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By MATTHEW LEE, AP
WASHINGTON -The Obama administration on Tuesday expanded the U.S. watchlist of countries suspected of not doing enough to combat human trafficking, putting more than four dozen nations on notice that they might face sanctions unless their records improve.
The State Department’s annual “Trafficking in Persons Report,” the first released [...]
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Karen Women Organization
Email:kwocentral@tttmaxnet.com
Website: www.karenwomen.org
16th, June 2009
The Karen Women’s Organization is gravely concerned at the renewed displacement and suffering of civilians caused by the Burmese regime’s latest military offensive in Pa-An District of Karen State, and calls for increased international pressure to bring an immediate end to the fighting.
Since June 2, 2009, troops from five battalions [...]
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m-r-news-_16609_.pdf
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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
Abuse, Poverty and Migration: Investigating migrants’ motivations to leave home in Burma
Burmese Asylum Seekers Find Safe Haven in Palau
Mizoram police arrest Burmese nationals
THAILAND: Burmese migrant children missing out on education
Three Myanmar Rohingya arrested on trafficking charges
NEWS ON REFUGEES
Chin children in orphanages increase
KNU Rejects Regime Version of Fighting
Thai Army Chief denies presence of KNU [...]
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Des Moines, Iowa – Jun 14, 2009
Zaw’s photo album: http://picasaweb.google.com/myolwinzaw/64thBirthdayOfDawAungSanSuuKyi#
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joint.pdf
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
: by Ko Ko Aungpdf-_185_un-root-dictatorship.pdf
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:by Ko Ko Aung
pdf-_184_pure-white-omen.pdf
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YANGON, 9 June 2009 (IRIN) – More than a year after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, food security shows signs of improvement, but huge challenges remain, particularly in the southern areas of the Ayeyarwady Delta.
Some 140,000 people were killed and 2.4 million affected when the category four storm swept across the low-lying nation on 2 and [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jun 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
BANGKOK, 15 June 2009 (IRIN) – Thousands of children of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand are missing out on an education, specialists say.
Under Thai policy, all children, regardless of their status in the country, can attend school, but many migrant children do not. While some cite problems of language or the lack of resources of [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
by A.B. Yehoshua
- A. B. Yehoshua is one of Israel’s pre-eminent novelists. His latest novel is Friendly Fire.
HAIFA – How do you tell a true friend? By the fact that he believes and has confidence in you, cares about your true needs, and honestly tells you your mistakes, [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
: poem by Ko Ko Aung
pdf-_183_-dictatorship-will-destroy.pdf
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: poem by Ko Ko Aung
pdf-_182_what-is-the-poorest-judgment.pdf
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by Nava Thakuria
He is notorious, selfish but extremely health & beauty conscious-this is how a tribal militant of Assam, Jewel Garlosa might be described. The elusive armed rebel of Northeast India was trapped by the Central Crime Branch of Bangalore police and the Assam police team in Bangalore during the first week of June. Garlosa, [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
PRESS CONFERENCE: Free Burma’s Political Prisoners Now! petition to be
delivered to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Former political prisoners and human rights activists have travelled to New York to deliver a global petition calling for the release of all political prisoners in Burma to UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
The Free Burma’s Political Prisoners Now! [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Are you pregnant?
Very careful.
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
(Warning: the following photoarticle is a disgusting display of Bo Zoke CHEE Than Shwe)
(Editor’s Note: General in Burmese, is Bo Gyoke Gyi which sounds like Bo Joke Jee. Here, it is intentionally changed to Bo Zoke Chee, meaning, a raggedly wretched officer sh_t.)
Soon after 9-11, some Americans began producing Osama Ben Laden toilet paper [...]
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AP – Celebrities tweet for Suu Kyi’s release in Myanmar
AFP – SKorea firms ‘linked to Myanmar gas abuse’
APP – Former political prisoners call for Aung San Suu Kyi’s release
AlertNet – Thailand: latest on Karen villagers from Myanmar
Xinhua – Myanmar second top leader Maung Aye leaves on official visit to China
IRIN – THAILAND: Burmese migrant children [...]
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Van Biak Thang
Chinland Guardian
15 June, 2009
Consistently advocating for a peaceful resolution of political conflict through a meaningful dialogue, the Ethnic Nationalities Council (Union of Burma) once again urged Burma’s SPDC to end its repressive activities against its own people which has been going on for years and to start a tripartite dialogue with a clear [...]