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Copenhagen Conference attended by 429 Newspaper from 150 countries [...]
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Global Editor’s Forum
Prof. Win.
Rich or poor archipelago or landlocked, the effects of climate variability are becoming increasingly perceptible – melting ice and glaciers leading to rising water levels, extreme heat waves inducing forest fires, and intense rainfall causing severe storms and floods.
Southeast Asia is not spared from these effects. The Irrawaddy Delta in Burma was [...]
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Posted in Statements on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Immediate release
13th October 2009
Kachin National Organization Political Pronouncement
1. The 2010 General election is not about enfranchisement or the right to liberty for our people and we strongly urge to stage a rigorous opposition to it.
2. The downfall of Burma is directly related to its abnegation of human rights and the depravation of equality, rights and [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
World Needs to Intensify Pressure on Burma: East Timor
East Timor joins arms embargo call against junta
Indian rebels on Burma talks agenda
Burma’s New Constitution: A Death Sentence for Ethnic Diversity
US detainee in Burma meets with lawyers
DKBA Takes Aim at Brigade 5
Than Shwe Meets India’s Army Chief
Australian Fashion Group Announces Burma Trade Ban
Myanmar, Sudan to boost bilateral [...]
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A Death Sentence for Ethnic Diversity
As Burma’s rainy season draws to a close, ethnic Karen villagers in eastern Burma are bracing themselves for a new military onslaught. It is expected that this new military offensive will be much …
The Irrawaddy
Halfway to a Handshake
In response to Su Kyi’s offer of handshake, [...]
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Burma’s 2010: the Opposition Dilemma
Analysis
12 October 2009
Chinland Guardian
The date for junta-orchestrated election is closer as Burma’s military dictator Senior General Than Shwe last week confirmed that plans are going ahead with holding a new election in 2010 in accordance with the new Burmese constitution that was passed in a referendum last year.
No electoral [...]
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Mr Creator
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Posted in Burma News on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
AFP – Suu Kyi back in Myanmar’s political arena: analysts
AFP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, diplomats discuss sanctions: US
Reuters – Myanmar builds troops on border, says Bangladesh
Xinhua – Myanmar, S Korean businessmen to boost co-op in industrial sector
TVNZ – Senator urges US free trade deal with ASEAN
Time Magazine – Getting to [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Oct 13th, 2009 No Comments »
1st September, 2009 (Tuesday)
?Five high-ranking Burmese officials visited Kunming, the capital of China’s Yunnan Province, on Monday, days after clashes between Kokang and junta troops sent thousands of refugees flooding into China, according to sources on the Sino-Burmese border.
? Chinese authorities began pulling down tent camps Tuesday as the number of refugees returning to Burma [...]
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- By: Arend Hulshof for Amnesty International, Foto: AI/JornvanEck
CHANGE WILL COME, NO MATTER WHAT. AS A BUDDHIST MONK, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN BURMA FOR YEARS. A DANGEROUS TASK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FLEE HIS [...]
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Posted in Statements on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Joint Statement on 2010 Election Boycott 10Oct09
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
by Dani Rodrik
- Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the first recipient of the Social Science Research Council’s Albert O. Hirschman Prize. His latest book is One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth.
CAMBRIDGE – There was [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Australian clothing chain pulls out of Burma
Inflation is a major concern for Burma
Myanmar, Bangladesh to establish direct banking system
Burma, Bangladesh in Warship Standoff
Coming to the Bargaining Table
Separating the ‘Head’ and the ‘Body’
The pariah’s nuclear blackmail
Myanmar to join ASEAN food and beverage trade exhibition in Japan
Beijing and Burma no longer the best of friends
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Australian clothing chain [...]
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Myanmar, Bangladesh to establish direct banking system
Myanmar is cooperating with neighboring Bangladesh for the establishment of direct banking system between the two countries in a bid to facilitate transaction in bilateral trade. At a meeting held in …
People’s Daily
Bangladeshi foreign minister to meet Burmese counterpart
Monday, 12 October 2009 14:04 Dhaka [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »
MR-News_121009
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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
Registration of Illegal Migrant Children Proposed
Workers from Shoe factory demonstrated for their rights
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Registration of Illegal Migrant Children Proposed
By LAWI WENG Friday, [...]
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No.04 – 10/2009
12 October 2009
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Click to read it all here:- kaw thar story
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Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 12th, 2009 No Comments »