Archive for June, 2010

This is World Cup 2010 South Africa.
Live on TV ( Burma and North Korea)
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BBC News : Friday, 11 June 2010 00:20 UK
The defector, Sai Thein Win, is second from the left in this DVB picture
The Burmese government has denied recent reports that it is developing a nuclear weapons programme.

A statement from the foreign ministry said foreign media reports alleging such a programme [...]

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YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s military junta denied Friday it is developing a nuclear weapons program, decrying such allegations as groundless and politically motivated.
State radio and television news reported the Foreign Ministry’s denial, which claimed that anti-government groups in collusion with the media had launched the allegations with the goal of “hindering Myanmar’s democratic process and to [...]

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11Jun10 MR-News_110610

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AFP/File – Myanmar soldiers take part in a military parade in the new Naypyidaw in March 2010. A top US official …
BANGKOK (AFP) – A top US official said Thursday he was “particularly concerned” about the plight of 140,000 refugees from Myanmar in camps along the Thai [...]

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By Nehginpao Kipgen Wednesday, June 9, 2010 http://www.bt. com.bn/opinion/ 2010/06/09/ what-if-burma- goes-nuclear
THE Burmese (Myanmar) military regimes desire to become a nuclear power is an alarming development for the Burmese people, especially ethnic minorities, as well as nations which like to see a nuclear free world.
The documentary, broadcast by Al Jazeera news [...]

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AFP – Myanmar elections on October 10: US senator
AFP – US fears for Myanmar refugees ahead of polls
AP – US official: Fair Myanmar vote a must for refugees
People’s Daily Online – Myanmar starts sending gas from Mottama offshore gas field to Yangon
People’s Daily Online – Myanmar to expand GSM [...]

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Thursday 6/10/10
US official: Fair Myanmar vote a must for refugees
By GRANT PECK
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AP
BANGKOK -Myanmar refugees cannot be expected to return home if the upcoming election in the military-ruled country is not fair, a senior U.S. State Department official said Thursday.
Eric Schwartz said the junta’s repression of political opponents and restrictions on the electoral process so far [...]

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10Jun10 War Crime Pao Region

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Palestine Stands Up

- Shlomo Avineri
Shlomo Avineri, Director-General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry in the first cabinet of Yitzhak Rabin, is Professor of Political Science at Hebrew University.
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JERUSALEM – Although the crisis over Israel’s naval [...]

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Who Lost Europe?

- 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. [...]

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09Jun10 EM_No_26_-_09-06-10
Please find attached EBO’s 26th Election Monitor report.
All previous Election Monitors as well as other information on this year’s elections can be found on EBO’s Elections Page.
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Euro-Burma Office
Square Gutenberg 11/2
1000 Brussels, Belgium [...]

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AP – Trade unions: rights violations worsened in 2009
IRIN – MYANMAR: Shelter issues and land rights frustrate resettlement
FOXNews.com – New Tempests Over Burma as U.N. Aid Rolls In
VOA News – US Senator Calls For Investigation of Alleged Burmese Nuclear Program
U.S. Department of State – Press Releases: [...]

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Dear Friends,
Below are the “2010 Election Watch” highlights for Week 13, covering 1-7 June:
Developments

On 6 June, the deadline passed for new parties to file registration papers to participate in the elections. Before the deadline, a total of 42 parties – 37 new parties and five existing parties – had filed registration applications.
The SPDC Election Commission [...]

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UPI – Evidence points to Myanmar nuclear program
AP – Gore: Saving climate will save, not lose, money
IRIN – MYANMAR-THAILAND: Maung Win, “We are cheap labour, we have no rights”
VOA News – China Defends Internet Censorship Practices
The Malaysian Mirror – OPINION: What if Myanmar goes nuclear?
Xinhua – Myanmar [...]

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09Jun10 MR-News_090610

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