uprising crushed by junta
InTheNews.co.uk, UK -
… ahead of an official visit by the UN secretary general’s special representative Ibrahim Gambari and Thomas Ojea, the UN expert on human rights in Burma. …
Landslide in Phakant kills 20 people
Mizzima.com, India -
Most of the dead hail from central Burma. “People tried to save them that day and the next. They have now stopped the rescue and search operations. …
Thai, Burmese Note 8-8-8 Anniversary
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Ajarn Pornpimon Trichot, a senior researcher at the Institute of Asian Studies at Chulalongkorn University, who visited Burma soon after Cyclone Nargis,….
The Sun, UK -
He was approached by a group of missionaries who wanted to help the oppressed Karen people in Burma, but Westerners are not welcome in this secretive Asian …
Bush’s Asia agenda: Burma, Thai friendship
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
… protests by Buddhist monks and the Burma regime’s initial blockade of aid workers who wanted to help survivors of the devastating cyclone Nargis in May. …
North Korea, Trade to Top Bush’s Asia Trip
Voice of America -
The president will get a briefing on cyclone relief efforts and will meet privately with Burmese activists, while in Bangkok. At the same time, …
UN urged to act on Burmese prisoners of conscience
Religious Intelligence Ltd, UK -
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Advisor, Ibrahim Gambari, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, Thomas Ojea Quintana, …
Clean Water & Disaster Recovery Top List of Asia’s Greatest Needs …
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
Of the new Greatest Needs projects, four deliver disaster recovery for the Burma cyclone and China earthquake. They include:
Burma’s PM to attend Beijing Olympics
Radio Australia, Australia -
Burma’s media says Prime Minister Thein Sein will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in China. The government mouthpiece New Light of Myanmar …
Looking toward the 2010 elections
Mizzima.com, India -
However, because of the limited number of capable political representatives, there would be an influx of political opportunists into Burma’s already …
The Associated Press -
He will also meet with activists who oppose the repression of the military junta in neighboring Myanmar. That country, also known as Burma, …
President Bush heads to Asia to take on troubles, then to take in …
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
He will also meet with activists who oppose the repression of the military junta in neighboring Myanmar. That country, also known as Burma, …
Uganda: Do More to Help Darfur, Nobel Laureates Tell China
AllAfrica.com, Washington -
Laureates Wangari Maathai and Jody Williams, and American actress turned Darfur activist Mia Farrow visited Juba, as part of a tour starting from Burma and …
Advocacy group appeals for common stance on Burma
Mizzima.com, India -
Issued in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 uprising in Burma, ALTSEAN Burma (Alternative ASEAN network on Burma) asserts that: “Twenty …
Time for Stalling on Human Rights Over
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By BO KYI rapporteur, Tomas Ojea Quintana, to Burma this week to seek improvements on the human rights situation in Burma. One might have expected that Than …
Burma: 2000 forgotten prisoners languish in jail 20 years after …
Amnesty International UK, UK -
… Burma), was imprisoned in 1998 on a 17-year sentence for ‘collaborating with terrorist groups’ and writing a history of the student movement in Myanmar. …
Burma innovation ‘leading recovery’
Charities Aid Foundation, UK -
Innovation and hard work from aid agencies and the Burmese citizens are leading to progress in cyclone-hit Burma, a charity has said. …
Family cannot yet meet Zaw Thet Htwe
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi — Sports columnist Zaw Thet Htwe was arrested while he was into a relief campaign for Cyclone Nargis victims but his family is yet to meet him …
Lloyd?s Faces Campaign in United Kingdom Over Activities in Burma
TMCnet -
(BestWire Services Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Lloyd?s is facing a public campaign in the United Kingdom over its activities in Burma, also known as Myanmar …
UN needs to take stronger stance on Burma: AI
Mizzima.com, India -
“Nothing speaks louder of the government’s poor faith than the fact that there are more long-standing political prisoners in Myanmar [Burma] now than at any …
Call to fight trafficking of unborn
The Australian, Australia -
The practice was a blatant abuse of human rights but difficult to expose and eliminate, he said. Mr Pascoe said Australia could play a role in stamping out …
Arbour’s record as rights boss at UN comes under fire
Ottawa Citizen, Canada -
It said she criticized 39 different countries “many of them ruled by regimes with poor records on human rights and democracy, including Sri Lanka, Burma,
Cyclone Nargis – three months on
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
This weekend marks three months since Cyclone Nargis devastated the Delta region of Myanmar/ Burma. The cyclone obliterated entire towns and villages, …
Junta gives aid to cyclone survivors on credit
Gulf Times, Qatar -
BOGALAY, Myanmar: Myanmar’s military regime is giving desperately needed aid to cyclone survivors on credit, requiring them to pay back to the government …
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
But his three-nation Asian trip also takes him to the doorsteps of two troublesome regimes while forcing him to balance the Olympic spirit with the …
Glasgow Daily Record, UK -
DEC Myanmar Burma Cyclone Appeal: £10 Grateful thanks to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, The Holy Trinity, and Saints Anthony, Jude, Theresa and Brigid for …
Olympics Notwithstanding, Trip Won’t Be All Fun and Games
Washington Post, United States -
Political repression in neighboring Burma will be high on Bush’s agenda in Bangkok. He will meet with dissidents at the US Embassy while L aura Bush tours …
NeoConstant Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs, AZ -
