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Sep 10th, 2009

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Dhaka disputes maritime boundary claims of India, Myanmar

Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note to the UN against Myanmar’s maritime boundary claim on the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal and will soon register its protest against India’s claim there.
Big News Network.com

Pipeline pumps billions in Myanmar junta’s pockets – Summary

Bangkok – Myanmar’s ruling junta is hiding billions of dollars in revenue from natural gas sales in two Singapore banks, a Washington-based human rights group claimed Thursday. EarthRights Internation. ..
Earth Times

China says no involvement in Myanmar’s domestic issues

BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday reaffirmed China’s no involvement policy in Myanmar’s internal affairs and called for peaceful solutions. Jiang…
SINA

Myanmar says Chinese tip-off led to border clash

Myanmar troops were acting on a tip-off from China when they seized an illegal arms factory last month, triggering several days of clashes with an ethnic militia that sent more than 30,000 refugees fl…
eTaiwan News

Thai government to provide education to refugee children

Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:30 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Thailand’s Ministry of Education is drawing up a proposal for the cabinet to initiate an education system for migrant, refugee and stateless …
Mizzima News

Total, Chevron ‘enriching Burma junta’

are propping up Burma’s junta with billions of dollars hidden by the regime in Singapore, while trying to whitewash rights abuses, an environment group says.Army security forces guarding a gas pip…
West Australian

Oil giants ‘propping up Burma’s junta’

OIL giants Total and Chevron are propping up Burma’s junta with billions of dollars hidden by the regime in Singapore, while trying to whitewash rights abuses, an environment group says.Army security …
News.com.au

Authorities extort money on new pretext from Rohingya community

In Northern Arakan, the mobile has become a tool for the local authorities to extort money from the Rohingya community, according to Kamal, a student from Maungdaw. BurmaNet

North-East Command Commander and EP Minister meet KRPLC Chairman and officials in Kokang

Nay Pyi Taw — Chairman of Shan State (North) Peace and Development Council Commander of North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and Minister for Electric Power No (2) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint met …
BurmaNet

US Embassy investigates arrest of American citizen in Burma – Mungpi

New Delhi – The United States Embassy in Rangoon said it is talking to the Burmese government regarding an American, arrested at the Yangon International Airport on September 3.
BurmaNet

Regional peace and stability prevailing in Laukkai

Nay Pyi Taw — Laukkai in Kokang region of Shan State (North) has restored peace and stability. Students of Laukkai Basic Education High School No-1 are pursuing their education peacefully. The shops…
BurmaNet

Propaganda and the Burmese Media – Wai Moe

The Voice Weekly published translated versions of op-ed articles on Burmese politics from The Washington Post and The New York Times, an unusual event in Burma. Burmese readers inside Burma were surp…
BurmaNet

NLD Seeks to Organize Political Activities across Burma – Ko Htwe

The Nation League for Democracy (NLD) has asked the military government for permission to play an active role in organizing political activities across Burma, a NLD statement said on Tuesday.
BurmaNet

Myanmar says Kokang to become autonomous region after 2010 general election

Yangon – Myanmar’s Kokang ethnic region in the northeast will become an autonomous region after 2010 general election in accordance with the new state constitution, Deputy Home Minister Br…
BurmaNet

Kalemyo youths flee to Mizoram to evade military training

A number of youths have been forced to flee to Mizoram state in northeast India to avoid being conscripted by the Burmese Army for military training from different areas in Kalemyo, Sagaing division w…   BurmaNet

Myanmar junta asserts control over rebellious region – Aung Hla Tun

Laukkai – Myanmar’s military regime is stepping up efforts to show its neighbours that armed ethnic separatists on its border are under control after violent clashes that sent thousands of… BurmaNet

Burmese generals pocket $5bn from Total oil deal

The Burmese military junta has earned almost $5bn from a controversial gas pipeline operated by the French oil giant Total and deprived the country of vital income by depositing almost all the money i…
The Independent – Comment on this

Wa Units in Southern Shan State Build Defenses – Saw Yan Naing

Wa leaders have ordered their people to be on alert and dig bunkers for protection in case fighting breaks out, according to sources on the border. Troops of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) have been … BurmaNet

An ‘Election’ Burma’s people don’t need – U Win Tin

Much attention has been focused on Sen. James Webb’s recent visit to my country and his meetings with Senior Gen. Than Shwe and incarcerated Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. I under… BurmaNet

US should complete policy review

Principled Diplomacy, Aid, and Targeted Sanctions Can Spur Change New York – The Obama administration should promptly conclude its Burma policy review and adopt initiatives to make its policies on …
BurmaNet

Former NMSP leaders to form party to contest polls

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 19:25 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Some ethnic Mon leaders plan to float a new political party before the 2010 general elections.Former New Mon State Party (NMSP) Central Comm…
Mizzima News

Two political outfits allowed to put up signboards

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 17:44 New Delhi (Mizzima) –  With the National Political League of the Union of Myanmar and the 88 Generation Student Organization (Union of Myanmar) being allowed to p…
Mizzima News

‘Wait and See’ US Policy on Burma is No Help

In 1988, when nation-wide demonstrations calling for political, economic and social changes broke out in authoritarian- ruled Burma, many students and pro-democracy activists gathered in front of the U…
The Irrawaddy

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