Recent Burmese News – 090708
Jul 8th, 2009
Lack of cash slows Nargis recoveryYANGON, 8 July 2009 (IRIN) – A three-year recovery plan for survivors of Cyclone Nargis remains severely underfunded: of the US$691 million requested under the post-Nargis recovery and preparedness pl… |
Landslide caused by rain kills 30 in MyanmarA landslide caused by torrential rain killed about 30 people in northern Myanmar at the weekend when it swept away their homes, which were built on a mine dump, people in contact with the area said on… |
Burmese flash floods kill at least 30At least 30 people were killed when a landslide caused by torrential rain swept away homes in Burma. The dwellings were built on a dump at Lonkhin Jade Mine near Phakant – around 1,500km (930 miles) … |
‘SOS BURMA,’ time for UN to do the right thingWednesday, 08 July 2009 14:45 Unlike in the past visit, this time there was no real expectation that the United Nations General Secretary’s visit to Burma would changeanything.The State Peace and De…
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Indonesian President Set for Re-electionAfter polls closed, an unofficial quick count at 2,000 polling stations with more than half of ballots tallied gave President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 58 percent of the vote, which would be enough to …
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‘Time to take off the kid gloves’The international community has few options left for Burma after the United Nations secretary general’s failure last week to engage the recalcitrant military regime.
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UN Chief Speaks Out Against Lack of Human RightsBANGKOK, Jul 8 (IPS) – Using the power of his office, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon achieved a rare diplomatic feat during his recent visit to military-ruled Burma. He broke a taboo by delivering…
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Ulfa hit-squad enters Assam from MyanmarThe outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) is planning to stage violent strikes in the run up to Independence Day, with a four-member hit squad sneaking into the state from bases in Myanmar, …
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Myanmar rebuilding uneven a year after the cyclone – John HeilprinThrongs of people lined the muddy walkways of Kyon Da village, a relief camp erected in this cyclone-hit area, while others stayed in their homes — neat rows of small houses made out of dried palm a…
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US industry group calls for renewed ban on Burmese exportsAn industry group representing U.S. footwear and clothing companies and their suppliers has called on U.S. lawmakers to renew a ban on Burmese exports.
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Foreign investments soar in Burma despite economic sanctions – SolomonEconomic sanctions imposed by the West – United States and the European Union – notwithstanding, foreign investments in Burma, since 1988, accounts for a total of US dollar 15 billion.
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Burma rebels vow to stop using child soldiers – Mark TranShan insurgents get foreign aid in return for halting use of children in country with highest number of underage conscripts. One of Burma’s main rebel groups has pledged to stop using child sold…
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Ban warns Junta of costly isolation – Lalit K JhaExpressing deep disappointment at the failure to make any headway with the leaders of the military junta, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned Burma of “costly isolation” if it stic…
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Senior General Than Shwe receives UNSG for two timesChairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe received and held discussions with UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon and party at Bayintnaung Yeiktha here two times – …
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Ethnic Burmese among world’s ‘most threatened’ – Francis WadeNine ethnic groups in Burma have been ranked fifth on a table measuring groups of people throughout the world deemed to be most under threat of genocide, mass killing and other systematic violent repr…
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India urged to stop helping Burmese junta – Salai Pi PiThe Indian government has been exhorted to stop helping the Burmese military regime by student leaders and journalists from Northeast Indian states, who in a show of solidarity, demanded the unconditi…
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Myanmar earns $292 million from jade salesMilitary-ruled Myanmar earned more than 209 million euros ($292 million) from the sale of jade at a government-sponsored gems show despite a U.S. ban on their import, a merchant said Tuesday.
