World Focus on Burma (15 Feb 08)

‘Group Of Friends’ Meet To Review Developments In Burma
AHN –
Burma is now officially known as Myanmar. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week convened a meeting of the 14 Member States known as the “Group of Friends” …

Police finds truck used for Mahn Sha’s assassination Mizzima.com, India – … truck that was used by the assassins to kill Pado Mahn Sha, general secretary of the Karen National Union, Burma’s longest operating insurgent group. …

Myanmar’s High-Profile Rebel Leader Assassinated Enews 2.0, UK – … National Union is one of the biggest ethnic groups in Myanmar , known for his fight against the military government in Myanmar , also known as Burma . …

Divided They Fall The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand – … the KNU’s secretary general, is not only a great loss for the Karen people, but also for the pro-democracy movement in Burma. …

KNU mourns loss of leader Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway – He had also been a member of the National Council of the Union of Burma since 2000, and has been published as a writer under the pseudonym Yay San.

An Invisible Refuge Tehelka, India – THONHLEI Zing, a 23-year-old agricultural labourer and four of her friends from Hnian Lawn village in Myanmar’s Chin state arrived in India this January 1. …

THAILAND: The mechanics of resettling Burmese refugees IRINnews.org, NY – The USA is one of some 11 countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Finland, which have taken in a total of some 40000 Burmese (Myanmar) …

Movie capsules San Jose Mercury News,  USA – … boat up and down the Salween River when a group of Christian missionaries ask him for a ride into the strife-torn jungles of Burma (now called Myanmar). …

Students get lesson in funny valentines Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN – Her bewilderment mirrored the expression she saw on the faces of her new students from Mexico, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and …

Myanmar gains in leader’s death
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong –
… “The KNU will also cooperate with opposition groups inside and outside the country in matters relating to change in Burma [Myanmar] and increasing the …

Leader of Burma’s biggest rebel group killed
AsiaNews.it, Italy –
The leader had recently warned of an increase in violence in the wake of the announcement of a May referendum in Burma. Mae Sot (AsiaNews) – Burmese media …

Myanmar rebel leader assassinated in Thailand Globe and Mail, Canada – Mae Sot, Thailand — A leader of Myanmar’s biggest rebel group was shot dead at his home in a Thai border town yesterday in an assassination immediately …

Myanmar rebels suspect rival hitman in leader’s slaying AFP – BANGKOK (AFP) — A top leader of Myanmar’s rebel Karen National Union was likely killed by a professional hitman, possibly hired by a splinter group aligned …

Myanmar separatist leader is killed Los Angeles Times, CA – Burma is the name preferred to Myanmar by the military’s opponents. The KNU is one of more than a dozen armed ethnic groups that for decades have sought …

Burma rebels name new leader The Press Association – The Karen National Union (KNU), a leading ethnic rebel group in Burma, has named a new leader following the mysterious murder of its chief. …

Christian rock band to raise funds for refugee families Chicago Daily Herald, IL – Funds will support families like the Bays, who came to St. Charles after suffering years of persecution in Myanmar which was formerly known as Burma. …

Myanmar rebel leader shot dead PRESS TV, Iran – They want to establish an autonomous Karen state in the east of Burma, and to protect the Karen people from what they say are abuses by the government. …

KNU general secretary gunned down Bangkok Post, Thailand – The assassination of a senior Karen rebel leader on the Thai-Burma border has dealt a severe blow not only to the Karen insurgency but also for the …

Myanmar leader assassinated in Thailand Thaindian.com, Thailand – Bangkok:Prominent Leader of pro democracy movement in Myanmar”s Karen National Union who was also a key figure in the democracy movement was assassinated on …

INTERVIEW-Slain Myanmar rebel predicted rising tensions
Reuters –
The Karen, and all the people of Burma, will be free”. Myanmar has been under military rule of one form or another since 1962, during which time it has been …

