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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 – Al Jazeera correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin is on a victory lap in the United States – or rather, Al Jazeera is sending him on its own victory lap. After all, [...]
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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 Millennium Development Goals.
NEW YORK – Many factors underlay the ongoing upheavals in the Middle East: decades of corrupt and authoritarian rule, increasingly [...]
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- Chris Patten
Chris Patten, the last British Governor of Hong Kong and a former EU Commissioner for External Affairs, is Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
LONDON – This is my last column for a while. I am off to become Chairman of the BBC Trust – the strategic authority of one of [...]
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AFP – US says Myanmar remains ‘oppressive’
AFP – Scant hope for change in Myanmar ‘civilian’ rule
AP/CP – Germany’s Merkel speaks with Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi after new government sworn in
Channel NewsAsia – Merkel urges Myanmar to free political prisoners
UN News Centre – Ban calls for genuine transition to democracy in [...]
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For Immediate Release
31 March 2011
NO REAL CHANGE AS BURMA SWAPS MILITARY RULE FOR CIVILIAN PARLIAMENT
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has warned that although Burma’s State Peace and Development Council has been officially disbanded, there is no prospect of true democratic reform for the country.
As part of the changes that followed the [...]
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Shanland.org: Imprisoned Shan leader honored nationalities hero medal
Thursday, 31 March 2011 15:57 Hseng Khio Fah
Hkun Tun Oo, imprisoned leader of defunct Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), the second largest winning party in the whole of Burma and the winning party in Shan State in [...]
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- Pedro Malan
Pedro Malan, former Brazilian Finance Minister and Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil, is a member of the Steering Committee of the Emerging Markets Symposium at Green Templeton College, Oxford, and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of Itau Unibanco of Brazil.
OXFORD – The forces that drove the growth [...]
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AFP – Myanmar military rule ends, but army retains grip
AP – Myanmar’s junta is ‘dissolved’ as govt sworn in
Reuters – Q+A: Will Myanmar’s new government bring any change?
Reuters – U.S. to seek second term on U.N. rights council
UPI – Myanmar ends junta?
UPI – German dual-use equipment supplies to Myanmar questioned
UPI [...]
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NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Myanmar’s junta was officially disbanded Wednesday after handing over power to a new so-called civilian government, the latest phase of a transition to democracy that has been widely criticized as a sham.
The closed-door inauguration of the new government was announced only after it took place, in keeping with the secretive style of [...]
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Please find attached EBO’s 11th 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. [...]
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Reuters – Chinese pipelines in Myanmar cause rights abuses, graft -report
AFP – Myanmar opposition talks sanctions with US
AP – Myanmar court frees Australian publisher on bail
Bangkok Post – Burma regime set to transfer power
BangkokPost – Thai tremors not Burmese aftershocks
Asian Correspondent – Ex-General and current PM Thein Sein will [...]
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Reuters – Suu Kyi’s party seeks talks with Myanmar’s generals
AFP – US extends condolences to Myanmar quake victims
AFP – Rescuers struggle in quake-hit Myanmar
AFP – India offers help to quake-hit Myanmar
AP – Myanmar marks unusually low-key Armed Forces Day
Bernama – Asean Ready To Assist Myanmar
Bernama – MATRADE To Lead Business [...]
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- Jaswant Singh
Jaswant Singh, a former Indian finance minister, foreign minister, and defense minister, is the author of Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence.
NEW DELHI – Is corruption crippling India? At first glance, such a question seems absurd. After all, India has had a functioning democratic order since before 1947, and its economy [...]
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- Guy Sorman
Guy Sorman, a French philosopher and economist, is the author of Economics Does Not Lie.
PARIS – The central paradox of French politics was confirmed once again on March 27. In a nationwide vote to select local authorities (the so called Conseiller Général), the far-right National Front gained 11% of the [...]