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FBR REPORT: Karen State, Burma 10 November, 2010
On the day of the election in Burma, November 7th, fighting broke out on the border town of Myawaddy as a breakaway faction of the pro-Junta DKBA (Democratic Karen Buddhist Army) took control of the border crossing [...]
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Tint Swe
No one expected the November election in Burma to be free or fair. Some governments are inclined to contend with relatively flawed elections practices. Some people in Burma held the view that something is better than nothing. The political parties which contested anticipated fair play. The [...]
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The news coming out of Burma is all about the election to be held from 7th to 11th November. Four Burmese language radio stations, namely BBC, VOA, Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and the Blogs are telling what the New Light of Myanmar and inside journals do not and cannot [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Colleague: Suu Kyi set to probe Myanmar vote fraud
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will help investigate charges of election fraud if and when she is released from house arrest this week, a close political colleague said Wednesday.
Her intention was announced a few hours before the first official results from Sunday’s election [...]
Posted in Burma News on Nov 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Burma’s druglords become lawmakers
S.H.A.N. – Wednesday, 10 November 2010 14:58 Hseng Khio Fah
Six well-known druglords in Burma, who represented the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), are among those selected on the 7 November elections, according to sources in Shan State North.
Two of them, Liu [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Nov 10th, 2010 No Comments »
10nov10 PDF – _387_Come to See Their Suffering
Ko Ko Aung
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10nov10 SSA-S_statement on Battle Between Dkba and Spdc_091110
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Sham Election in Burma Must be Rejected
Wednesday, 10 November 2010 11:56 Forum-Asia
(10 November 2010, Bangkok) Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) denounces the statement of Vietnam, the current ASEAN Chair, welcoming the election in Burma as “a significant step forward in the [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 9th, 2010 No Comments »
- Isabel Ortiz
Isabel Ortiz is Associate Director, Policy and Practice, UNICEF.
NEW YORK – Over the last two years, the majority of countries in the world chose to expand public spending in order [...]
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By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS | Tue Nov 9, 2010 1:35am EST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – After months in limbo due to Chinese objections, a U.N. report suggesting North Korea may have supplied Syria, Iran and Myanmar with banned nuclear technology is heading to the Security Council.
The [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 9th, 2010 No Comments »
20,000 Myanmar refugees start heading home
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -About 20,000 refugees from Myanmar headed home Tuesday after fleeing to Thailand as fighting followed a general election that is certain to keep Myanmar’s military and its allies in power.
The incident underlined Myanmar’s vulnerability to unrest following the country’s first election in two decades on Sunday, which was [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Nov 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Dear All,
This is PEACE WITH WAR.
Best
Mr Creator
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09nov10 Armed Struggle by Khin Ma Ma Myo
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ICP – As Myanmar Imposes 90 Day State of Emergency, UN & Ban Have No Comment
UN – Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General on Myanmar elections
Radio New Zealand – Low turnout, irregularities in Myanmar vote
Bloomberg – Clinton Calls for International Tribunal on Human Rights Abuses in Myanmar
AFP – West [...]
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John F. Kerry
By John F. Kerry — Special to GlobalPost
BOSTON — This weekend, the government of Burma held national elections, the first in 20 years under that country’s authoritarian system. The elections were the culmination of a deeply flawed process, and should not be considered legitimate.
The military rulers of Burma, which is officially recognized as [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 8th, 2010 No Comments »
- Guy Sorman
Guy Sorman, a French philosopher and economist, is the author of Economics Does Not Lie.
SEOUL – In mid-November, all eyes will shift to Seoul, when G-20 leaders convene for the [...]
Posted in Feature Articles on Nov 8th, 2010 1 Comment »
- Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor, a former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and UN Under- Secretary General, is a member of India’s parliament and the author of several books, most [...]
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- 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 – Everybody [...]