Senior Burmese opposition leader shot dead
Financial Times, UK –
By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok A senior leader of the Karen National Union, one of the biggest ethnic minority groups fighting Burma’s military regime, …

www.mccully.co.nz – 15 February 2008 Scoop.co.nz, New Zealand – But, the Prime Minister and her colleagues explained, New Zealand does not have any sanctions against Burma (or Myanmar as our Ministers still insist it …

Burmese rebel leader shot dead Financial Times, UK – By Amy Kazmin A senior leader of the Karen National Union, one of the biggest ethnic minority groups fighting Burma’s military regime, was assassinated in …

Leader of Myanmar’s ethnic Karen rebel group killed in Thailand International Herald Tribune, France – Burma is the name preferred to Myanmar by the junta’s opponents. The KNU is one of more than a dozen armed ethnic groups that for decades have sought …

Anti-Israel agitators target Leviev shops Jewish Chronicle (subscription), UK – … diamond company has been accused of supplying blood rubies from Burma used to finance Myanmar’s military junta” — a charge the company strongly denies. …

Myanmar opposition leader killed United Press International – He had served as a major contact with the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar, formerly Burma, led by Nobel-prize winning Aung San Suu Kyi whose democratic …

Myamar’s repressive regime Waterbury Republican American, CT – Along with Sudan, Myanmar has been cited by the United Nations for continuing to use child soldiers despite repeated international demands to stop. Burma is …

Refugees in the US increasing Waterbury Republican American, CT – According to the 2000 Census Report, there are 32590 people from Myanmar in the United States. Roughly 40 percent of the Burmese population came to the …

Mu Kyi has first Karen baby in Waterbury Waterbury Republican American, CT – In June, the International Institute of Bridgeport resettled 64 refugees from Myanmar (Burma) in Waterbury. For the next year, the Republican-American will …

Thankful Burmese refugees
Waterbury Republican American, CT –
Back to Burma, where Myanmar soldiers have killed or displaced nearly 1 million of his people, sending more than 140000 to refugee camps and hundreds of …

Leader of Burma rebels shot dead
The Standard, Hong Kong –
The leader of the Karen National Union, one of the biggest ethnic rebel groups fighting the Burmese junta, was shot dead in Thailand. …

Top Myanmar rebel leader assassinated in Thailand: police AFP – … which has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since 1962. “It is likely to be a KNU problem,” said Myanmar analyst Aung Naing Oo, noting that the …

Burmese rebel leader shot dead Sydney Morning Herald, Australia – A leader of Burma’s biggest rebel group has been shot dead at his home in a Thai border town in an assassination immediately blamed on troops loyal to the …

Myanmar Rebel Leader Shot, Killed At Home AHN – Myanmar was formerly called Burma and the Karen National Union, which has been fighting decades for autonomy in eastern Myanmar, is the only major ethnic …

Museum program focused on Burma Wicked Local Marion, MA – John and Tess Cederholm of Marion, who took a month-long journey through Burma, formerly known as Myanmar, gave an illustrated talk Feb. …

KNU’s No 3 man shot dead in his own home Bangkok Post, Thailand – Mae Sot police chief Pol Col Phossawat Taengjui said he believed the murder was motivated by political conflicts in Burma. Mahn Shar was a Buddhist Karen …

If voting changed anything Economist, UK – NOBODY could accuse the generals who run Myanmar of making hasty reforms. Their handpicked assembly took 14 years to decide the framework of a new …

84 rare spoon-billed sandpipers found in Myanmar Mongabay.com – BirdLife International has found 84 critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers in coastal Myanmar (Burma). The discovery is welcome news for a species …

Burma rebel leader assassinated Radio Australia, Australia – The secretary general of Burma’s largest rebel group, the Karen National Union, has been assassinated in Thailand. The secretary general of Burma’s largest …

Burma: Christians condemn assassination of Karen leader
Inspire Magazine, UK –
Mahn Sha, one of Burma’s most prominent ethnic leaders, was shot dead at his home on the Thai-Burmese border yesterday afternoon. …