Posted in Burma News on Oct 14th, 2010 No Comments »
AP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says she won’t vote in elections
AP – Thai PM says Myanmar rejects help with election
Reuters – Myanmar could free 3,000 prisoners before polls
AP – Myanmar’s junta-backed party announces platform
AFP – Myanmar plans to free 11,000 prisoners for vote: officials
AFP – Myanmar opposition party says polls [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
13oct10 Enemies of the Burmese Revolution 20101013
Posted in Burma News on Oct 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Please find attached EBO’s 44th Election Monitor report.
13Oct10 EMNo44-13-10-10
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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Posted in Burma News on Oct 13th, 2010 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
Below are the “2010 Election Watch” highlights for Week 31, covering 5-11 October:
Developments
Youth activists posted signs that urged people to boycott the upcoming elections in 15 Villages across Arakan State.
Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) organizers told residents of Shweza Village, Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, that if they did not vote for USDP candidates, [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 12th, 2010 No Comments »
Hi everyone,
I hope this email finds you all very well.
I hope that those of you based in London will be coming along to the Burmese Arts Festival (www.burmeseartsfestival.com ) which starts this Thursday here at the Free Word Centre (directions attached). There are lots of exciting events to choose from (details below) so we hope [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Oct 12th, 2010 No Comments »
October 18, 2010. BURMA. Min Ko Naing will spend another birthday imprisoned and isolated from the people of Burma.
As we celebrate the birthday of this courageous leader, we are reminded of the difference between the regime and Min Ko Naing. We are also aware of what it is to be truly courageous; truly [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Oct 12th, 2010 No Comments »
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 11th, 2010 No Comments »
- Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum, Professor of American Foreign Policy at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, is the author of The Frugal Superpower: America’s Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 11th, 2010 No Comments »
Please find attached EBO’s 43rd 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.
11Oct10 EMNo43-06-10-10
Euro-Burma Office
Square Gutenberg 11/2
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: (32 2) 280 0691 / 280 2452
Fax: (32 2) [...]
Posted in Documentary Report on Oct 11th, 2010 No Comments »
11oct10 Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for Sep%
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Oct 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Dear All,
Than Shwe got White Elephant.
That’s real..
Good for him.
Please see image.
Best
Mr Creator
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 8th, 2010 No Comments »
- Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and the author of One Economics, Many Recipes: Globalization, Institutions, and Economic Growth.
CAMBRIDGE – In [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 8th, 2010 No Comments »
- Guy Sorman
Guy Sorman, a French philosopher and economist, is the author of Economics Does Not Lie.
PARIS – It is usually easier to see the beginning of something than the end of [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 8th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP – World parliaments urge release of jailed Myanmar MPs
AFP – Young women dare to bare in army-ruled Myanmar
Asian Correspondent – Burma junta urged to free 12 jailed MPs
The Japan Times – Burma’s democratic charade fools no one
TODAYonline – UN chief urges release of political prisoners in Myanmar and transparent, [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 7th, 2010 No Comments »
- 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.
AMSTERDAM – Whatever happened to the good [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 7th, 2010 No Comments »
- George Soros
George Soros is Chairman of Soros Fund Management.
WASHINGTON, DC – I share the growing concern around the world about the misalignment of currencies. Brazil’s finance minister speaks of a [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 7th, 2010 No Comments »
- Asian Tribune – Thu, 2010-10-07 03:26 — editor
* Article
By Zin Linn
On September 27, the UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Asian nations that their credibility could suffer if they do not take a tougher line with the Burmese junta ahead of a national election in November. Ban exhorted the military junta’s neighbors to do more [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 6th, 2010 No Comments »
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, is University Professor of Economics at Columbia University. The paperback edition of his book Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking [...]