And the case could be made that criminal negligence, as in this year’s case of Burma, might be added to the notion triggers on the responsibility to protect …
Envoy expected to meet Myanmar democracy activists
International Herald Tribune, France -
AP YANGON, Myanmar: Leaders of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party hope to meet a UN human rights investigator who was in Myanmar on …
Myanmar asking farmers to repay cyclone aid
Daily Times, Pakistan -
BOGALAY: Myanmar’s military regime is giving desperately needed aid to cyclone survivors on credit, requiring them to pay back to the government any …
One and a half cheers for CNN
OpEdNews, PA -
Monks in Burma have been in the news, due to a crackdown last year and a cyclone this year. Another coalition member, the Montagnard Foundation,
Comment: Parliament and foreign policy —AG Noorani
Daily Times, Pakistan -
This reflects an old South Asian tendency to seek institutional or legislative action to meet a political problem — set up a Committee, or a Commission of …
Saluting the survivors of the cyclone
Metro, UK -
Mr Dennis said a better warning system needs to be put in place, as well as cyclone shelters, to avoid a similar catastrophe. He said Burma’s military …
China Can’t Control Nature’s 2008 Olympic Rebellion
Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
The hurricane devastated Myanmar (Burma) and left everyone in the international community wondering how China can continue to provide United Nations …
Christian Science Monitor, MA -
In Thailand, he’ll meet with political refugees from Burma (Myanmar), while first lady Laura Bush will travel to refugee camps on the Thai-Burmese border. …
Burma highlights Bush’s visit to Thailand
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
If that is the case, Burma should have since shown some political openness and improvements. After all, Burma joined Asean over a decade ago. …
The Herald, UK -
This was crowned last week by Amnesty International’s report saying human rights had deteriorated since China was awarded the 2008 Olympics in 2001. …
Maui News, HI -
Designated a World Heritage site in 1991, Ayutthaya is described as “evidence of the highest prosperity of Southeast Asian civilization in the 14th to 19th …
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World focus on Burma (27 July 2008)
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NEWSWEEK COVER: What Drives China
MarketWatch -
By dealing with pariah states like Burma, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran in order to feed the country’s voracious appetite for oil, timber and metals, …
More money for displaced Iraqis
The Age, Australia -
The UNHCR in Bangladesh will receive $950000 to build 180 shelters to house 1000 Rohingya families who have fled neighbouring Burma. …
Outmanoeuvred at every turn
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Bangkok succeeded last Tuesday, at least temporarily, in blocking Phnom Penh’s effort to ask for Asean intervention, saying that bilateral diplomatic …
BURMA: Females Hit Worst by Cyclone Nargis – Report
Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy -
He conceded, however, that the political climate in Burma is challenging. ‘’The political situation in Myanmar makes any choices we make very difficult,’’ …
Latest ‘Rambo’ hit home with young Burmese peace walker
Dailyrecord.com, NJ -
… to help stop human rights violations in his homeland. His journey, a Walk for Peace designed to draw attention to Burma’s struggles, began March 1. …
‘Managed democracy’ in action in Cambodian vote
Toronto Star, Canada -
He’s not as heavy-handed as Burma’s military rulers, nor as sophisticated as Singapore’s premier. But Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen – once a …
South Asia Summit Begins in Sri Lanka Capital
istockAnalyst.com, OR -
He announced that Australia has already requested observer status as has Myanmar [Burma]. A decision on the request is expected at the forthcoming summit. …
Give human rights body teeth
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
If Burma s wishes are honoured by the panel – and to be sure, Burma is not alone in its position – what exactly will the human rights body be able to …
Give human rights body teeth
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
If Burma s wishes are honoured by the panel – and to be sure, Burma is not alone in its position – what exactly will the human rights body be able to …
Cyclone-hit fields left idle as Myanmar planting season ends
AFP -
LABUTTA, Myanmar (AFP) — Kyaw Thein thought his problems were solved when Myanmar’s government delivered seeds, cattle and tillers to his village to help …
London’s link to Burmese junta revealed
guardian.co.uk, UK -
… the generals running the oppressed south-east Asian nation. The London insurance involvement, to be exposed this week in a report by Burma Campaign UK, …
China: Pride, Protest and the Olympic Games
Newsweek -
By dealing with pariah states like Burma, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran in order to feed the country’s voracious appetite for oil, timber and metals, …
Burma’s cyclone survivors are left to struggle with their fate
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -
Last week Surin Pitsuwan, the secretary-general of Asean, the body that represents south-east Asian nations, described the situation in the delta as “a …
Bush Asked to Pressure Olympic Committee Regarding Iraqi Athletes
The Conservative Voice, NC -
… the IOC would reject athletes from a democratic Iraq, and at the same time, embrace those from repressive regimes like North Korea, Burma and Sudan. …
World focus on Burma (26-7-2008)
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Burmese Army soldiers slaughter livestock in famine hit areas
A vengeful Burmese junta has been using Burmese Army soldiers to kill domestic animals in Darling village in Matupi Township, southern Chin state in areas that have been badly hit by food crisis. The slaughtering is a sort of revenge because the residents of the area did not vote ‘Yes’ in the referendum to approve the draft constitution.
