Financing the Green Economy
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 8th, 2010 No Comments »
- Meles Zenawi , and Jens Stoltenberg
Meles Zenawi is [...]
Archive for November, 2010
ELECTIONS: A View From The Field Karen State
Posted in Documentary Report on Nov 8th, 2010 No Comments »
FBR REPORT: , Burma 5 November, 2010
The Burma Army troop strength shown on this map is an over 20% reduction of normal troop strength in this conflict area.
Dear friends,
The dictators of Burma and their government, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), [...]
10,000 refugees flees Myanmar post-vote fighting
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 8th, 2010 No Comments »
10,000 refugees flee Myanmar post-vote fighting
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Fighting between ethnic rebels and Myanmar government troops has sent at least 10,000 refugees fleeing into Thailand after a widely criticized election expected to usher in a parliament sympathetic to the military regime.
Fighting raged Monday at key points on the frontier with Thailand, leaving at least 10 people [...]
post-election protests by Khin Ma Ma Myo
Posted in Feature Articles on Nov 8th, 2010 No Comments »
08nov10 Post-election Protests by Khin Ma Ma Myo
Military-ruled Myanmar holds rare elections
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 7th, 2010 3 Comments »
Military-ruled Myanmar holds rare elections
AP
posted: 19 MINUTES AGO
YANGON, Myanmar -Voting began in Myanmar’s first election in 20 years Sunday amid both a barrage of criticism that the balloting was rigged in favor of the ruling military and hope that some change toward democratic reform might nonetheless follow.
About 40,000 polling stations across the Southeast Asian country [...]
Foreign Relations of the Burmese Military Junta Released
Posted in Articles in English on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
06nov10 Foreign Relations of the Burmese Military Junta 20101105
Only Unity Can Save the Country
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
06nov10 PDF – _386_Only Unity Can Save the Country
Ko Ko Aung
16 Burma Pro-Democracy Organizations host a London rally and a peaceful march to condemn Burma’s sham election
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
16 Burma Pro-Democracy Organizations host a London rally and a peaceful march to condemn Burma’s sham election
Today, 16 Burma pro-democracy organizations including all ethnic organizations, based in the United Kingdom, organize a London rally and a peaceful march to condemn sham elections in Burma on 7 November 2010, urging the international community to reject [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – NOVEMBER 05, 2010
Posted in Burma News on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
AP – Facts and figures on Myanmar’s election
AP – Suu Kyi’s son seeks Myanmar visa to visit mother
AP – Myanmar military set to win elections on Sunday
Reuters – Military proxies prepare to sweep rare Myanmar poll
AlertNet – Ahead of elections MRG calls on Burma to address marginalisation of minorities.
AFP – [...]
Complaints mount on eve of Myanmar election
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Complaints mount on eve of Myanmar election
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Some of the bigger parties contesting Sunday’s election in military-ruled Myanmar have raised fresh complaints of unfairness, including voters being threatened if they don’t back the ruling junta’s party.
One party leader said the junta’s proxy, the Union Solidarity and Development Party, and local authorities had stepped up [...]
Burma’s elections: Junta believes in politics
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
Time
By Hannah Beech/Rangoon
For all those people still recovering from the furiously contested mid-term vote in the U.S., it’s time to rest easy. The November 7 election in Burma, where a military regime has ruled since a 1962 coup and nary a poll has been held for two decades, promises no such electoral drama. After all, [...]
Why is China Lashing Out?
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 5th, 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.
NEW YORK – It must be galling [...]
Comparative Analysis Paper on the Two (1990 and 2010) Elections
Posted in Feature Articles on Nov 5th, 2010 No Comments »
05nov10 Comparative Analysis Paper on the Two (1990 and 2010) Elections
Where is Burma Headed after Election?
Posted in Articles in English on Nov 5th, 2010 No Comments »
By Nehginpao Kipgen November 2, 2010 http://www.bt.com.bn/opinion/2010/11/02/where-myanmar-headed-after-election
There has been a lingering question as to what might happen after a general election in Burma, which is scheduled for November 7. The military junta has so far been successful in its manipulated game of an expected easy victory.
As a keen observer on the Burmese [...]
Massive cyberattack paralyzes Myanmar days before election
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Nov 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Cyberattack Paralyzes Myanmar Days Before Election
Hugh Collins
AOL News
(Nov. 4) — A massive cyberattack paralyzed Myanmar’s Internet infrastructure, less than a week before the country’s first election in 20 years.
The attack began late last month and has overwhelmed the country’s Internet infrastructure, closing Internet cafes and making it impossible to communicate with IP addresses inside the [...]
Building the India-US Partnership
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 4th, 2010 No Comments »
- Ashley J Tellis
Ashley J. Tellis, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, helped to negotiate the US-India civil nuclear agreement. He is the author of a new [...]
Justice for Some
Posted in WORLD Digest on Nov 4th, 2010 No Comments »
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate in economics, is University Professor at Columbia University. The paperback version of his latest book, Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of [...]
People in Need: Elections in Burma will not lead to democratic reforms
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Nov 4th, 2010 No Comments »
People in Need: Elections in Burma will not lead to democratic reforms
Press release
Prague, November 4, 2010 – Parliament elections will be held in Burma on November 7 for the first time after 20 years, however, election laws and events in the country show that the elections will not be free and will not lead to [...]