Posts Tagged ‘Transition’
World Focus on Burma (6-12-2007)
- Ignoring Myanmar grievances a recipe for more unrest
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Charles Petrie, the top UN resident diplomat kicked out for highlighting the former Burma’s economic woes, said the regime’s refusal to acknowledge the …
- ABYMU tells junta to stop arresting monks, sealing monasteries
Mizzima.com, India -
December 5, 2007 – Disgusted with the Burmese military junta’s relentless persecution of monks, the India based All Burma Young Monks Union today called on … - Beijing chastised for evictions ahead of Olympics
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Military rulers in Myanmar, the southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma, have displaced more than 1 million people from their lands and homes since … - Inside Myanmar: Buddhism holds activists together
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Today Nyamyo and his wife Mo Pyi manage refugee camps for people who have fled Myanmar. They help the cause of democracy in Burma clandestinely. … - Are you ready for the new ‘Rambo’?
Newsday, NY -
By Mark La Monica Stallone is at it again, digging into his past to come up with viable box-office draws. Full disclosure: I saw “Rocky Balboa” on opening … - The Utter Irrelevance Of Gandhi?
Outlook (subscription), India -
It allowed Mr Ibrahim Gambari, the UN Special Representative on Myanmar, to visit the country twice and meet not only senior officers of the Junta, … - Rights group calls for arms embargo on Myanmar
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… on Myanmar over the military regime’s recruitment of child soldiers. “Burma’s army has recruited thousands of children to fill its ranks,” Jo Becker, … - United States lead on Burma needed, USCIRF panel told
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WASHINGTON (BP)–Effective, international pressure on the military junta of Burma, also known as Myanmar, to change its repressive ways depends on the … - Africa protects its dictators, right or wrong – Feature
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“ASEAN (the Association of South-East Asian Nations) used to back Burma (Myanmar), but they are moving away from that kind of automatic defence. … - Junta not serious about talks for genuine transition
Mizzima.com, India - Win Min, a Thailand based Burma analyst, said the junta’s clarification only indicates that it is not serious in its effort to bring about genuine change … - The dictator slayer
The Phoenix, MA -
According to some people — including at least one sitting head of state — East Boston’s Gene Sharp is a dangerous dude, a political demolition man capable of destroying rulers and regimes. …….. And when mass demonstrations destabilized the military junta that rules Myanmar (Burma) a few weeks ago, a piece in the Asia Times Online described Sharp as … - Accepting refugees protects US, official says
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY -
She predicted a continued influx of refugees from Myanmar (formerly Burma), including members of the Karen refugee group, of whom more than 200 already have … - Free program to discuss Myanmar monk protests
Honolulu Advertiser, HI -
Recent protests in Myanmar by Buddhist monks will be the subject of a free program at 7 pm tomorrow at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. “Burma’s Non-Violent …
World Focus on Burma (30-11-2007)
- Total plans work on installations in Myanmar
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PARIS (AFP) — The French energy group Total said Thursday it planned to carry out work on installations in the Yadana gas field in Myanmar, where according …
- Myanmar Crackdown Sparks Ethics Debate On Investing There
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France’s Total SA (TOT) contends that cutting off Myanmar , also known as Burma, hurts ordinary people more than it harms the military regime and could … - Myanmar Arrests, Harassment of Monks Is `Troubling,’ US Says
Bloomberg -
The monastery was a sanctuary for people with AIDS in the country formerly known as Burma, the news agency said. The US “condemns the Burmese regime’s … - Deuces High: How the US Can Bring an End to Myanmar’s Crackdown on …
World Press Review - 2 hours ago
Since late September, the world’s eyes have been fixed on the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, formerly Burma, and just about every observer in the United … - Burma Crisis Tops Talks Between Gambari, Cambodia
Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand -
Continuing his consultations with regional leaders, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar today conferred with Cambodia’s Foreign Minister on … - Two dead, monk wounded in Myanmar rebel attack
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YANGON: A Buddhist monk and a 45-year-old woman were killed when ethnic Karen rebels in eastern Myanmar opened fire on a passenger bus, state media said on … - UN envoy continues Asian talks on Burma
Radio Australia, Australia -
United Nations envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, has held talks with top Cambodian officials on Burma’s political crisis as he tries to rally regional support for his … - Miss World targets AIDS battle in 2007 pageant
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Of the nations not represented, there is no Miss Myanmar (formerly Burma) and most Muslim-majority countries do not take part, although Miss Malaysia, ..