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING …
7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY -
Before concluding its consideration of its agenda item on human rights, the Council took note of the Report of the Committee on Economic, …
Torture Survivor Campaigns for Freedom in Burma
NewsBlaze, CA -
At the panel discussion, Aung Din said the Burmese regime is holding about 2000 political detainees, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. …
City of London’s link to Burmese junta revealed
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
… the generals running the oppressed south-east Asian nation. The London insurance involvement, to be exposed this week in a report by Burma Campaign UK, …
Burma: Calling Reporters and Bloggers to boycott Beijing and to …
OpEdNews, PA -
While I was studying in the Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka in September 2007, there was a Saffron Revolution in Burma. The military regime …
Sports: Iraq flagged for “interference”
World Magazine, NC -
… has chosen to crack down on the democratically elected government that replaced the Hussein regime—while welcoming to Beijing Zimbabwe, Burma, Cuba, …
EWAN’S PROTEST WALK IS GATHERING INTEREST
Guide and Gazette, UK -
For the oppressed people of Burma this date is particularly significant. It is the 20th anniversary of the massacre ending the last democratic uprising. …
Weekly Business Roundup (July 26, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
At least 20 percent of the hundreds of millions of dollars for aid already channeled into Burma has been “lost,” reports Inner City Press, a New York-based …
UN Security Council Action Needed on Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… Burmese regime when UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari visits the country mid-August. Ban also convened a meeting of the so-called “Group of Friends” on Burma …
China Invented Everything
New America Media, CA -
And the Emperor grudgingly let the British Ambassador celebrate his birthday in Burma, and give him presents. They gave him clocks. …
Aljazeera.net, Qatar -
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, requires foreign aid money to be converted first into foreign exchange certificates at a fixed price and then into the …
Not quite the end of history
National Post, Canada -
There’s no democracy in China, which imprisons its citizens at will, supports dictatorships in Burma and elsewhere and nevertheless demands respect for its …
UN: Myanmar taking cut of cyclone aid
United Press International -
Sean Turnell, an economist at Macquarie University in Sydney, said much of the aid is being delivered to Myanmar, formerly Burma, in the form of goods, …
AFC Challenge Cup ’08 Team Profile: Myanmar
Goal.com, Switzerland -
Amoy Ghoshal looks at the sole representative of ASEAN – Myanmar. Myanmar formerly played under the name of “Burma” and was very successful in the 1960s. …
Burma aid cash lost to regime, says UN
Financial Times, UK -
By Harvey Morris at the United Nations International aid money sent to Burma’s cyclone victims is being lost as a result of the junta’s foreign exchange …
The IOC dictatorship: let the Olympic muzzling begin
Georgia Straight, Canada -
I’d say it’s hardly the IOC’s business whether or not athletes express solidarity with oppressed peoples in places such as Tibet, Darfur and Burma… or …
DVD REVIEWS; Action Movies Fail to Deliver
RedOrbit, TX -
The story – Rambo to the rescue, along with some mercenaries, of a bunch of Christian missionaries in brutal and bloody Myanmar (Burma) – is just a device …
Charity May Begin at Home, But It’s Moving Online
Huffington Post, NY -
Online giving has had a particularly significant impact in responding to massive crises like Katrina, the Asian tsunami, the flooding in Burma and the …
Border row exposes Asean’s Achilles heel
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Fresh from its successful work in spearheading an international humanitarian mission into cyclone-devastated Burma, the 10-country Asean abdicated from …
Farrow calls for Olympics protest
The Keene Sentinel (subscription), NH -
Myanmar was formerly known as Burma. Farrow also lamented President Bush’s decision to attend the opening ceremonies, saying it was “a missed opportunity …
Scoop World Coverage: Sec. Condoleezza Rice In NZ
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand -
And so you can count on US support for your efforts to integrate the ASEAN community. We want to continue to be a good partner and support ASEAN.” – Sec. …
Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World …
Times Online, UK -
In the 1950s, the Philippines and Burma were perceived as frontrunners for economic success, while Taiwan and South Korea were basket cases. …
Robert Fulford on Robert Kagan: Not quite the end of history
National Post, Canada -
There’s no democracy in China, which imprisons its citizens at will, supports dictatorships in Burma and elsewhere and nevertheless demands respect for its …
Voice of America -
ASEAN, together with the United Nations and Burma, formed the Tripartite Core Group after the international community pressured the Burmese government to …
Burmese blogger face the trial
Mizzima.com, India -
The court had begun hearing on one of the three charges against Nay Phone Latt, who is currently detained in Burma’s notorious Insein prison in Rangoon. …
Junta sentences 10 student activists to labour camps
Mizzima.com, India -
Tate Naing said, Burma’s military junta might have arrested the young Muslim students out of fear that their involvement in the protests during September …
Religious leaders vow to work for combating Aids/HIV
The Daily Star, Bangladesh -
But the prime concern of the government is that Bangladesh is surrounded by countries like India, Nepal, Burma and Bhutan where the disease is spreading …
UN Says as Much as 25 Percent of Burma Cyclone Aid Lost Due to …
FOXNews -
BANGKOK, Thailand — As much as 25 percent of cyclone relief aid in Burma (also known as Myanmar) is being lost because of the military government’s foreign …
Food top priority for Burma’s cyclone victims
Mizzima.com, India -
“The situation remains dire in Myanmar [Burma] ,” said Chris Kaye, WFP’s Country Director for Burma on Friday. “The vast majority of families simply don’t …
People in the News
Annapolis Capital, MD -
Myanmar was formerly known as Burma. PHOENIX – DMX rapped for reporters outside a Phoenix courtroom yesterday after pleading not guilty to felony charges of …
International aid for Burma (Myanmar) faces funding crunch
Christian Science Monitor, MA -
By Simon Montlake | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor BANGKOK, THAILAND – International efforts to help millions of people in Burma (Myanmar) …
