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AFP – ASEAN chief warns 2015 single market goal in peril
AP – US says Iran got missile boost from North Korea
UPI – U.N. expects more from Myanmar
Marketwire – Canada Supports Families Impacted by Cyclone Giri in Burma
Strategy Page – No Justice, No Peace
ICP – In Myanmar, Reporters Banned from UN Nambiar, No [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 30th, 2010 No Comments »
- Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf is a political activist and social critic whose most recent book is Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries.
OXFORD – Just when it seemed that America’s “Homeland Security [...]
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- Philip Shishkin
Philip Shishkin, a fellow at the Asia Society, is a former foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
WASHINGTON, DC – In its decade-long slog to secure Afghanistan, the United [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 30th, 2010 No Comments »
- Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Nov 30th, 2010 No Comments »
30nov10 PDF – _390_Kindness and Faithful
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- Chris Patten
Chris Patten, the last British Governor of Hong Kong and a former EU Commissioner for External Affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
LONDON – We are told that [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Nov 29th, 2010 No Comments »
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Reuters AlertNet – MYANMAR: Border guard plan could fuel ethnic conflict
Thai ASEAN News Network – New Fighting Sends Burmese Fleeing across Border
Asian Correspondent – No space to practice ‘Freedom of Expression’ in Burma
Belfast Telegraph – Lily Cole visits Burmese refugees
Asia Times Online – Myanmar forges new trade highway
Scoop.co.nz – Burmese [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Nov 29th, 2010 No Comments »
28nov10 DTS 20-11-2010 (UN Burma Human Rights Conference)
Posted in Feature Articles on Nov 28th, 2010 No Comments »
In Burma the threats and warnings from the junta to the opponents sometimes come ahead of real crackdowns and the premeditated attack comes without any warning like Black Friday on May 30 in 2003. Aung San Suu Kyi narrowly escaped from assassination attempt but was placed under the third house arrest for more than seven [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Nov 28th, 2010 No Comments »
BY TAKESHI FUJITANI CORRESPONDENT
2010/11/26
Aung San Suu Kyi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
BANGKOK–Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said both her own movement and the country’s military junta would have to compromise in any effort to build a democratic Myanmar (Burma).
Aung San Suu Kyi made her comments in a telephone interview with The Asahi Shimbun on [...]
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28nov10 Thoughts About Federal Union
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AP – UN envoy: Myanmar must address criticism of polls
Reuters – Hundreds pour into Thailand after Myanmar clashes
ICP – UN’s Nambiar Makes No Comment on Myanmar Crackdown on Free Speech & AIDS Patients
Bangkok Post – Burmese refugees flee fighting
Bangkok Post – UN on Burma ’sham’ vote
Asian Correspondent – Burma’s bloodthirsty manner [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 28th, 2010 No Comments »
UN envoy: Myanmar must address criticism of polls
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -A U.N. special envoy to Myanmar said Sunday he told its military government that it must address concerns about recent elections, which critics charge were rigged.
Vijay Nambiar, who is also chief of staff for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, spoke Sunday to reporters as he was ending [...]
Posted in Burma News on Nov 27th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP – Top UN official meets Suu Kyi in Myanmar
Reuters – U.N. envoy visits Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, junta meeting unlikely
AP – Myanmar restricts speech of new parliament members
AP – On last day, Myanmar wins 2 gold at Asian Games
Asian Correspondent – Burma’s junta warns opposition parliamentarians not to find political [...]
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AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Released Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Saturday with a senior U.N. official and said she hopes the talks will be the first of many with the world body to solve the country’s problems.
Suu Kyi met for more than an hour with Vijay Nambiar, chief of staff for U.N. Secretary-General Ban [...]
Posted in Documentary Report on Nov 27th, 2010 No Comments »
FBR REPORT: Karenni State, Burma 7 November, 2010
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Burma Army wounds 25 year old villager and his 6-month old child and wife in mortar attack
Karenni Army activity
Burma Army [...]