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Suu Kyi allowed to meet Western diplomats
London, Oct.9 : Detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will meet Western diplomats to discuss sanctions imposed against the military-ruled country, junta officials have said.
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Bangladesh asks UN to settle sea boundary with India, Myanmar
Dhaka, [...]
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Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize triumph hailed by many
Burma’s Suu Kyi Meets With Western Diplomats
Registration of Illegal Migrant Children Proposed
60 percent of UN funds to Burma not monitored
RI hails Myanmar’s meeting with Suu Kyi
U.S. seeks dialogue with Myanmar but sanctions stay
Burma’s Suu Kyi discusses US sanctions
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, diplomats discuss sanctions: US
Myanmar opposition leader holds rare [...]
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Myanmar’s Hukuang reserve has less than 100 tigers
Yangon, Oct 7 (Xinhua) Myanmar’s 22,000 sq km vast Hukuang Tiger Reserve situated in the northern province of Kachin has now less than 100 tigers, a report said Wednesday.
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Thailand approves second friendship with Burma on Moei [...]
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A policy of engagement that is all carrots and no sticks would be naïve–and self-defeating.
by Benedict Rogers & Joseph Loconte
10/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
The Obama administration recently announced the results of its long-awaited Burma policy review. On the face of it the outcome is sound. The United States will maintain existing sanctions on Burma’s brutal regime, [...]
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AFP/File – Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured here on a protester’s placard during a rally …
Slideshow:Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s junta leader has allowed detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Western diplomats to discuss sanctions imposed against the [...]
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Myanmar democracy leader Suu Kyi meets diplomats AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s junta leader has allowed detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to meet Western diplomats to discuss sanctions imposed against the military-ruled country, government officials said Friday.
The Nobel Prize winner, who remains under house arrest, was driven to a government guesthouse to meet [...]
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by Nava Thakuria, Guwahati, India
Does a war between China and India become inevitable-this is question that is haunting hundred thousands Indians as and when they glue to the news channels or read newspapers in the last few weeks. In fact, everyone in the country is talking about a forthcoming battle, if not a [...]
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Click here to read it all:- no -yes – yes -no
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CHINA – BURMA – UNITED STATES RELATIONS
By Roland Watson
October 8, 2009
Note: This article was prepared for a seminar of the Asia Democracy Alliance in Washington, D.C., which Dictator Watch co-sponsored, in the Rayburn House of Representatives office building. It analyzes [...]
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S.H.A.N. Thursday, 08 October 2009 16:59 Hseng Khio Fah
Villagers affected by the junta’s latest scorched earth campaign in Shan State South in late July will be given Nargis model homes by the government relief team, local sources said.
The Chairman of Shan State (South) Peace and Development Council and Commander of Eastern [...]
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NEW YORK, October 8, 2009 – The international community should withhold support for Burma’s 2010 elections and not accept the results of the vote unless the government amends the country’s constitution to end impunity for human rights violations, the International Center for Transitional Justice says in a new report.
Civil society and international organizations should meanwhile [...]
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Myanmar’s Hukuang reserve has less than 100 tigers
Yangon, Oct 7 (Xinhua) Myanmar’s 22,000 sq km vast Hukuang Tiger Reserve situated in the northern province of Kachin has now less than 100 tigers, a report said Wednesday.
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Thailand approves second friendship with Burma on Moei River
Thursday, 08 October 2009 13:01 Chiang Mai [...]
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Suu Kyi, Than Shwe Meeting Rumors Increase
Bangladesh asks for UN arbitration to delimitate maritime boundary with India, Myanmar
U.S. to provide more fund for post-Nargis recovery in Myanmar
Thailand approves border economic zone
Rice and gold prices in Burma double
Burma Licenses Private Hospitals, Clinics
Re-engagement rings
Sugar Prices In Myanmar Lower Than World Prices
Stand resolute in face of human-rights abuses
Golden [...]
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by Javier Solana
- Javier Solana is EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).
BRUSSELS – 2009 is a landmark year for the European Union’s role in the world. It marks ten years of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), during which the EU became a global provider of [...]
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Burmese Monks in Union Square Park
Pubblicato da fidest su Giovedì, 8 Ottobre 2009
New York City Union Square Park protesting the killing of monks in Burma. Carletto Nesti writes: “I made a little time to walk to Union Square with my camera. In my humble opinion, this park, along with Washington Square Park, [...]
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Human Rights Watch Honors Four Activists
Defenders Work to End Abuses in Burma, Congo, Ethiopia, and Russia
October 7, 2009
(New York) – Four courageous and tireless advocates of human rights – from Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Russia – have been awarded the prestigious Alison Des Forges Defender Award for Extraordinary Activism, Human [...]
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Aung San Suu Kyi meets Myanmar junta representative
Yangon, Oct 7 (DPA) Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Wednesday with a representative of the ruling junta to discuss her proposals to get sanctions dropped against the regime that has kept her under [...]
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