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Honorary degree for Burma laureate – Freya McClementsBurmese pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the opposition Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the country’s ruling military junta for 11 of the past 19 years. Today the university present…
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Life is cheap in the East, even cheaper in Burma – Pascal Khoo-ThweWhen the Nazis organized the nationwide burning of books deemed ‘un-German’ in May 1933, not many people could have imagined that they would go on to kill many unarmed, non-combatant and i…
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets honorary degree in Northern IrelandLondon – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. The democracy campaigner was awarded the honorary degree of …
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Die Hard’ spirit of 7-July; Burmese activists vow to march aheadTuesday, 07 July 2009 21:45 New delhi (mizzima) – Burmese activists and Indian supporters on Tuesday reiterated their call to the Indian government to stop supporting Burma’s military regime and ins…
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Myanmar refugee numbers swell in ThailandAs the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to be resettled abroad recently left Thailand for the United States, thousands of others fled their military-ruled homeland to seek shelter under tarps and in temples a…
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Burma starts to acquire veneer of wealth as elite enjoy times of plenty – Amy KazminThe revellers – young men with hair gelled into modish styles and young women wearing mini-skirts and clutching mobile phones – have each paid a $10 cover charge to enter, a steep price in a land wher…
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Senior General Than Shwe receives UNSG for two timesChairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe received and held discussions with UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon and party at Bayintnaung Yeiktha here two times – …
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Ethnic Burmese among world’s ‘most threatened’ – Francis WadeNine ethnic groups in Burma have been ranked fifth on a table measuring groups of people throughout the world deemed to be most under threat of genocide, mass killing and other systematic violent repr…
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India urged to stop helping Burmese junta – Salai Pi PiThe Indian government has been exhorted to stop helping the Burmese military regime by student leaders and journalists from Northeast Indian states, who in a show of solidarity, demanded the unconditi…
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Myanmar earns $292 million from jade salesMilitary-ruled Myanmar earned more than 209 million euros ($292 million) from the sale of jade at a government-sponsored gems show despite a U.S. ban on their import, a merchant said Tuesday.
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Honorary degree for Burma laureate – Freya McClementsBurmese pro-democracy campaigner and leader of the opposition Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained by the country’s ruling military junta for 11 of the past 19 years. Today the university present…
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Life is cheap in the East, even cheaper in Burma – Pascal Khoo-ThweWhen the Nazis organized the nationwide burning of books deemed ‘un-German’ in May 1933, not many people could have imagined that they would go on to kill many unarmed, non-combatant and i…
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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi gets honorary degree in Northern IrelandLondon – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday awarded an honorary degree by the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. The democracy campaigner was awarded the honorary degree of …
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Die Hard’ spirit of 7-July; Burmese activists vow to march aheadTuesday, 07 July 2009 21:45 New delhi (mizzima) – Burmese activists and Indian supporters on Tuesday reiterated their call to the Indian government to stop supporting Burma’s military regime and ins…
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Myanmar refugee numbers swell in ThailandAs the 50,000th Myanmar refugee to be resettled abroad recently left Thailand for the United States, thousands of others fled their military-ruled homeland to seek shelter under tarps and in temples a…
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Burma starts to acquire veneer of wealth as elite enjoy times of plenty – Amy KazminThe revellers – young men with hair gelled into modish styles and young women wearing mini-skirts and clutching mobile phones – have each paid a $10 cover charge to enter, a steep price in a land wher…
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Digging the tunnels, part twoThe tunnel project underway in Burma includes plans to build covert ammunitions factories that will produce surface-to-air missiles controlled from underground command bases, leaked intelligence docum…
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Release prisoners, says PM – Anucha CharoenpoThailand wants the Burmese government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners as part of its national reconciliation process, acting government spokesman Panitan Wa…
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Allies in paranoia and repression – Kay Seok and David Scott MathiesonThe U.S. Navy shadowing a North Korean cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons bound for Burma is the stuff of potboiler thrillers. Yet for two of the world’s most reclusive and repressive states, …
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Ban—empty-handed but wiser – EditorialThrough his official visit to the military-ruled country he should have discovered a deeper understanding of how far the international community—under the name of the United Nations—can expect to …
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