Archive for March, 2011

03mar11 February 2011 Burma Bulletin

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03mar11 TBBC 2011-02-eletter-13
Dear all,
1. Attached you should find our most recent eLetter covering the period January to February 2011.  If not, you can download it and previous eLetters from http://www.tbbc.org/announcements/e-letter.htm.
2. Our latest 6-month report covering the period July to December 2010 is presently being printed and hard copies will be available [...]

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Mar 3, 2011 – 9:04 AM
Arthur Max
AP
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court will investigate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his inner circle, including some of his sons, for possible crimes against humanity in the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters, the prosecutor said Thursday.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Gadhafi’s security forces are alleged to [...]

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Sydney Morning Herald – Australian publisher due back in Burmese court today
Channel News Asia – ?Myanmar halts rice exports over Mideast fears
Asian Correspondent – Burma: People’s Parliament Speaker explained creation of the Bill Committee
The Economist – The 15-minute parliament
Flightglobal – Myanmar to receive new batch of MiG-29s from March
Thailand News.Net – [...]

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- Ribal Al- Assad
Ribal Al-Assad is Director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria.
LONDON – With the Tunisian and Egyptian regimes gone and street protests roiling cities from Algiers to Tehran, many people are now wondering which domino might fall next. Syria, whose secular, militarized dictatorship most closely resembles the [...]

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AP – Myanmar allocates 1/4 of new budget to military
AP – UN: 67 million kids not in school
AP – Tigers, Burmese pythons rescued in Manila fire
AP – Malaysia urged to let refugees work to meet dearth
The Canadian Press – Czech foreign minister says his country still support EU sanctions against Myanmar
Asia [...]

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -Malaysia’s government has relaxed a freeze on the recruitment of foreign workers in the services sector, with plans to bring in 45,000 Indians to meet a labor shortage that is undermining businesses, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
However, rights activists urged the government to allow more than 90,000 refugees in the country to [...]

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