News on Migrants & Refugees- 12 July, 2010 (English & Burmese)
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Archive for July, 2010
BURMA RELATED NEWS – JULY 10-12, 2010
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AFP – Myanmar troops seize vulnerable boys for tough army life
AFP – New Myanmar party splits opinion in voting debate
AFP – New Myanmar party says vote could herald change
AFP – New Myanmar party pays tribute to ‘idol’ Suu Kyi
AFP – Tiger countries meet in Indonesia to [...]
Live Broadcast of Martyrs’ Day event in Japan
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Download – Invitation for Martyrs’ Day
Freedom : by Feraya
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Jul 11th, 2010 No Comments »
New Myanmar party says vote could herald change
Posted in Burma News on Jul 10th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP/File – File photo shows a Myanmar activist holding a portrait of Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in Bangkok. The chairman of an opposition party that split from Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has said that elections expected to be [...]
Suu Kyi party renegades register for elections
Posted in Burma News on Jul 10th, 2010 2 Comments »
YANGON, Myanmar – A new party formed by renegade members of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s disbanded party has received a permit to participate in Myanmar’s first elections in two decades, state media reported Saturday.
The National Democratic Force will join 37 other new political parties and five existing [...]
Burma and the Bomb: Is the Junta Trying to Join the Nuclear Club?
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 10th, 2010 No Comments »
This Dec. 21, 2009, photo released by the Democratic Voice of Burma shows Burmese defector Sai Thein Win at the control panel of an industrial machine at an undisclosed location in Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma / AP
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It may seem counterintuitive, but Burma has a lot going for it. Blessed with abundant [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – JULY 09, 2010
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AFP – Thai PM plans first Myanmar visit next month
AFP – Myanmar democracy activists allowed to form new party
Reuters – China risks backlash with Myanmar investments- NGO
IRIN – GLOBAL: Could be a busy season for disasters
UPI – Transocean defends work in Myanmar
Forbes Asia Magazine – China’s Immigration Problem
People’s Daily [...]
Taming Finance in an Age of Austerity
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jul 8th, 2010 No Comments »
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate in Economics. His latest book, Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy, [...]
Is Israel a Normal Country?
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jul 8th, 2010 1 Comment »
- Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy and Human Rights at Bard College. His latest book is Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.
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NEW YORK — Israel’s decision [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – JULY 08, 2010
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VOA News – ILO: Forced Labor Still Widespread in Burma
AFP – France, Netherlands seek to halt Internet censorship
Hindustan Times – India, Myanmar pact to help curb NE insurgents
The Vancouver Sun – Filmmakers harness YouTube to capture a day of life on Earth
CathNews India – ?Nuns target neglected [...]
Chevron, Total Accused of Human-Rights Abuses in Burma
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 8th, 2010 No Comments »
TIME
By: Vivienne Walt Tuesday, Jul. 06, 2010
An unidentified Total official, left, briefs the media at a metering junction of its natural-gas pipeline in Burma.
Pascale Trouillaud / AFP / Getty Images
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To the list of Big Oil companies with p.r. problems add two more: Chevron and French energy giant Total. In a [...]
48th Anniversary of 7th July -1962-2010
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Bogyoke Aung San’s Meaning of Politic
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Burma’s Nuclear Mystery
Posted in Articles in English on Jul 7th, 2010 No Comments »
By Scott Johnson Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Allegations of Burma’s nuclear ambitions hit the newswires on June 3rd with a report by a former U.N. nuclear expert claiming the military regime is seeking to develop an atomic bomb.
Commissioned by the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), the report clearly raised the stakes [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – JULY 01-07, 2010
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Reuters – Plague-infected rats reported in Myanmar’s capital
Reuters AlertNet – Making ProGres in Bangladesh: a database yields new lives for refugees
UPI – Total, Chevron deny abuse claim in Myanmar
The Jakarta Post – Opinion: Challenge impunity in Myanmar
Time – Big Oil Firms Accused of Human-Rights Abuses in Burma
The Korea Times – ‘Oil [...]
Central Banking Deflowered
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jul 7th, 2010 No Comments »
- Harold James
Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and Marie Curie Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence. His most recent book is [...]
[Altsean-Burma] 29 June – 5 July 2010 Election Watch highlights
Posted in Burma News on Jul 7th, 2010 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
Below are the “2010 Election Watch” highlights for Week 17, covering 29 June – 5 July:
Developments
The Difference and Peace Party said that it may decide not to compete in the elections because of the SPDC Censorship Board’s media restrictions.
The Unity and Democracy Party of Kachin State filed registration papers to participate in [...]