Obama Statement on the ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial Meeting
7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY -
I remain particularly concerned about conditions in Burma. I commend ASEAN for its attempts to reach the suffering people in southern Burma, who continue to …
World focus on Burma (21 July 2008)
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UN welcomes Myanmar’s post-cyclone recovery plan
Earthtimes (press release), UK -
New York – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed an assessment for future international humanitarian assistance to Myanmar following the …
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POLITICS: South Asia Maps Its Own Development Destiny Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - … Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam — will be merged into a single market and production base. … |
Save the Children: Time for donors to give more to Burma says Save …
Politics.co.uk, UK -
World governments had pledged to give more money to Burma on condition that an independent assessment of the needs was carried out and that international …
ASEAN human rights body to rely on ‘peer pressure’
Radio Australia, Australia -
But Singapore, Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam are pressing to water down the terms of reference to ensure the human rights body is largely an advisory …
Critics skeptical of Burma’s ratification of ASEAN Charter
Mizzima.com, India -
David Scott Mathieson, Burma consultant of the Human Rights Watch said, Burma’s signing the charter is ‘technically’ significant but cannot be …
Foreign ministers set up panel on ASEAN human right body (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com -
It also commits ASEAN to the principles of ‘democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, rule of law and good governance.’ ‘We are committed to make …
ASEAN tackles border spat, rights and Myanmar
elEconomista.es, Spain -
… urgedCambodia and Thailand on Monday to show restraint over amilitary standoff on their border and took steps to create aregional human rights body. …
Karen Refugees Forced to Return
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“Thailand should raise concern about the Burmese human rights violations that cause forced displacement as well as responding humanely to its victims …
Political Prisoner Dies in Burma Prison
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By WAI MOE The 137th political prisoner died on July 18 due to a lack of health care in a Burmese prison, a Burmese human rights group, the Assistance …
UW is home to Asian language immersion programs
The Capital Times, WI -
So people who want to go to Burma or Laos or Thailand or Indonesia or the Philippines to do research or business or whatever, we serve them. …
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Asean Seeks Myanmar Aid, Attempts to Ease Thai-Cambodia Tension Bloomberg - Myanmar’s army assisted the government and international aid workers in providing “more effective, and timely delivery of aid supplies” to storm victims, … |
Goldman Sachs Celebrates the Next Generation of World-Class Leaders
Business Wire (press release), CA -
… to produce broad social benefits for orphans of AIDs victims in Thailand, literacy programs in Burma, and community medical clinics in South Africa. …
Cyclone Nargis cost Burma $4bn, says UN report
guardian.co.uk, UK -
The UN’s humanitarian chief, John Holmes, said full access to storm-hit areas had now been granted, as well as an independent assessment of aid to ensure it …
Burma aid effort ‘requires $1bn’
BBC News, UK -
Burma’s ruling generals were criticised in the wake of the cyclone for being slow to accept international aid. Asean has already played a key part in …
ASEAN criticizes Myanmar over Nargis and the detention of Aug San …
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
ASEAN mainly criticized Myanmar’s rejection of international aid, the only possibility for resolving the tremendous emergency facing the population. …
Vigil for Burma to be held in downtown Dallas
Pegasus News, TX -
This is the second such event in Dallas supporting the people of Burma; the first being the vigil at Southern Methodist University in October 2007, …
Farmers Dispute Official ‘Back to Normal’ Claims
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By AUNG THET WINE LAPUTTA, Burma — Despite official assurances that rice production in the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta has fully resumed, …
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Observers doubt Myanmar on ASEAN charter pledges Inquirer.net, Philippines - Myanmar was also severely criticized internationally for its delay in allowing foreign aid into the country after a May 2-3 cyclone that left 138000 people … |
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Why Dr N. Nesiah is unfit to function as a Commissioner? Ministry of Defence (press release), Sri Lanka - (e) Dr. N has identified himself on the international front with the CPA on the issue of Burma. He has signed a communication describing himself as from CPA … |
Myanmar appeals for more foreign aid to help victims of Cyclone …
The Associated Press -
SINGAPORE (AP) — Myanmar is appealing for more foreign aid to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. Foreign Minister Nyan Win said more assistance would shorten …
Missonary, teacher and world traveler
KeepMEcurrent.com, ME -
(Photo by Kate Irish Collins) Byu is from Burma, now known as Myanmar, a country on the Bay of Bengal, sandwiched between Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh and …
Asean Seeks Myanmar Aid, Attempts to Ease Thai-Cambodia Tension
Bloomberg -
… assistance in the country formerly known as Burma, and today appealed for $300 million to fund relief efforts in Myanmar through the rest of this year. …
ASEAN demands action on soaring commodity prices
AFP -
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers called for action Monday to reduce soaring commodity prices and urged Myanmar’s junta to immediately …
ASEAN demands action on soaring commodity prices
AFP -
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers called for action Monday to reduce soaring commodity prices and urged Myanmar’s junta to immediately …
Singapore: Transcript of Door-stop Interview by Minister for …
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
I would like to brief you on our discussion on Myanmar this evening. The ASEAN Foreign Ministers had a full and frank discussion on the political situation …
Singapore: Statement by ASEAN Chair, Singapore’s Minister for …
ISRIA (subscription), DC -
… Ministers misunderstood the point made by the Myanmar Foreign Minister on the limit of the detention period of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under Myanmar law. …
