Posted in Feature Articles on Oct 25th, 2010 No Comments »
foreignpolicy.com By Colum Lynch Sunday, October 24, 2010
Just days after the Obama administration decided in August to support the prosecution of Burma’s top military rulers for war crimes, China’s U.N. ambassador, Li Baodong, paid a confidential visit to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s chief of staff to make his opposition clear: The U.S. proposal, he [...]
Posted in Feature Articles on Oct 24th, 2010 No Comments »
DICTATOR WATCH (www.dictatorwatch.org)
Contact: Roland Watson, roland@dictatorwatch.org
WHERE IS VICE SENIOR GENERAL MAUNG AYE?
October 23, 2010
Dictator Watch has received information that the number two general in Burma’s military junta, Vice Senior General Maung Aye, was placed under house arrest on August 27th. We have had this information for some weeks, but did not publish [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 24th, 2010 No Comments »
24oct10 PDF -_378_From Election to People Victory
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 24th, 2010 No Comments »
24oct10 PDF – _377_Foolish King’s Anger
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Burma News on Oct 24th, 2010 No Comments »
Reuters – Cyclone slams Myanmar; Thai flood deaths rise
RTT News – Myanmar Editor’s Sentencing Shows Ruling Junta’s Double Speak: CPJ
Monsters and Critics – Journalist protection group condemns Myanmar editor’s sentence
ICP – Pro-Asia Mahbubani Says Myanmar “Doing Badly,” Ban Ki-moon “In a Rough Patch”
Asian Tribune – Zero Democratic Norm ahead of Arbitrary [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
DICTATOR WATCH
(www.dictatorwatch.org)
Contact: Roland Watson, roland@dictatorwatch.org
WHERE IS VICE SENIOR GENERAL MAUNG AYE?
October 23, 2010
Please forward.
Dictator Watch has received information that the number two general in Burma’s military junta, Vice Senior General Maung Aye, was placed under house arrest on August 27th. We have had this information for some weeks, but did not publish [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
AP – UN envoy asks Myanmar for ’signal’ before election
AP – White elephant receives regal welcome in Myanmar
ASIAONE NEWS – Myanmar displays new ‘lucky’ white elephant
UPI – Myanmar election process panned
AFP – Myanmar Airways hopes polls will boost tourism
ABC Radio Australia – Commission of inquiry proposed for Burma
BBC News – [...]
Posted in Feature Articles on Oct 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
23oct10 Political Battlefront by Khin Ma Ma Myo
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
23oct10 PDF – _376_Fortune Teller& Useless Person
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Oct 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
23oct10 The World Will Have to Unite Against Communist Dictatorship
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
- Richard Weitz
Richard Weitz is Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama administration has affirmed that, while it will not participate directly, it supports the [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
22oct10 PDF -_373_The Jump of Wai Nyinn Pwint Thone
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Oct 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Dear All,
We got new flag.
Best
Mr Creator
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
22oct10 PDF -_374_Monkey Raising the New Flag
Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Burma News on Oct 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
AP – UN envoy asks Myanmar for ’signal’ before election
AP – Myanmar court will hear appeal of democracy leader
AP – Myanmar unveils new national flag
AFP – World turning blind eye to Myanmar: Nobel laureate
AFP – UN envoy casts doubt on Myanmar vote amid new torture cases
Reuters – Myanmar gets new flag, [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Oct 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
White elephant receives regal welcome in Myanmar
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s ruling junta staged a lavish welcoming ceremony for the country’s fifth white elephant captured in recent years as it arrived in the capital, state media reported Friday.
The festivities Thursday coincided with the unveiling of a new national flag and a new national name — going from [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 21st, 2010 No Comments »
- Charles Tannock
Charles Tannock is ECR Foreign Affairs Spokesman in the European Parliament.
BRUSSELS – The price of freedom, it is said, is eternal vigilance. But that price can take the form of [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 21st, 2010 No Comments »
New elections website www.myanmarelections.org launched
www.myanmarelections.org
We would like to inform you about a new website/tool which has been launched in Burmese and English with extensive information on the Myanmar elections this November, providing information on the parties, candidates, and constituencies.
The website is being updated [...]