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 “A Battle Is Lost But Not The Warâ€
Patience is reputed to be a virtue, and I wish I had more of it – I need it! I find it frustrating that when confronted with an obvious decision regarding doing what is right, some ‘world leaders’ choose to do what is wrong. […]
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_ reported by Pu Dong Khan Khup
The Chin Freedom Coalition (CFC) in USA held a celebration of Chin National Day, and a demonstration against the brutal Burmese military regime on February 17, 2007, in front of Burmese Military Attaché Office, Washington, DC. The Chin prominent democracy activist Dr. Salai Tun […]
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At about 3:30pm in the afternoon of 22nd February 2007 in central Rangoon near Sule Pagoda, a group of people staged a small protest about rising inflations, severe shortage of electricity supply and declining healthcare and education standards in Burma.
In Burma under a hard-line military junta, which has a zero tolerance on political dissent, this […]
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_ reported by Soe Win Shein
18.02.2007
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Sir Winston Churchill once said, “We must fail forward to success. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.â€
SPDC was gloating for their “success†at UNSC vote regarding Burma (Myanmar) issue. However, we, the people of Myanmar and opposition had never lost. We were not disappointed because […]
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_ reported by Kyaw Kyaw Naing
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The Burmese military regime has armed forces four times the size of those of the United Kingdom, said to be the fifth richest nation in the world. Manpower is not, however, the most significant factor in determining the use it envisages for its large army.
The increasingly sophisticated and costly Burmese arsenal of military equipment is […]
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One month after the passing away of Burma’s most famous poet Sayar Tin Moe, Burmese expatriates in Japan this week made a lunch offering ceremony to Buddhist monks in memory of Sayar Tin Moe.
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The Future Goal of all Nationalities of Burma
Dictatorship in any form of civilian, military, communist or socialist system is basically the same, the greed for power monopoly. The monopoly of power is their common objective. Naturally, the vetoes of China and Russia at the UNSC are not surprising to us. They only look […]
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The Way I see it in the 50s
I am also aware of the keen interests about what really happened during the pre-war period of tranquillity in Federated Shan States. This lasted for nearly over 36 years from its inception in 1922 through to 1959 when the state power was returned to the Shan people. It […]
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Or Is The Law To Stand On Its Head?
Hkun Htun Oo and the 8 other Shan leaders have now been unjustly incarcerated for 2 years, with the sad passing of Myint Than in May of last year. Despite an attempt by their lawyers in Burma to have the case reviewed by the high […]
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I believe “FEDERALISM†comes in many shapes and forms, the limiting factors being the ideals and the spirits of men who institute them. Genuine federalism and democracy is inseparable. It doesn’t really matter whichever comes first. Even a man of great vision and science like Albert Einstein was fully aware of the profound element that […]
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JORDBUR has been busy, terribly busy with his day job that paid for his meals and room, nightly readings that feeds his gigantic brain and so he could not fulfil duties of active citizenship for a long time.
Now it is time to write in Burma Digest after he feel really annoyed, provoked and moved by […]
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Military regime recently tightened its restrictions on internet cafes in Burma to limit ordinary people’s internet access. The following are some of the rules imposed on internet cafes _
Customers’ National ID cards or passports must be checked
Customers’ names, addresses and contact numbers must be collected into a register
Screen-shots of users’ computers must be taken every […]
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Ottawa (Feb. 23, 2007) - The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB), a national non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Burma, strongly supports a rare protest taken place in Rangoon on Feb. 22, […]
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This week Burmese language articles are as followed:( Burmese Fonts http://www.tayzathuria.org.uk/fonts.htm )
“Last Days of Military Regime“_ Editorial: Dr. San Oo Aung
“Is ASEAN Our Friend?“_ Feature Article: Khin Ma Ma Myo
“Protesters Arrested“_ Special Report: Thaung Nyunt
“The Reality inside SPDC Army, part 26” _ Serialized True Story: Captain Nay Thu (retired)
“How to Respond to Human Rights […]