Archive for January, 2011

31jan11 PDF – _431_ Whsh You to See the Truth
Ko Ko Aung

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- Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf is a political activist and social critic whose most recent book is Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries.
NEW YORK – Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is [...]

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Aye Aye Win
AP
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar opened its first parliament in more than two decades Monday, an event greeted with cautious optimism by opposition lawmakers despite the military’s tight management of the event.
The military and its allies hold more than 80 percent of the seats in both houses of parliament, ensuring that the army exercises [...]

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- 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 [...]

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30jan11 PDF – _430_ Than Shwe’s Birth Day
Ko Ko Aung

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30jan11 PDF – _429_Against the Dictator Revolution
Ko Ko Aung

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By ANGELA CHARLTONAP
DAVOS, Switzerland -Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi reached out Friday to the world’s business elite to invest in her isolated, impoverished country — but carefully.
“We yearn to be a part of the global community,” the Nobel Peace Prize laureate said in an audio message to the World Economic Forum, where leading [...]

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28jan11 MR-News_280111

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AP – Suu Kyi asks investors at Davos to help Myanmar
AP – Thai PM: I’ll do what’s best regarding Cambodia
AP – Myanmar court rejects bid to restore Suu Kyi party
Reuters – Suu Kyi seeks support for democracy in Myanmar
RTT news – All Legal Avenues Closed To Myanmar’s Main Opposition Party [...]

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Queens & Kings

Mr Creator.

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28jan11 PDF – _428_Birds Are Pain Under the Ill-omen
Ko Ko Aung

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Statement on the Sixth Congress of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB)

27 January 2011

The Sixth Congress of the Women’s League of Burma was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma border from 24 – 26 January 2011. It was attended by fifty-nine representatives from member organizations including program [...]

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- Steven Hill
Steven Hill’s latest book is Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age.
WASHINGTON, DC – During the state visit to the United States of [...]

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Burma Forum on the Universal Periodic Review (BF-UPR)
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Burma (AAPP-B), Arakan Rivers Network (ARN), Burma Fund UN Office, Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC), Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), Emergency Act Team vs Backpack Health Worker Team, Federation of Trade Unions of Burma (FTUB), Foundation for Education and [...]

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AP – Myanmar lawmakers gather for opening of parliament

The Economist – A parliament, but not as you know it

Straits Times – Myanmar faces flak over rights record
Straits Times – Security ‘tight’ ahead of Myanmar parliament opening
Asian Correspondent – Burma gets ready to disclose its military monopolized parliament
Asian Correspondent – Burma’s [...]

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Egypt ruling party offers no concessions
By HAMZA HENDAWI and HADEEL AL-SHALCHIAP
CAIRO -Egypt’s ruling party said Thursday it was ready for a dialogue with the public but offered no concessions to address demands for a solution to rampant poverty and political change heard in the country’s largest anti-government protests in years.
At the same time, the [...]

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27jan11 PDF – _427_Goden Anniversary Birth Day for Zar Ganar
Ko Ko Aung

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