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By Chris Patten
Chris Patten is a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chairman of the British Conservative Party, and was the last British Governor of Hong Kong. He is currently Chancellor of Oxford University and a member of the British House of Lords.
LONDON – So what does 2009 hold in store for us? As ever, [...]
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By Harold James
Harold James is Professor of history and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University and professor of history at the European University Institute, Florence.
PRINCETON – Karl Marx has returned, if not quite from the grave then from history’s dustbin. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück recently said that Marx’s answers “may not [...]
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By Karim Sadjadpour
Karim Sadjadpour is an Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
WASHINGTON, DC – Since its Islamist revolution of 1979, Iran’s hardline leadership has relentlessly painted America as a racist, bloodthirsty power bent on oppressing Muslims worldwide. Nothing punctures this narrative more than the election of an African-American, Barack Obama, who supports dialogue [...]
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By Jeffrey D. Sachs
Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also a Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals.
NEW YORK – At a time when the headlines are filled with financial crises and violence, it is especially important to recognize the creativity of many [...]
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According to a report in the Washington Post: the United Nations is attempting a new approach: It is trying to entice the generals with fresh promises of development money.
According to senior U.N. officials, special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has proposed that nations offer Burma financial incentives to free more than 2,000 political prisoners, including Nobel laureate [...]
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According to an announcement by Chinland Group;
Chin Person of the Year 2008 is Pu Chan Thawng Ling.
Pu Chan Thawng Ling is the Chairman of Chin Femine Emergency Relief Committee which helped people in Chin State of Burma whose crops were severely destroyed this year by unprecedented rat infestations.
Previous years
Chin Person of the Year 2007 was Pu [...]
Posted in Burma News on Dec 25th, 2008 No Comments »
By Hseng Khio Fah, Shan Herald Agency for News
Junta-backed National Unity Party (NUP) is confident it will win the upcoming 2010 elections, according to a reliable source from Mon State.
On 1 May 2007, the party held a meeting at Moulmein, capital of Mon State. About 500 people attended the meeting, said the source.
“We, the NUP, [...]
Posted in Burma News on Dec 25th, 2008 No Comments »
A group of South Korean lawyers say they will do what they can to help a group of North Korean defectors on trial in Burma for illegal immigration. The group apparently includes children of North Korean escapees who have already settled in the South Korean capital.
The South Korean Bar Association of Human Rights says it [...]
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AP news
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday strongly condemned widespread human rights violations in Myanmar and called on the government to free political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
The sharply worded resolution, sponsored by the United States, Israel and many other countries, was approved by a vote of [...]
Posted in Burma News on Dec 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
The maternal health care issues facing women in eastern Burma (also known as Myanmar) are widespread and underreported, according to surveys by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers report that more than 88 percent of women had a home delivery during their [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Dec 24th, 2008 No Comments »
By ABOU BAKR and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
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AP
CONAKRY, Guinea -A military group seized control of the airwaves in mineral-rich Guinea and declared a coup Tuesday after the death of the West African country’s dictator, one of the continent’s last strongmen.
The turmoil raises the prospect of violence flaring in a region where neighbors Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and [...]