Posted in Burma News on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
New currency note in Myanmar raises concerns Story Highlights
Thai nationals sentenced to death
Burma orders 10,000 Chinese to leave
American claims mistreatment in Myanmar prison
Myanmar opposition leader ready to talk sanctions with junta
China raps Myanmar after recent border unrest
POLITICS: U.S. Policy Shift on Burma Gets Mixed Reactions
All hotels in beach resort to reopen in Myanmar next month
Myanmar [...]
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
by John O’Brennan
- John O’ Brennan is Director of the Centre for the Study of Wider Europe (www.widereurope.ie ) and Lecturer in European Politics and Society.
Maynooth, Ireland – On October 2, Irish voters go to the polls for a second time to decide whether to adopt the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty. [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
AP – American claims mistreatment in Myanmar prison
Reuters – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi gives backing to U.S. engagement
Reuters – China raps Myanmar after recent border unrest
CNN News – Suu Kyi changes stance on Myanmar sanctions
CNN News – New currency note in Myanmar raises concerns
Washington Post – Burma’s Junta Intensifies Bid For [...]
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Posted in Statements on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
25 September 2009
Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) today calls for world leaders to not to get lost in junta’s game plan of sham 2010 election instead of focusing on national reconciliation. Ruling junta of Burma which gunned down more than 3000 peaceful demonstrator came to power in 1988. Junta held the election [...]
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Granting nationality to Origami boy champion uncertain
by Usa Pichai Thursday, 24 September 2009 14:18
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Thai born boy, [...]
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Suu Kyi backs US engagement with Burma
Burma’s detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will support United States plans to engage with the isolated nation but only if opposition groups are involved in any dialogue, her party said.
Mail and Guardian
Myanmar asks Chinese to leave border area – media
BEIJING (Reuters) [...]
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9/23/09 – United Nations General Assembly – Protest Rallies Against Dictators From Burma, Tibet , Iran and Others
Here is a link to a fantastic video of yesterday’s rally at the UN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SBdY_C5Lc
Please don’t kill people, Please don’t imprison people , please don’t torture people , please release the political prisoners. Those were our pleas from [...]
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Posted in Old Misellaneous on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
American claims mistreatment in Myanmar prison AP
YANGON, Myanmar -The U.S. Embassy said Friday it has made a formal complaint to Myanmar’s military government after a Myanmar-born American claimed he was mistreated in prison.
Kyaw Zaw Lin was secretly arrested Sept. 3 on arrival at Yangon airport. Dissident groups reported his disappearance but his whereabouts were unknown [...]
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Posted in Statements on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Date: September 25, 2009
Reg.: AASYC/ GHQ/ Release/ 09/ 09
Claims from the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) this week that members of the All Arakan Students’ and Youths’ Congress (AASYC) have been involved with terrorist or sabotage activities are totally baseless accusations. Those arrested are not members of our organization and have surely been framed [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Sep 25th, 2009 No Comments »
AFP – US unveils plan to engage Myanmar
AFP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi welcomes US plan to engage junta
AFP – US Senator Webb meets Myanmar foreign minister
AP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi said to welcome new US approach
AP – US changes tack on Myanmar
AP – Myanmar unveils new higher denomination bank note
UPI – [...]
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 24th, 2009 No Comments »
by Bernard Haykel
- Bernard Haykel is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
PRINCETON – Although Al-Qaeda’s leadership, beliefs, and ideology are rooted in Saudi Arabia, the organization has been all but crushed in the Kingdom by a government policy that combines a big carrot and an even bigger stick. The [...]
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 24th, 2009 No Comments »
by Chris Patten
- Chris Patten is a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, Chairman of the British Conservative Party, and was the last British Governor of Hong Kong. He is currently Chancellor of Oxford University and a member of the British House of Lords.
LONDON – Every country is shaped [...]
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Kanbawza Win
Will America betray the Burmese cause, is the big question in the minds of every Burmese even though they may not speak out? A review of US policy announce by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton that Obama administration has decided to engage directly with Junta as part of international efforts to promote democracy, [...]
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Posted in News in Burmese on Sep 24th, 2009 No Comments »
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Myanmar accuses American of planning unrest
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar on Wednesday accused a Myanmar-born American who was secretly detained three weeks ago of seeking to incite political unrest.
State television news said Kyaw Zaw Lwin confessed that he plotted with dissident groups outside the country, and accused [...]
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4 Gardens of migrant workers who applied for border passport had confiscated by authorities
Scenario precarious for women migrants
NEWS ON REFUGEES
Burmese refugee hospitalized on suspicion of A(H1N1) infection
Livelihood consequences of SPDC restrictions and patrols in Nyaunglebin District
Security concerns for new refugees in Tha Song Yang: Update on increased landmine [...]
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Posted in Statements on Sep 24th, 2009 No Comments »
All Burma Monks’ Alliance ! The 88 Generation Students ! All Burma Federation of Student Unions
No: 6/2009 ! Date: September 24, 2009
Announcement on the Release of Political Prisoners in Burma
(1) The Burmese military regime announced through its media on 17 September 2009 that it would
grant a pardon to 7114 prisoners. We wholeheartedly welcome their release, [...]
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Suu Kyi ‘welcomes US engagement’
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi welcomes US plan to engage junta
US, Burma already in Diplomatic Talks
Arrested Dissident Accused of Terrorist Intentions
Exile Government, Rights Group Cautiously Welcome US Engagement with Burma
Analysts Question New U.S. Policy on Myanmar
US unveils plan to engage Myanmar
US extends diplomatic hand to Burma
US changes tack on Myanmar
US to talk to [...]
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