World Focus on Burma (9 Mar 08)

1. PM calls for release of Aung San Suu Kyi
   AFP –

   

   … elections in Burma where, after all, some years ago, she was elected to be leader of the country,” Brown said, using the former name for Myanmar. …

2. Myanmar rejects UN proposal for observers at referendum
   AFP –

   

   YANGON (AFP) — Myanmar’s junta Saturday refused to accept foreign observers at a referendum set for May, further dimming any hopes for reforms to bring …

3. UN envoy in Burma talks
   TeleText, UK –
   The UN special envoy to promote political reconciliation in Burma has met Aung San Suu Kyi, a day after being rebuffed by the country’s rulers. …
4. Myanmar rejects UN foreign monitors
   Radio Netherlands, Netherlands –
   The plan has been proposed by UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who is in the former Burma. The electoral commission says the referendum is an internal affair. …
5. Brown urges Suu Kyi release
   TeleText, UK –
   Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners should be freed, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. The PM spoke out after the Burmese opposition …
6. UPI NewsTrack TopNews
   United Press International –
   Gambari, who is in the country formally called Burma to mediate a conflict between the military government and opposition, had previously met with members …
7. Myanmar spurns referendum observers
   Aljazeera.net, Qatar –

   

   Myanmar’s military government has rejected a suggestion from the United Nations that it allow independent observers to monitor an upcoming national …

8. UN Burma envoy meets Suu Kyi
   Brisbane Times, Australia –
   PRO-DEMOCRACY leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday met visiting UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, a day after Burma’s junta rejected calls to include her in its …
9. Myanmar Rebuffs UN’s Foreign Observer’s Proposal
   AHN –
   … the military government indicates the weakening efforts of the UN to convince the authorities to establish democracy in Burma (also known as Myanmar). …
10. Suu Kyi, Gambari meet
    The Statesman, India –
    Yangon, March 8: Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi met today with visiting UN envoy Mr Ibrahim Gambari, one day after the nation’s junta …
11. Burma rejects UN observers for referendum
    ABC Online, Australia –
    Burma’s military Government has rejected a United Nations proposal to send independent observers to May’s referendum on a new constitution. …
12. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
    Asian Tribune, Thailand –
    In a letter dated February 19 to Burma’s military supremo Senior General Than Shwe, the UN Secretary General called for an amendment to the current draft …
13. Myanmar rejects independent observers for May constitution referendum
    JURIST –
    [JURIST] The military government of Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] on Saturday rejected a suggestion by UN special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim .
14. Myanmar’s military govt rejects foreign observers at referendum
    Radio New Zealand, New Zealand –
    It was announced by Burma’s military rulers following an international outcry over the violent suppression of pro-democracy protests by Buddhist monks last …

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