Myanmar cyclone recovery cost tops $1 bln–UN/ASEAN
Reuters -
The United Nations appealed earlier this month for more than $300 million in additional aid for the former Burma, on top of $178 million already provided by …
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Burma cyclone aid to cost $1bn over three years Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - Rebuilding Burma’s cyclone-devastated south and bringing aid to millions of survivors will cost $1-billion over the next three years, the United Nations and … |
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Burma Cyclone Damage Estimated at $4 Billion The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - By AP SINGAPORE — A new UN-led report says the damage from Burma’s Cyclone Nargis in May is estimated to be US $4 billion. The report released Monday says … Burmese Junta Signs Asean Charter
The Burma issue is one of its top agendas during the meeting. “Just as we could not ignore political developments in Myanmar [Burma], neither could we stand … |
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Laurel church helps 80000 orphans KPAX-TV, MT - Chylo Laszloffy visited Myanmar or Burma after the Cyclone. Laszloffy says, “There is a lot of disease and the it’s hard to find food because the rivers … |
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Bangkok Post, Thailand - “Myanmar’s ratification of the charter demonstrates our strong commitment to embrace the common values and aspirations of the peoples of Asean,” Foreign … |
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LEAD: ASEAN urges Myanmar junta to release Suu Kyi, usher in … TMCnet - (Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SINGAPORE, July 21_(Kyodo) _ ASEAN foreign ministers urged Myanmar to free all political detainees in a … |
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Observers doubt Myanmar on ASEAN charter pledges Inquirer.net, Philippines - … of the Free Burma Coalition group of independent democracy advocates. Just seven days after the cyclone, Myanmar insisted on holding a referendum on a … |
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Bus blasts kill three, injure 18 in south-west China (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com - The agency said border guards had tightened security at all exit and entry points in Yunnan, which has long borders with Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. … |
South-east Asian nations express “disappointment” at Burma
InTheNews.co.uk, UK -
“They repeated the call by Asean leaders for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees as part of Myanmar’s [Burma's] national …
Burma ratifies pro-human rights charter
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
… with that explanation, Yeo said: “We have long taken a position which we knew did not have the full agreement of the Myanmar [Burma] foreign minister. …
Myanmar ratifies ASEAN pact on democracy, rights
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta ratified a new ASEAN charter binding it to ideals of democracy and human rights Monday, as ministers urged the regime to …
Burma appealing for more aid to help cyclone victims
USA Today -
SINGAPORE (AP) — Burma is appealing for more foreign aid to help victims of Cyclone Nargis. Foreign Minister Nyan Win said more assistance would shorten his …
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Threat on India’s northern border Organiser, India - If you think that’s not smart enough for warriors of Sun Tzu, than take a look at the borders from North to East -Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar are … |
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SOS Malta helps Myanmar victims di-ve.com, Malta - by di-ve.com – editorial@di-ve.com A delegation from SOS Malta’s Sri Lankan partner, Healing Hands, has just returned from an aid visit to Burma and will … |
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Asean Ministers Meet to Discuss Thai-Cambodia Tensions, Myanmar Bloomberg - The military, which has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since 1962, extended opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest by one year on May … |
Isolated Myanmar regime ratifies regional charter including human …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
Suu Kyi has now been detained for more than 12 of the last 18 years at her home in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. In a Monday address to ASEAN foreign …
New wave of dissidents arises in Myanmar
Chicago Tribune, United States -
YANGON, Myanmar — They operate in the shadows, slipping by moonlight from safe house to safe house and meeting under cover of monasteries or clinics to plot …
Myanmar, Thai-Cambodia crisis dominate ASEAN talks
SINGAPORE (AFP) — Political prisoners in Myanmar and a Thai-Cambodia border crisis dominated talks between Southeast Asian foreign ministers Monday, …
Myanmar ratifies ASEAN charter
Suu Kyi has now been detained for more than 12 of the last 18 years at her home in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. In a Monday address to ASEAN foreign …
ASEAN Slams Myanmar Ahead Of Regional Security Meeting
RTT News, NY -
(RTTNews) – Ahead of an annual security meeting of Southeast Asian nations, the group slammed military-ruled Myanmar over its dismal human rights record and …
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ASEAN begins meeting amid fears of being sidelined in region+ TMCnet - On Myanmar, Yeo said Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win has indicated that political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi could be released in about six months time, … |
Is it the beginning of greater commitment to lasting democracy in …
IPPmedia, United Republic of Tanzania -
… in many countries, including a number of the former Soviet Republics or even recently Mongolia, not to mention the current situation in Myanmar (Burma). …
ASEAN issues strong rebuke against Myanmar ahead of regional …
The Canadian Press, SINGAPORE -
SINGAPORE — Southeast Asian nations issued their strongest rebuke ever to military-ruled Myanmar before opening an annual security meeting Monday amid a …
ASEAN aims to foster trust between international community, Myanmar
Monsters and Critics.com -
The crisis over Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar in May, ‘tested ASEAN unity and forced us to consider what ASEAN meant to Myanmar and in turn what …
China’s “rug merchants” of the UN
Enter Stage Right, Canada -
In countries from Angola to Zimbabwe to Burma, China also sells the ruling elites the weapons they need to hold onto power – and rig the occasional election, …
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
