Withdrawing from the War on Drugs
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso , and Michel D. Kazatchkine
Fernando [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Where are the Islamists?
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
- 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 – Sometime in the 1980’s, [...]
The Revolution Betrayed
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
- Yuliya Tymoshenko
Yuliya Tymoshenko was prime minister of Ukraine and is now leader of the opposition.
KYIV – From snowy Kyiv, I have watched the revolutions in Cairo and Tunis with joy and [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – FEBRUARY 04, 2011
Posted in Burma News on Feb 4th, 2011 No Comments »
IRIN News – MYANMAR: Thousands still homeless after October cyclone
AFP – Myanmar picks junta insider as new president
AFP – Strong quake hits India-Myanmar border
Reuters – Q+A: Will Myanmar’s strongman fade from political scene?
Asia Times Online – Equal opportunity abuse in Myanmar
The Jakarta Post – Calls to lift Myanmar sanctions face [...]
EBO’s 5th Political Monitor report
Posted in Burma News on Feb 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Please find attached EBO’s 5th Political Monitor report.
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All Political and Election Monitors as well as other information on the 2010 elections can be found on EBO’s Elections Page.
If you would like to be removed from or added to this list, please email bxl@euro-burma.be.
Euro-Burma [...]
Myanmar picks junta’s PM as new president
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Feb 4th, 2011 No Comments »
YANGON, Myanmar -Myanmar’s parliament named the premier of the outgoing military government as the country’s new president Friday, handing a key junta member the top job in the post-election administration.
The appointment of Thein Sein, 65, was the latest step in Myanmar’s self-declared transition to democracy following elections in November, but critics have slammed the process [...]
“We are now in a crisis: the military government is getting stronger”
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on Feb 4th, 2011 2 Comments »
“We are now in a crisis: the military government is getting stronger”
U Win Tin, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, on unity, Panglong, and the young generation
TBF: The Best Friend supports the recent statement issued by All Burma Monks Alliance (ABMA) calling for the release of all political prisoners and tripartite dialogue [...]
The Tunisian Catalyst
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 4th, 2011 1 Comment »
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University and a Nobel laureate in Economics. His latest book, Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy, is available [...]
The Arabs and the Democratic Choice
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 4th, 2011 No Comments »
- 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 [...]
Unity is the Stregth
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Feb 4th, 2011 No Comments »
04feb11 PDF – _435_Unity is the Stregth
Ko Ko Aung
News on Migrants & Refugees- 4 February, 2011 (English & Burmese)
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BURMA RELATED NEWS – FEBRUARY 03, 2011
Posted in Burma News on Feb 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
AFP – US says no to easing pressure on Myanmar
AFP – Myanmar junta party ’sweeps presidential race’
AP – Junta retirees chosen as Myanmar’s vice presidents
Asian Tribune – Burma: A Presidential Election or A Theatrical Show?
CP - US says despite flawed elections, it will keep engaging Myanmar’s government
Bernama – Myanmar Restricts Air [...]
Burma: A Presidential Election or A Theatrical Show?
Posted in Articles in English on Feb 3rd, 2011 1 Comment »
Burma: A Presidential Election or A Theatrical Show?
Thu, 2011-02-03 05:07
By – Zin Linn
Prearranged by the Burma or Myanmar’s military junta, the first regular session of the Peoples Parliament (Pyithu Hluttaw) was convened at the Pyithu Hluttaw Building on Naypyitaw Monday.
Burma’s new parliament elected two military men as speakers of the Upper and Lower Houses on [...]
Goodbye to “Globalization”
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
- Harold James , and Matteo Albanese
Harold James is [...]
Taking the Fat Out of Global Warming
Posted in WORLD Digest on Feb 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
- Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and author of The Energy Glut: the Politics of Fatness in an Overheating World.
LONDON – [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – FEBRUARY 02, 2011
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AlertNet – Myanmar cyclone survivors hurt by aid crunch
Scoop – Report on Burma’s 2200 Political Prisoners
AFP – Thais must give UN access to boat people: HRW
AFP – 64,500 evacuated after China quake: report
Asian Correspondent – Who will be the president of Burma?
The Hindu – Editorial: Another sham in Myanmar
New [...]
Dictator Make No Difference
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Feb 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
02feb11 PDF – _434_ Dictator Make No Difference
Ko Ko Aung
Woman and Children Injured by Mortar Shelling on Thai-Burma Border
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Feb 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
WLB Immediate Release – Woman and Children Injured by Mortar Shelling on Thai-Burma Border
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Woman and Children Injured by Mortar Shelling on Thai-Burma Border:
WLB Urges the Thai Government to Ensure the Protection of Civilians Fleeing Conflict
(Thai-Burma Border, Thailand – 1 February 2011) A mother and two young boys seeking refuge in Thailand have been [...]