Posted in Old Misellaneous on Dec 15th, 2010 No Comments »
WikiLeaks: Singapore Lee says Myanmar ’stupid’
Alex Kennedy
AP
SINGAPORE -Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew called Myanmar’s junta leaders “stupid” and “dense” in conversations with U.S. diplomats, according to classified documents released this week by WikiLeaks.
The Singapore leader said dealing with Myanmar’s military regime was like “talking to dead people,” according to a confidential U.S. briefing on a [...]
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Dec 14th, 2010 No Comments »
- George Soros
George Soros is Chairman of Soros Fund Management and of the Open Society Institute.
CANCÚN – The official communiqué from the Cancún climate-change conference cannot disguise the fact that there will [...]
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Dec 14th, 2010 No Comments »
- Esther Dyson
Esther Dyson, chairman of EDventure Holdings, is an active investor in a variety of start-ups around the world. Her interests include information technology, health care, private aviation, and space [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Dec 14th, 2010 No Comments »
AP – Activists say Chinese dam hurts Myanmar traders
AP – EU decries no-show of Farinas for rights prize
AFP – UN expert urges Myanmar to release all political prisoners
AFP – SE Asia sees relentless rise in opium production: UN
Reuters – China, India meet to focus on trade, despite mistrust
Asia News Network [...]
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Posted in Poems in Burmese on Dec 14th, 2010 No Comments »
14dec10 PDF – _392_The Time for Evey One Move Their Hands
Ko Ko Aung
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Press release
December 14, 2010
New dam in China disrupts river trade at major Burma border crossing
A recently built hydropower dam on the Longjiang River in China’s Yunnan Province is causing severe disruption to thousands of villagers relying on cross-border trade in Burma’s northern Shan State, according to a [...]
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Dec 13th, 2010 No Comments »
- Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis is Executive Director of the Mental Disability Advocacy Center, a Budapest-based international human-rights organization.
BUDAPEST – In September of this year, the Bulgarian prosecutor launched a homicide investigation [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Dec 13th, 2010 No Comments »
AP – Myanmar: a pariah nation with lots of friends
AFP – WikiLeaks’ Assange moved to isolation in British jail
IRIN News – MYANMAR: Concerns grow over opium and amphetamine production
EarthTimes – Myanmar’s opium production up 76 per cent
AHN News – Suu Kyi vows to be patient in seeking dialog with military [...]
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Looking at malnourish children and millions of illegal migrant workers and refugees, instead of mismanagement of economy by dictatorship and the appeasement policy of some countries there are people who want to blame only at the sanctions imposed in Burma. But talking about sanctions and Burma, the academic view, the pro-junta and the pro-business lobbyists [...]
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12DEC10 AHRC-SPR-002-2010
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Posted in Burma News on Dec 12th, 2010 1 Comment »
AFP – Suu Kyi to ‘persevere’ for dialogue with junta
AP – Philippines skipped Nobel over China death verdict
Asian Correspondent – Thailand has no faith in Burma’s nuclear ambition
Bangkok Post – Burma not nuclear, says Abhisit
EarthTimes – China loans Myanmar 2.4 billion dollars for gas pipeline project
EarthTimes – Orders for Myanmar [...]
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Posted in Feature Articles on Dec 11th, 2010 No Comments »
What’s Next for Burma’s Democrats?
Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer under house arrest, but the Burmese junta’s insidious co-option of “democracy” highlights that real change is still a long way off.
BY AUNG DIN | DECEMBER 10, 2010
Burma’s rigged elections on Nov. 7 did little more than affirm the ruling military junta’s willingness to subvert [...]
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Posted in Burma News on Dec 11th, 2010 No Comments »
AFP – Human rights essential for Myanmar: Suu Kyi
AP – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, US official discuss sanctions
AsiaOne – China fed up with Myanmar ‘foot-dragging’ on reform
Asia Times Online – China’s dim view of Myanmar junta
Daily Telegraph – WikiLeaks: Burma ‘building nuclear site with North Korea’s help’
Bangkok Post – US suspects [...]
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Dear All,
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is painting for All political Prisoners.
Than Shwe too.
Best
Mr Creator
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Dec 10th, 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 – When [...]
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Burma: International Commission Needed to Address Impunity
CHIANG MAI/NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2010—A transition in Burma should entail a genuine effort to end impunity for human rights violations, including an international commission of inquiry into allegations of these crimes, said the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) on the 62nd anniversary of [...]
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Newsletter
HELP without FRONTIERS
A school year under the Christmas tree – despite the heavy fighting!
This was a very intense year. In spite of the elections and the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, there is still heavy fighting going on in Burma, thousands flee to Thailand in a mad rush. We are able to [...]
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