… which is providing food, water and temporary shelter to victims of the earthquake in China and the cyclone in Burma, which destroyed infrastructure, …
Southeast Asia tackles food, energy security
Reuters India, India -
By Manny Mogato SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asian foreign ministers will tackle spiralling food and fuel prices at their annual meeting on Monday, …
Politics.co.uk, UK -
Humanitarian aid to Burma should be halted unless the country’s military rulers stop abusing it, the government has been told. An influential committee of …
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Asia Sentinel, China - But you cannot be a first-world country with a legal system whose main characteristics are shared by the likes of Zimbabwe, Burma and North Korea. … |
Garang’s secret plan to marginalize the Nuer at Navivasha 2005
Sudan Tribune, Sudan -
The occupation and re-colonization of Sudan would set a precedent for any countries in Afro-Asia such as Zimbabwe, Syria, Iran and Myanmar (Burma) would …
Asia Sentinel, China -
But you cannot be a first-world country with a legal system whose main characteristics are shared by the likes of Zimbabwe, Burma and North Korea. …
ASEAN issues strong rebuke against Myanmar ahead of regional …
International Herald Tribune, France -
… a statement expressing “deep disappointment” that Myanmar’s junta had extended the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi by another year. …
Myanmar, Thai-Cambodia crisis dominate ASEAN talks
AFP - 1 hour ago
Efforts to get aid to about two million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar are also expected to feature prominently in Monday’s talks, …
Myanmar, Thai-Cambodia crisis dominate ASEAN talks
AFP -
The talks took place after Myanmar extended Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest for another year in May, and earned widespread criticism for its refusal to …
An Indian perspective on China: Pallavi Aiyar
Danwei, Hong Kong -
Q: How do you see the balance of power in the region developing, with the complex web of relations between India, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma and China? …
MoviesOnline, Canada -
… aid workers recruit John Rambo to guide them up the Salween River to deliver medical supplies to the Karen tribe of neighboring Burma (aka Myanmar). …
Pope prays for ill Cardinal Cassidy
CathNews, Australia -
While Cardinal Cassidy was born in Sydney, he spent much of his life as an emissary of the Vatican working in India, Ireland, China, Bangladesh, Burma, …
Pillay Will Have Her Work Cut Out for Her in Geneva
New York Sun, United States -
Currently, Geneva almost never speaks out forcefully against Zimbabwe, Burma, Cuba, China, Russia, most Arab countries, or other places where human rights …
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Asia forum to tackle local security The Canberra Times, Australia - ASEAN has been criticised for doing little to force Burma, a member, to change its ways, but was hailed for persuading the junta to accept international aid … |
Commentary: Help us cease from striving
Dallas Baptist Standard, TX -
One native leader from Burma told about delivering aid to victims of the devastating cyclone and people being saved as unburied bodies littered the fields. …
Asia forum to tackle local security
The Canberra Times, Australia -
Also on the agenda will be the behaviour of Burma’s junta, which has done little to allow democracy and has refused to free opposition leader Aung San Suu …
Burma to dominate Asean summit
BBC News, UK -
They will address some large challenges for the 40-year-old association, among them the issue of Burma’s membership. The summit will release a full …
The three at the centre of attention
Livemint, India -
Karat was born to Keralite parents on 7 February 1948, in Rangoon, Burma (now Myanmar), where his father worked for British Railways. …
Thailand stands to miss its chance to shine as asean chair
Nation Multimedia, Thailand -
To a certain degree, Asean has regained its creditability after a decade of Burma’s non-compliance by convincing the Burmese junta to loosen up its …
Columns: Catastrophe victims need help
Meadville Tribune, PA -
Only recently did the cyclone hit the Myanmar and Burma region. Shortly after that, China suffered a devastating earthquake. Both of these killed thousands …
Border dispute, Myanmar, top ASEAN ministers’ talks
AFP -
Efforts to get aid to about two million survivors of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar are also expected to feature prominently when talks continue on Monday. …
조선일보(영문판), South Korea -
High on the agenda will be relief efforts in the military-ruled nation of Burma, which was devastated by cyclone Nargys in May. …
Pilgrims renew an ancient faith
The Australian, Australia -
For young Catholics who came from 177 countries, some with the odds stacked against them, like those from Burma, Pope Benedict encouraged them to keep the …
John Nichols: Obama, McCain & Tibet
The Capital Times, WI -
President Bush has announced that, despite China’s violent crackdowns on dissent in Tibet and its support for the brutal dictatorships of Sudan and Burma, …
World Focus on Burma (3 June 08)
Latest news on the disaster in Myanmar (Burma)New!
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Local man to help hungry
Barrie Advance, Canada -
After the cyclone hit Myanmar – formerly known as Burma – May 2, Kyle said the area was in the headlines and captured worldwide attention. …
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UN: Nearly Half of Burmese Cyclone Victims Don’t Receive AidVoice of America - |
Ethanol: Can you handle the truth?PR CannaZine (press release), UK - |
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Press Freedom World Review, November 2007 – June 2008Media Channel, NY - |
US Charities Raise Almost $70-Million for Asian DisastersChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription) - |
ADB, World Bank joins ASEAN assessment team to provide reliefMizzima.com, India - |
From Myanmar to Mount Vernon, cyclone hits homeMount Vernon News, OH - |
Desolation In MyanmarCounterCurrents.org, India - |
Soft line on Burma hard to beat: Malaysian PMThe Age, Australia - |
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Myanmar cyclone: half of survivors without aidTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - |
Junta claims ‘Emergency relief’ phase over, aid agencies refute
Mizzima.com, India -
New Delhi – Burma’s ruling junta has announced that the ‘emergency relief period is over’ and it is now focusing on reconstruction work, …
9 helicopters to enter Myanmar this week: UNKhaleej Times, United Arab Emirates - |
John W. Whitehead: Could God be a cosmic monster?Noblesville Daily Times, IN - |
