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AFP : by Danny Kemp : Sun Jul 19, 11:58 am ET
PHUKET, Thailand (AFP) – Asian foreign ministers met on Sunday ahead of the continent’s biggest security dialogue, under the shadow of the Jakarta bomb attacks and North Korea’s nuclear programme.
A proposed regional rights body that critics say will lack teeth to tackle violators such as Myanmar is [...]
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By DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press Writer; Denis D. Gray, Associated Press Writer – 21st July 2009
BANGKOK – The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world’s poorest nations may be aspiring to join [...]
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BANGKOK -The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world’s poorest nations may be aspiring to join the nuclear club — with help from its friends in Pyongyang. No one expects military-run Myanmar, also known as Burma, [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jul 20th, 2009 No Comments »
AFP – Southeast Asia approves long-awaited rights body
AP – Asia will witness 21st century’s longest eclipse
AP – S. Korea plans how to inspect N. Korean ships
ISIS – Report: Smugglers Assist North Korea-Directed Illicit Trade to Myanmar
IRIN – MYANMAR: Taking bets on increased poverty
Bernama – ASEAN Not In Favour Of Sanction [...]
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Myanmar junta imposes tight security for Martyr’s Day
Myanmar’s ruling junta Sunday imposed tight security for the commemoration of Martyr’s Day — honouring among others the father of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi — including a ban on television coverage of the annual event.
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Asean not in favour of sanction on Myanmar [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jul 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
ASEAN renews pressure on N. Korea, Myanmar
MYANMAR: Taking bets on increased poverty
SE Asia defends ‘toothless’ rights watchdog
Asean meeting kicks off in Phuket
Asean not in favour of sanctions against Myanmar
ASEAN ministers to OK human rights body
SE Asian nations face anger over new rights body
Europe, SEA share a vision for peace and security
Abhisit rejects possible Burma sanctions
China [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jul 20th, 2009 No Comments »
by Jeffrey D. Sachs
- Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also a Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals.
NEW YORK – The G-8’s $20 billion initiative on smallholder agriculture, launched at the group’s recent [...]
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by Carl Bildt
- Carl Bildt is Foreign Minister of Sweden.
STOCKHOLM – Pushing the “reset” button on diplomatic relations is a popular endeavor nowadays. President Barack Obama just journeyed to Moscow in order to “reset” strained United States-Russian ties. The European Union, though not in need of a “reset” because of strained ties [...]
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Writer: BangkokPost.com and AFP: Published: 20/07/2009 at 03:41 PM
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva defended the region’s first human rights watchdog against criticism that it would be powerless to tackle rogue members such as military-ruled Burma as he opened the 42nd Asean Ministerial Meeting on Monday.
He said the rights body would develop “more teeth” after it was [...]
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Published: 20/07/2009 at 12:00 AM : Bangkok Post
Sanctions will not solve problems in Burma and should not be applied, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says.
Speaking on his weekly radio and TV programme in his capacity as chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Mr Abhisit yesterday said some Western dialogue partners might want sanctions to [...]
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Monday, 20 July 2009 02:37
A COALITION of civil-society organizations on Burma called on the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting in Phuket, Thailand, to push for a stronger mechanism for the terms of reference (TOR) of the Asean Human Rights Body.
The Task Force on Asean and Burma (TFAB), a [...]
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AP – Myanmar detains dozens of opposition members
AP – Security tight in Myanmar on Martyr’s Day
AP – North Korea focus of Asian conference
AFP – SE Asian nations face anger over new rights body
AFP – Jakarta bombings loom over Asian security meeting
BWFD (Weblog) – Myo Yan Naung Thein’s price for Burma’s [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Jul 19th, 2009 1 Comment »
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