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Crews missing 5 days after Thai vessel sinks off Borneo
AP
Posted: 2007-12-30 22:35:19
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian and Brunei maritime agencies searched Monday for eight missing crew of a Thai cargo vessel that sank in waters off Borneo island five days earlier, officials said.
The MV Emerald, carrying logs from Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s […]
Posted in Supplementary Burma Digest on Jan 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Asean embraces a rogue regime
while inking a Charter for Big Business
By_Anilnetto
So the Asean leaders have signed a Charter in the “wonderfully democratic nation of Singapore” in the company of leaders from Burma’s rogue regime. (Check out this excellent documentary “Burma’s Secret War”.)
Each member nation now has to take the Charter back to their home countries […]
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My dream interviews are not mere illusions
My Dreams come true.
Actions speak louder than words.
Indirectly confirmed by DSAI’s speech/lecture that I was not wrong in my dreams in reading his mind.
A written word is more effective than thousands of spoken words.
The Chinese proverb says it best: “the faintest ink lasts longer than the best memory.”
Harold Adams Innis : As the […]
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Press Statement
Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC
January 29, 2008
Burmese Regime Increases Pressure on Democracy Activists
The United States condemns the regime’s decision to press criminal charges against ten Burmese pro-democracy activists, including Generation 88 leaders Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi, for the peaceful expression of their political beliefs. If the regime were serious […]
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_ Fund and Support Committee for Burma
Posted in Poems in English on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
The Speaking Flower
…
A flower grew on tropical soil
its petals waxen white,
its centre crimson;
the people knelt
and smelt her
intoxicating fragrance
and then felt
mysteriously – free.
Soon the flower
was transplanted
onto yonder shores,
it blossomed,
sprouted limbs,
swaying in the wind,
it breathed the breeze
of liberty.
One day,
the flower returned;
striking her original soil
her colours ignited;
from her petals
crimson rose enflamed:
‘even the searing heat
can not erase
the blood
on the […]
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Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
There is an old Burmese ethnic couple in their drawing-room. The old man, in uniform, is jumping up in a fury shouting. His wife sits trying to placate him. Their daughter (’Democracy’) is sitting to one side crying with disappointment. By her side her Shan boyfriend has come to ask for her hand in marriage […]
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By BAGILA BUKHARBAYEVA,
AP
Posted: 2008-01-29 10:26:33
MOSCOW (AP) - Hate crimes are on the rise in Russia with a growing number of attacks resulting in fatalities, while authorities often exploit xenophobic sentiments for political purposes, a leading Russian rights center said in a report released Tuesday.
Sixty-seven people were killed and more than 550 injured across Russia in […]
Posted in Articles in English on Jan 29th, 2008 4 Comments »
Does Burma need an Exile Government?
…
_ by Tai Samyone
Introduction
Burma has had a government in exile since 1990, when several elected members of parliament went into exile after the SPDC failed to hand over power to the government elected by the people. As time passes and there still seems no progress in the current stalemate situation, […]
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Exile Government Not Worthwhile
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_ By Samuel T. Lupho
It will not be worthwhile having exile government or another exile government.
1. Relationship building, influencing, cooperation will be blocked in the land by military rulers and exile government may be less recognised, unwelcome, in the land by the people.
2. If we are going to have it, or have […]
Posted in Feature Articles on Jan 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
PERSONS OF THE YEARS
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Person of the year 2007
Person of the year 2006
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Posted in Poems in Burmese on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Articles in English on Jan 28th, 2008 32 Comments »
Do we need a Democratic Government in Exile for Burma?
By
Dr. Sein Myint
…
For an exile Burmese democrat cum human right activist, involved in an advocacy and promotion of the restoration of Universal Human Rights and Democracy back in Burma, the answer is unequivocally ‘yes’ to this question.
However, here are some minimum qualifications that attached to this […]
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Testing Ground Exile Government
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_ by Sammy
I don’t think we need a new rival government. NCGUB has got a good foundation of international recognition. Having a new one will only spread out our power thinner. I agree with that we must to be united. If we cannot cooperate with NCGUB, no matter whose fault it […]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Interviews on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Daily Press Briefing from STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. GOVERNMENT
Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman
Washington, DC
January 24, 2008
Joint Statement from U.S., UK, and France _ “Davos was Good Opportunity to Pressure Burmese Regime”
QUESTION: Can you discuss the origin of the Burma statement that we just received from Davos? Whose idea was it? What do you hope to – I mean, […]