Keep relief camps open, say aid groupsNEWS.com.au, Australia - |
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UN: 1 million in Myanmar aren’t getting basic aidThe Associated Press - |
Pope’s and world’s solidarity help us go on, says Burmese bishopAsiaNews.it, Italy - |
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More firms ‘have ties with Burma’BBC News, UK - |
Community CalendarHonolulu Advertiser, HI - |
Feature: After the cycloneInspire Magazine, UK - |
Bangladesh Prepares for Future Storms in Wake of Cyclone in Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
In the wake of that storm, which left at least 134000 people dead or missing and more than 2 million homeless in Burma, Bangladesh is expanding a disaster …
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Myanmar Rulers Still Impeding AccessNew York Times, United States - |
Myanmar students return to storm-damaged schoolsFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - |
Burma Says New Constitution Washes Away NLD VictoryVoice of America - |
SSA denies killing civiliansShan Herald Agency for News, Thailand - |
ASEAN assesses Myanmar cyclone reliefMonsters and Critics.com - |
3000-mile mission: PEACE IN BURMAAurora Beacon News, IL - |
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Memorial service held as survivors sufferSpecial Broadcasting Service, Australia - |
Relief and development agency calls for the continued support of …ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - |
ASEAN kick-off the post-Nargis joint assessmentReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - |
Burma: survivors scavenging for food
Independent Online, South Africa -
Yangon – Myanmar insisted on Tuesday that cyclone aid was being delivered “without delay,” even though the United Nations says more than one million people …
Rangoon residents left in dark
Toronto Star, Canada -
Since Burma, also known as Myanmar, doesn’t produce generators, consumers have to pay about $100 for made-in-China models, says the manager of an …
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Myanmar charter ‘washes away’ Suu Kyi victory: state mediaAFP - |
In darkened rangoon, Burmese get resourcefulReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - |
Diamond helpers for diamond year at OxfamLynn News, UK - |
‘Asian values’ in BurmaLos Angeles Times, CA - |
Doctor organises Burmese supportSt George & Sutherland Shire Leader, Australia - |
Elmer Smith: Myanmar, Darfur: Are we getting used to it?Philadelphia Daily News, PA - |
Thailand Common Visa24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - |
Partnering with God to create a better worldIndianapolis Star, United States - |
Rotarians aid Burmese
The Northern News, Australia -
BY JO ARBLASTER ROTARIANS in the north-west have come to the aid of survivors struggling in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma). …
Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis
Global Voices Online, MA - This is extremely important that my donation will not goes to Burma junta whatsoever. I noticed Google is helping in the Myanmar relief effort. …
Humanitarian crises require US leadership
Youngstown Vindicator, OH -
In Myanmar, the South East Asian country formerly known as Burma, a month has passed since a deadly cyclone, now named Nargis, struck, killing 78000 and …
Myanmar Cyclone Disaster (update 7)
Informify, CO -
Human Rights Watch Director Brad Adams said, “It’s unconscionable for Burma’s generals to force cyclone victims back to their devastated homes. …
No cyclone aid yet for 250000
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand -
Foreign aid agencies in Myanmar say about 250000 people have still not received any help yet after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy Delta on 2 May. …
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Rambo, The Fight Continues, Blu-ray (2008)Audiophile Audition - |
Some manipulate, others genuinely careTODAYonline, Singapore - :There must be “an internationally agreed basis for taking action against tyrannical states that do not conform to international behaviour”, and “the platform for that is not Singapore … the platform for that is the United Nations”, said Mr Kesavapany, who had served as Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia and its permanent representative to the UN. :“If the UN comes out with a resolution tomorrow, saying ‘embargo against trade, against investment’, Singapore will be the first — I can tell you — to conform to that.”, said Dr Zarni, a founder of the Free Burma Coalition, clarified that his comments were not meant as an accusation, but that the junta was manipulating their ties … |
Myanmar or Burma? Wikipedia debatesSeattle Post Intelligencer - |
Burma reopens schools hit by Cyclone Nargisguardian.co.uk, UK - |
World Refugee Day to recognize those displaced from their homesWKTV, NY - |
Brentwood Man Helps Aid Myanmar VictimsWSMV, TN - |
Panties for Peace.Feministing, NY - |
Who’s in the Junta?The mysterious generals who run Burma.Slate - |
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Myanmar Guilty of “Criminal Neglect,” Says GatesMother Jones, CA - |
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Top UN Official Accuses Burma of Obstructing AidVoice of America - |
A Burmese Consolidation of Authoritarianism
MorungExpress, India -
… the former UN human-rights rapporteur to Burma. “But there isn’t the faintest sign of that yet in the case of Myanmar. What the Myanmar government calls …
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World Focus on Burma (9 Feb 08)
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Myanmar announces referendum in May, polls in 2010
AFP - YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May, the ruling junta said Saturday, promising to then have multi-party elections in … -
Myanmar junta to hold election in 2010: state TV
Washington Post, United States -
The government announced the seven-step roadmap in 2003 to end more than 40 years of military rule in the former Burma but has refused until now to set a … -
Burma sets date for popular votes
BBC News, UK -
Burma will hold a constitutional referendum in May followed by general elections in 2010, the country’s military junta has said. The regime had set out what … - Suu Kyi’s party ‘surprised’ by junta’s promise of elections
Tolerance.ca, Canada -
He said that it was premature to plan for national elections when no one has seen the final version of Myanmar’s proposed constitution, which the junta .. -
Freedom for Burma Now!
UNPO, Netherlands -
In addition, UNPO calls for the release of the hundreds of Burmese who remain detained and at the risk of physical abuse from the Myanmar state authorities. … -
Will Thailand gain from lack of ‘democracy and human rights’ in Burma?
