Posted in CULTURE on Jan 24th, 2009 1 Comment »
- report by Naing Naing
Rakhine ethnic people from Myanmar/Burma has been living in villages of Cox Bazaar District on Bangladesh side of Burma/Bangladesh border since more than 200 years ago; they are now regarded by Bangladesh government as minority ethnic national citizens of Bangladesh.
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Two Individuals
1. AUNG, Win (a.k.a. AUNG, Dagon Win; a.k.a. AUNG, U Win); DOB circa 1953; nationality Burma; c/o Dagon International Limited; c/o Dagon Timber Limited
2. ZAW, Zaw (a.k.a. ZAW, U Zaw); DOB 22 Oct 1966; citizen Burma; nationality Burma; Passport 828461 (Burma) issued May 18, 2006 expires May 17, 2009; c/o Hotel Max; c/o Max [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jan 23rd, 2009 1 Comment »
By Heleen Mees
Heleen Mees is a Dutch economist and lawyer. Her most recent book Weg met het deeltijdfeminisme! examines third generation feminism. She is also the author of a book on European Union law and founder of the women’s action committee Women on Top.
AMSTERDAM – Prostitution is virtually the only part of the personal services [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
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 – I spent the New Year in Sydney, watching the fireworks above [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
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 – Today’s world hunger crisis is unprecedentedly severe and requires urgent measures. Nearly one billion people are trapped in chronic hunger – perhaps 100 [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
By Bennett Ramberg
Bennett Ramberg served in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs in the George H.W. Bush Administration. He is the author of several books on international security.
Los Angeles – As Barack Obama’s incoming administration debates the pace and consequences of withdrawal from Iraq, it would do well to examine the strategic impact of other American [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in Burma News on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
According to AFP news – A Buddhist monk imprisoned in Myanmar/Burma for leading street protests against the junta has gone on hunger strike to demand access to his family, according to an exiled group of former political prisoners. Monk Gambira began to refuse food ten days ago, said Bo Kyi of the Thailand-based Assistance [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Posted in Burma News on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Dr. Sein Win, prime minister of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, Burmese rival/exile government based in Washington D.C., calls for an inclusive democratic transition in Burma, whilst a convention of Burmese exile politicians is going on in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
In his article in Wall Street Journal Asia, Dr. Sein Win [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jan 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
- report by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) & Burmese Women’s Union
23 year-old Kay Thi Aung has recently suffered a miscarriage in O Bo Prison, Mandalay Division, due to lack of adequate medical care in prison. Kay Thi Aung, a member of the All Burma Federation of Students Unions, was arrested on 14 September [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jan 23rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jan 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
Posted in Articles in English on Jan 21st, 2009 2 Comments »
- by Ko Htun Aung Gyaw
We witnessed the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th President of the United States today on January 20th, 2009. George W Bush’s two terms of Presidency has ended on the same day. Americans have shown the world that their democracy has prevailed, transferring the political power from the [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jan 21st, 2009 No Comments »
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, TD, today welcomed Members of the Parliamentary Union (MPU) of Burma, the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) and its Prime Minister, Dr Sein Win, who are in Ireland to hold a Congress and consultations with other representatives of Burmese civil society and ethnic groups.
The [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Jan 20th, 2009 No Comments »
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Posted in Articles in Burmese on Jan 20th, 2009 2 Comments »