- Resentment among monks spills over to Bodhgaya
Merinews, India -
The seething anger among Buddhist monks over the Myanmar military junta’s brutality on the men in crimson has far from died down, if anything, … - Small farmers hurt by bird flu measures
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
The Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries issued a public warning in the state-run New Light of Myanmar … - Myanmar junta shuts AIDS monastery, expels monks
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“And I’d like to repeat that,” he told reporters during a visit to Cambodia on a regional tour before going back to the former Burma next month for more … - Myanmar’s missing monks still a mystery months after crackdown
Earthtimes, UK -
… they were everywhere, but now you only see one or two,” said Shari Villarosa, charge d’affaires of the US embassy in Myanmar, also known as Burma. … - Call for Burma to free opposition leader
ic Wales, United Kingdom -
Cambodian foreign minister Hor Namhong said today that his country supports the “steps taken by Myanmar (Burma) in cooperation with the United Nations to … - Burma need gradual approach to democracy: Cambodia FM
Mizzima.com, India -
“I told Gambari that we don’t have to talk about the sanction on Myanmar any more from now on, but we have to provide humanitarian aid for the Myanmar … - Pinheiro challenges international community
Mizzima.com, India -
Pinheiro also has little patience for a debate over whether the Southeast Asian nation should be referred to as Burma or Myanmar, as the generals renamed … - US diplomat: Myanmar junta shuts AIDS monastery, continues arrests
International Herald Tribune, France -
AP BANGKOK, Thailand: Myanmar’s military junta has closed a monastery that served as a hospice for AIDS patients and is continuing to arrest dissidents, … - ASEAN needs to invest in its people: incoming chief
Channel News Asia, Singapore -
The only thing is – how many potshots ASEAN will receive as a result of political issues such as Myanmar or whatever come our way? … - UN Watch Briefing
Media For Freedom, Nepal -
As South Africa faced new questions over its UN voting record against human rights resolutions for victims in Burma and elsewhere, UN Watch found itself at … - India: Marching in step with Burma’s generals
SAHRDC, India -
… himself witnessed protests in Burma’s streets when he signed a $150 million deal with the state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise in September 2007. … - Junta shuts down monastery close to pro-democracy movement
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Yangon (asianews) – Myanmar’s military regime continues to blatantly crack down on Buddhist monks, guilty in its eyes for last September anti-government … - Vengeful junta shuts down monastery in Rangoon
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia -
IN AN unprecedented move, Burma’s military junta has shut down a Rangoon monastery linked to the recent uprising and warned other temples not to offer … - UN Envoy Demands Release of Burmese Democracy Leader
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By VOA News The United Nations’ special envoy to Burma says that the country’s ruling military junta must release detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu … - General safer sex rules
Health24.com, South Africa -
Although abstinence and condoms are the best way of preventing HIV/Aids, there are a lot of general safer sex rules that one should follow. … - ‘Democracy can only be a transition in Myanmar’
Tehelka, India -
... of Myanmar’s Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC) that visited India recently at the invitation of Indian Parliamentarian Forum for Democracy in Burma … - AIDS Monastery Ordered Shut in Myanmar
The Associated Press -
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A Buddhist monastery that provided a hospice for AIDS patients has been closed down by the regime in Myanmar, which is also still … -
World AIDS Day Marks Day of Both Sadness and Hope, Says Bush
30 November 2007
President Bush makes remarks during a World AIDS Day ceremony, 30 Nov 2007 President Bush is urging Congress to approve the doubling of the U.S. commitment in the global fight against HIV and AIDS.
Mr. Bush Friday said he was confident …
