Posted in Burma News on Mar 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Khonumthung News
The Burmese military regime has shut down at least 50 Chin orphanages in Rangoon, the former capital of Burma leading to problems for children.
According to a report said the regime closed down about 50 Chin orphanages on March 6, 2009 as their licenses expired. The regime has seized all the buildings
“We had registered for [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 11th, 2009 No Comments »
By Nirj Deva
Nirj Deva is Member of the European Parliament for the South east of England and the EPP-ED Coordinator of the Development Committee.
BRUSSELS – Three years ago, Sri Lanka elected Mahinda Rajapaksa as president because he pledged to take the offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the guerillas who [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 11th, 2009 No Comments »
By Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the first recipient of the Social Science Research Council’s Albert O. Hirschman Prize. His latest book is One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth.
CAMBRIDGE – As the world economy tumbles off the edge of a [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 11th, 2009 No Comments »
By Benoit d’Aboville
Benoit d’Aboville was France’s Ambassador to NATO from 2002-2005 and a member of the National Commission of the Livre Blanc sur la Defense et la Securite Nationale (2007-2008).
PARIS – What will be the consequences of France’s return to NATO’s integrated military structure?
The Allies are quietly satisfied, but nobody expects major [...]
Posted in CULTURE on Mar 10th, 2009 No Comments »
- reported by Naing Naing (Sittwe)
Posted in Documentary Photos on Mar 10th, 2009 No Comments »
- By David Law
“Above: USCB Tshirt Design by Christina Moon, based on Chris Robinson’s portrait.”
“Above: DASSK’s portrait by Chris Robinson <chrisrobinson1945> upon which the SCB’s Tshirt picture is based.”
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 10th, 2009 No Comments »
By Nava Thakuria
The author Nava Thakuria is a Guwahati, India, based independent journalist.
THE FREEDOM of Tibetans is barely surviving under the boot of Chinese authority. The Himalayan region, now ruled by Beijing, is in desperation for its own space for self rule, which finally tempted the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to comment that the [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Mar 10th, 2009 1 Comment »
UK Premiere of BURMA VJ at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Burma VJ- Reporting from a Closed Country + Q&A (UK Premiere)
Presented in association with The Frontline Club
Anders Østergaard’s award-winning documentary is compiled from footage provided by the Democratic Voice of Burma, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters who regularly face death to expose [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Mar 10th, 2009 No Comments »
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- By Generation Wave
The group of new generation youth activists in Burma, known as Generation Wave, are making poster and wall-painting campaigns in Burma to raise public awareness about the electric power cuts and limited tap-water supply in all towns and cities in Burma which is adversely affecting the health and education of children and [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Mar 9th, 2009 No Comments »
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By Nava Thakuria
The author Nava Thakuria is a Guwahati, India, based independent journalist.
ASSAM’S wildlife reserve with international fame is presently in the media headline, but again for wrong reasons. Kaziranga National Park, which is more popularly known as a safe heaven for the endangered one horn rhinos and also Indian tigers grabbed media attention with [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 6th, 2009 No Comments »
By Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma’s most recent book is Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance. He is a professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at Bard College.
NEW YORK – Bishop Richard Williamson has some very peculiar, and frankly odious, views: that no Jews were murdered in gas [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Mar 6th, 2009 No Comments »
By Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz, professor of economics at Columbia University, and recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, is co-author, with Linda Bilmes, of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Costs of the Iraq Conflict.
NEW YORK – Some people thought that Barack Obama’s election would turn everything around for America. Because [...]