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Mizzima : by Mungpi Monday, 14 December 2009 23:39
In nearly two decades of undisputed and uninterrupted rule, Burma’s military supremo Senior General Than Shwe is certainly going down in the history of Burma as one man, who has vigorously contributed to the collapse of the Burmese economy, failure of the society, catered [...]
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At this moment there are now thousands of Shan refugees who have fled over the border from Burma in northern Thailand who need your help.
The weather is getting cold and they are in desperate need of warm clothes, blankets medicines, especially medicine for babies.
There are hundreds of children urgently needing warm clothes, hats and socks. Please [...]
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(Statement of Sen. Nene Pimentel at the Joint Session of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, December 14, 2009)
The lifting of martial rule over the province of Maguindanao last December 12 was a good move.
It saved the government from embarrassment because no matter what the authorities say, there was no constitutional basis for its proclamation.
It [...]
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15Dec09 Rohingyas Tears Down the Cheeks
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AP – Crew of NKorean plane detained in Thai jail
Reuters – Myanmar rebels grow more opium to buy arms: report
EarthTimes – YEARENDER: Myanmar gears up for an election junta-style
EarthTImes – Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz to visit Myanmar this week
IRIN – LAOS-MYANMAR: “Worrying trend” of rising opium poppy cultivation
eTaiwan News – [...]
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15Dec09 NCGUB: News on Migrants & Refugees-15 Dec, 2009 (English & Burmese)
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Myanmar junta chief's future still uncertain
Today, December 14, 2009, 19 hours ago
As Myanmar gears up for rare elections due next year, eyes are turning to the fate of the country’s ageing military strongman, Than Shwe, and a [...]
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14Dec09 NCGUB: News on Migrants & Refugees-14 Dec, 2009 (English & Burmese)
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AP – Detained foreigners who declined to give names are led by a Thai police officer, left, to the interrogation …
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Large-scale fighting beckons as ceasefire groups defy a Rangoon order to give up their military wings
Published: 13/12/2009 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: Spectrum
The Burmese junta has set an end-of-year deadline for 12 ceasefire armies to come under the control of a new military body, but at the moment there is mainly defiance and real fears of [...]
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Tons of weapons seized from plane at Thai airportAP
AAABANGKOK -Five foreigners were detained and their foreign-registered aircraft impounded after it landed in the Thai capital Saturday with tons of war weaponry on board that originated in North Korea, Thai officials said.
Air Force spokesman Capt. Montol Suchookorn said the chartered cargo plane originated in North Korea’s [...]
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Burma Democratic Concern (BDC): Human Rights in Burma now!
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Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike
For Immediate Release: December 7, 2009
Kyaw Zaw Lwin (a.k.a. Nyi Nyi Aung), a political prisoner in Burma’s notorious Insein Prison, is currently on hunger strike. He is on hunger strike to protest losing prisoners’ rights.
Kyaw Zaw Lwin is a 40-year-old male who was born in Burma and is now a naturalized [...]
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12Dec09 Dont Trust the Tiger
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by Masahiro Matsumura
- Masahiro Matsumura is Professor of International Relations at Momoyama Gakuin Daigaku (St Andrew’s University), Osaka.
OSAKA – Three months after the Democratic Party of Japan’s landslide general-election victory, the new administration’s foreign and security policy appears to be increasingly at odds with that of the United States. Indeed, there [...]
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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 – China’s undervalued [...]
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India hands over BIMSTEC chair to Myanmar
Today, December 11, 2009, 1 hour ago
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Handing over the chairmanship of BIMSTEC to Myanmar, India Friday said the seven-nation organisation is ‘a bridge’ linking South and [...]