Mizzima.com, India -
Thailand’s newly elected government on Thursday said democracy and human rights are domestic issues of Burma and that it will maintain a policy of … -
‘Rambo’ targets real struggles
Murray State News, KY -
Starring Sylvester Stallone as the aged, yet surprisingly muscular hero, the movie explores conflict in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. … -
Burmese Ask if Politics and Olympics Mix
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Aung Moe Zaw, a secretary of the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB), an umbrella group of exiled political organizations based in Thailand, … -
New Campaign to Boycott Burmese Businesses
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… military authorities of bullying the ordinary people of Burma and making them slaves of the junta. The proposed items for boycott include Myanmar Beer, … -
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… cell phone towers in Burma. Kordia chief executive Geoff Hunt was quoted as saying that the firm had installed mobile base station equipment for Myanmar … -
Celebrity Stirfry: Feb. 8
TripmasterMonkey.com, NY -
AN AMERICAN IN BURMA: Breaking news!! Sly Stallone’s new HGH-fest Rambo is not so popular with the Myanmar junta. No one should be shocked that “Rambo 4,” a … - John Rambo struggles to remain relevant
San Marcos Daily Record, TX -
Sylvester Stallone must be too busy hitting the gym and defending HGH to keep up with geography. Burma is no more, Sly. It’s Myanmar now. .. -
In Myanmar, junta cannot stop the sound of music
GulfNews, United Arab Emirates -
… of a temple or church, where people can go to learn how to play a Western musical instrument or read music in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma. … -
Tales from Poppy Land
Malaysia Star, Malaysia -
By 1969, Peng recovered Kokang under the banner of a China-backed Burma Communist Party. Opium production jumped to bankroll armed insurgency. …
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Where have all the flowers gone?
Malaysia Star, Malaysia -
A December 2002 issue of the Time magazine profiled the men behind Myanmar’s narco-empire. With the passing of Khun Sa recently on Oct 27, eyes are now on …
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UN Chief Must Now Do His Best for Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
… in Burma possible,” he said. Another possible mechanism, apart from a direct UNSC mandate, is the “Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Myanmar … -
A promise made
BlueRidgeNow.com, NC -
Living primarily along the mountainous, eastern border of Burma and Thailand, the Karen have been heavily persecuted by the Burmese, or Myanmar, government. … - Thailand’s New Prime Minister Says UN Should Increase Contacts With Burma
| Thailand’s new prime minister, Samak Sundarawej, says the United Nations should step up contacts with Burma’s military leaders. The Thai leader said the U.N. Secretary-General should visit Rangoon and use Tha…
- Saskatchewan Friends of Burma honoured with citizens award
| A few concerned Saskatchewan citizens have proven they can make a difference in the world and are being recognized for their efforts. | The Saskatchewan Friends of Burma received a Saskatchewan Global Citizen…
World Focus on Burma (4 Feb 08)
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SOE’s Myanmar venture queried
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand -
The work had been done for Myanmar Post and Telecommunications, an agency of the Myanmar government. Mr McCully said the military dictatorship in Burma was … -
Govt takes hands-off stance on SOE contract with Myanmar
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand -
The lobby group says the Government is immoral to allow an SOE to work in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Burma Campaign New Zealand says the towers will help the … -
Clark defends Kordia work in Myanmar
National Business Review, New Zealand -
“It is hard to reconcile these actions with the decision to allow a wholly taxpayer-owned company to carry out engineering work for the Butchers of Burma, … -
NZ Opposition Questions State-Owned Kordia’s Work in Myanmar
Bloomberg -
The government of Myanmar, formerly Burma, was condemned around the world in September after at least 31 people were killed as soldiers crushed protests. … - New Zealand justifies investment in Burma
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
… the firm had installed mobile base-station equipment for Myanmar Post and Telecommunications. Naing Ko Ko, a spokesman for Burma Campaign New Zealand, .. -
New Zealand leader defends telco’s contract in Myanmar
TREND Information, Azerbaijan -
(photo: US Defense Dept. by R. D. Ward )Naing Ko Ko , a spokesman for Burma Campaign New Zealand, told Radio New Zealand that the cellphone towers would help the military government continue its …
- Rambo Star Wants to Confront Burma’s Generals
Voice of America -
By VOA News American movie star Sylvester Stallone says he wants to go to Burma to confront the ruling generals face-to-face about their human rights . -
Myanmar nationals remember demo victims with ‘Rambo’ screening
AFP -
“Just like Rambo is in the movie, Burma is waiting for a hero or someone to lead the revolution,” said engineer Maung Zaw, one of the Myanmar nationals who …
- Myanmar tourism down
Feb 4, 2008 10:56 PM | Tourist arrivals in Myanmar almost halved in the last three months of 2007 after the military junta crushed popular monk-led protests, killing at least 31 people, a weekly journal reporte… - Bangladesh mulls gas import from Myanmar
| DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government is planning to import gas from Myanmar to meet its immediate demands, a step which is also likely to help it achieve its target to overcome the gas deficit by 2009. | “W…
By relevance:
CBC.caMyanmar expats raise Rambo battle-cry in Singapore
Reuters India, India -
The critics may have turned up their noses at the latest Rambo offering, but for 600 Myanmar nationals in Singapore, the Vietnam War veteran’s single-handed …
Myanmar nationals remember demo victims with ‘Rambo’ screening AFP
Stallone threatens to expose Myanmar atrocities Malaysia Sun
News – Music, movie, Entertainment STALLONE UPSET OVER POTENTIAL … PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Reuters – Voice of America
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TV3 NewsNZ telco work in Burma slammed
TVNZ, New Zealand -
Pro-democracy campaigners and the opposition have slammed a State Owned Enterprise for doing work in Myanmar which is ruled by a military junta widely …
Questions over Kordia, Myanmar link TVNZ
NZ Opposition Questions State-Owned Kordia’s Work in Myanmar Bloomberg
SOE’s Myanmar venture queried Stuff.co.nz
National Business Review – The Age
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