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By VOA News
30 June 2009
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made an appeal ahead of his trip to Burma for the country’s military government to release all political prisoners.
Mr. Ban said Tuesday that Burmese leaders should release all political prisoners, including detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The U.N. chief said he will also press [...]
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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AP
UNITED NATIONS -The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday unanimously condemned the military coup in Honduras and demanded President Manuel Zelaya’s immediate return to power, a decision the ousted Honduran leader called “historic.”
The world body adopted a resolution by acclamation, calling on all 192 U.N. member states not to recognize any government in [...]
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Myanmar: Appeal no. MAAMM002, 2009-2010 – Programme Update no. 1Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Date: 30 Jun 2009
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Reuters – U.N.’s Ban says to urge Myanmar to release Suu KyiAFP – UN chief urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
AFP – UN chief urged to meet Suu Kyi on Myanmar visit
ICP – On Myanmar, UN’s Ban “Not Talking About the Trial,” Hand Picks Press Coverage
The Yomiuri Shimbun – 3 held [...]
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The Yomiuri Shimbun
YOKOHAMA–Kanagawa prefectural police arrested three people Monday over an attempt to illegally export to Myanmar a magnetic measuring device believed necessary for developing long-range ballistic missile systems on instructions from North Korea, the police said.
Arrested on suspicion of violating the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law were Lee Kyoung Ho, 41, of Itabashi [...]
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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
Key Rohingya suspect arrested, charged with human trafficking
More women, children being victimised
NEWS ON REFUGEES
Exploitation and recruitment under the DKBA in Pa’an District
MYANMAR: Fresh visa headaches for aid workers
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Key Rohingya suspect arrested, charged with human trafficking [...]
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U.N.’s Ban says to urge Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
50,000th Myanmar refugee to be resettled in West, says UN
Ban to Arrive in Burma on Friday
UN chief in Japan ahead of Myanmar visit for talks on N Korea
Ban to meet Suu Kyi?
Japan holds 3 accused of trading for NKorea
UN chief urged to meet Suu Kyi on [...]
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UN secretary general to visit Myanmar
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit Myanmar this week to discuss the issue of political prisoners, including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the UN said Tuesday.
Big News Network.com
UN Chief To Visit Japan Amid Worries Over Myanmar, N Korea
, was due to meet Foreign Minister Hirofumi [...]
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WINNER of PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris
James Mackay of United Kingdom was awarded: Second Prize in Photojournalism category for the political documentary entry of Burma’s political prisoners entitled, “Even Though I’m Free I Am Not”. The jury selected PX3 2009’s winners from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. PX3 Prix de la [...]
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Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
Date: 29 Jun 2009
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by Naomi Wolf
- Naomi Wolf is a political activist and social critic whose most recent book is Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries.
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND – Once the crowds were in the streets in Tehran, one could, if one knew the script, begin the countdown: if today there are [...]
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YANGON, 29 June 2009 (IRIN) – Securing Myanmar visas for international aid workers is again proving problematic more than a year after Cyclone Nargis killed nearly 140,000 people and affected another 2.4 million.
After Nargis struck, Myanmar’s military-led government initially hesitated to allow in large numbers of aid workers, but that all changed on 30 May [...]
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Artist Myo Thein Htun
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North Korea Can Allay Fear at Regional Forum
Junta Officials Snub Mon Party Ceasefire Anniversary
DONATED DRY FOOD TO WAR REFUGEE
Iron mine could destroy 7000 Shan homes
Secretive Russian Mining Project in Burma set to Destroy Homes of 7,000
Senior DKBA commander killed in ambush
Myanmar to add more GSM radio stations in capital Yangon
James Holmes: N. Korean ship to [...]