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- Yuriko Koike
Yuriko Koike, Japan’s former Minister of Defense and National Security Adviser, is now Chairman of the Executive Council of the Liberal Democratic Party.
TOKYO – President Hu Jintao’s visit to [...]
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Reuters – CNPC, Qingdao Port ink deal for Myanmar pipeline
The Asian Age – Battle continues near the Thai-Myanmar border
Asia Times Online – Stilwell Rd to be reborn
ReliefWeb – U.S. Government Provides Additional $1.5 million for Victims of Cyclone Giri
Bernama – Immigration Detain 26 Foreign Workers In Operation
Bernama – Second Day [...]
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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 – Suppose [...]
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AP – Myanmar enacts military draft law for men, women
AP – Myanmar parliament set for 1st session in 22 years
AP – SE Asia misses out on Asian Cup
AP – Singapore: WikiLeaks ‘disastrous’ for US diplomacy
AlertNet – Fear of deportation hangs over Myanmar refugees hiding in Thailand
EarthTimes – Myanmar’s three-chamber parliament to [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Jan 10th, 2011 No Comments »
10jan11 PDF – _413_She Has No Comparison
Ko Ko Aung
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10jan11 PDF – _412_ One Paint Win So Many Words
Ko Ko Aung
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Dear All,
This image was created in January 09,2009.
Now…coming true….
Best
Mr Creator
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Jan 10th, 2011 1 Comment »
Myanmar enacts military draft law for men, women
Updated: Jan 9, 2011 – 23:39PM
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Military-ruled Myanmar has enacted a law that could draft men and women into the armed forces and mete out prison sentences of up to five years for draft dodgers, according to an official document seen Monday. The country currently has a [...]
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Jan 9, 2011 -
AP
YANGON, Myanmar -Military-ruled Myanmar has enacted a law that could draft men and women into the armed forces and mete out prison sentences of up to five years for draft dodgers, according to an official document seen Monday. The country currently has a volunteer army.
The law, dated Nov. 4, 2010, but yet [...]
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David Tharckabaw
As the experts had predicted, the SPDC stage-managed the November 7, 2010 elections to deliver landslide victory to the SPDC proxy party and pro-SPDC parties. Realizing that the SPDC has only the intention of perpetuating the oppressive military rule, major ceasefire ethnic organizations such as the KIO, NMSP, UWSP, SSPP-North and MNDDP have [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jan 8th, 2011 No Comments »
Please find attached EBO’s 1st Political Monitor report.
PM_No._1_-_07-01-11
As the elections have now passed and the new government will soon begin, we have decided to change the name of this report. We hope you will continue to find it useful in its new guise!
All Election Monitors as well as other information on the [...]
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It was one of the most exhilarating moments of 2010: On Nov. 13, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi emerged after seven years of house arrest in Rangoon and addressed thousands of adoring supporters. To many in the West, that sight seemed to signal that one of the world’s most intransigent military dictatorships was [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jan 7th, 2011 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.
JERUSALEM – Israel has been welcoming some [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jan 7th, 2011 No Comments »
The Guardian – Top 100 women: nominate now
AFP – Cargo ship fire kills four Chinese off S. Korea
VOA News – Indonesia Puts the Spotlight on Human Rights as ASEAN Chair
Philippine Daily Inquirer – Indonesia announces dates for Asean summits
The Online NewsHour – Photographer Offers a Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘First Lady of [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Jan 6th, 2011 3 Comments »
By Nehginpao Kipgen Jan 5, 2011 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/48713/
On Jan. 4,
Burma (also known as Myanmar) celebrated its 63rd Independence Day. It was on this day in 1948, the Union of Burma was granted independence by the British. Over six decades have passed since independence, but still unresolved is the crux of the conflicts [...]
Posted in Burma News on Jan 6th, 2011 No Comments »
AFP – UBS denies blocking cash to pro-Palestinian groups
Reuters – Sinopec finds large oil and gas deposits in Myanmar
Bangkok Post – BoI: New investment target B400bn
Bangkok Post – Industry roadshow to Burma this month
Bangkok Post – INVESTMENT: $1bn fund proposed to help Thai firms go abroad
Express India – China beats [...]