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(July 17, 2009)
It has been six years since July 17, 2003 when Nai Yekha and Nai Cheem Gakao were detained and imprisoned in Burma solely on account of their peaceful exercise of the rights to freedom of expression and association. They were initially sentenced to death under the security law. Their death sentances were later [...]
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By DENIS D. GRAY : AP
BANGKOK -The United States is expected to trumpet its comeback onto the Asian scene after years of neglect as a major security conference tackles the seemingly intractable issues of North Korea’s nuclear threat and political repression in Myanmar.
Asia’s “two devils” will hold center stage at the annual Asian Regional Forum [...]
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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
New Thai-Burmese passport issued, meets mix of hope and skepticism
Calls to ASEAN to form a strong human rights body
NEWS ON REFUGEES
MSF Press Release on unregistered Rohingya refugee camp
Bangladeshi police attack Rohingya camp
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Posted in Poems in Burmese on Jul 17th, 2009 No Comments »
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SHAN : Friday, 17 July 2009 17:27 : Hseng Khio Fah
11 Burma Army soldiers were killed in an ambush staged by the anti-Naypyitaw Shan State Army (SSA) ‘South’ on 15 July in southern Shan State, according to SHAN sources.
Patrolling Burmese soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #515 based in Laikha was attacked by the SSA [...]
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Case is “totally unfair,” says Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
ASEAN summit to tackle Burma stalemate
EU threatens new Burma sanctions
Clinton’s Burma Agenda
McCain Blasts Burma, Neighbors Ahead of Clinton Visit to Asia
Tunnel Troops’ Families Look to Occult for Help
Maung Aye winds up Shan State tour
SAARC Ambassadors Club inaugurated in Myanmar
NKorea, Myanmar loom over Asian security forum
Asean’s credibility [...]
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Burmese python hunt to begin
A crew of expert snake handlers will stalk the wilderness fringes of western Broward and Palm Beach counties to catch and decapitate Burmese pythons, in a campaign to prevent the nonnative constrictor. ..
Sun-Sentinel
N Korea, Myanmar Loom Over Asian Security Forum
(AFP)–North Korea’s nuclear program and Myanmar’s rights record are [...]
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Monsters and Critics – Case is “totally unfair,” says Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
NASDAQ – N Korea, Myanmar Loom Over Asian Security Forum
Reuters – Myanmar “VJ” film exposes 2007 protests, crackdown
AFP – China cash boosts Myanmar investment: ministry
Eurek Alert – Scientists assess flooding and damage from 2008 Myanmar cyclone Natural [...]
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By Nehginpao Kipgen : Friday, 17 July 2009
http://www.turkishw eekly.net/ op-ed/2535/ clinton-pays- attention- to-asia.html
The U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is set for her second visit to Asia in six months which begins this Friday, July 17th. She will be in India for five days and spend two days in Thailand, and wraps up her trip [...]
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SHAN : Friday, 17 July 2009 11:47 : Hseng Khio Fah
Local populace along the Thai-Burma border last week staged a protest against a joint road project between a Thai firm and the Burma Army, according to local sources reports.
On 10 July, villagers in Ban Hintaek (Ban Therd Thai), the former stronghold of the late Mong Tai [...]
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THERE are many repugnant dictators but one of the bloodiest is General Than Shwe, head of the military junta which rules former British colony Burma with an iron fist.
One reason you have probably never heard of him is because all foreign reporting from [...]
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Today kicks off the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phuket, Thailand, where they are expected to adopt the Terms of Reference for the new Human Rights Body and set the agenda for the ASEAN Summit in October. In an open letter to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers, sixty-nine civil society organizations and networks [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jul 16th, 2009 No Comments »
AP – US to push for change in Myanmar
AP – Foreign investment in Myanmar soars
AFP – India silent on Myanmar, eyes natural wealth
AFP – Bangladesh police force Rohingyas from makeshift camp: MSF
BBC News – Meeting Burma’s opposition
The Huffington Post – The Future of Burma Cannot Be Tied to Aung San Suu Kyi
City [...]
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High Resolution Trailer of the soon to be released Documentary “Last Line of Defence… The K.N.L.A” based on the Karen National Liberation Army in Burma.
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July 16, 2009
News Headlines
1. Foreign investment in Myanmar soars
2. NGO spreading AIDS awareness in Indo-Myanmar border
3. Myanmar’s ‘biggest’ drugs haul
4. Najib: UN asks Malaysia to help Myanmar move towards democracy
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Foreign investment in Myanmar soars
Associated Press
2009-07-16 05:52 PM
Foreign investment in Myanmar swelled sixfold to almost $1 billion in the last fiscal year, most of it coming [...]
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Army Officers Held Over Publication of Sensitive Material
Will Shwe Mann Become Mr President?
Clinton to Discuss Burma at Asean Meeting
Energy needs, strategic concerns keep India silent on Myanmar
Foreign investment in Myanmar soars
UN Asks Malaysia To Play Role In Myanmar’s Democratisation
China investment in Myanmar soars
Myanmar reports major heroin seizure
China Mounts Defense of Myanmar after Junta Pledges
US official [...]
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Myanmar reports major heroin seizure
Anti-drugs police in northeastern Myanmar seized 1,676 pounds (762 kilograms) of heroin near the Thai border, one of the largest ever seizures of the narcotic in the country, a state-run newspaper sai…
eTaiwan News
US to push for change in Myanmar
The United States is defending its efforts to push Myanmar [...]