Posted in Burma News on Apr 5th, 2011 No Comments »
The Journal Gazette – Jailed Burmese comedian’s plight shown in film
AlertNet – A life in limbo; Thailand’s Myanmar refugee camps
AlertNet – Thailand wants Myanmar asylum seekers to go home – official
Xinhua – Minor cholera breaks out in quake-hit NE Myanmar
Bernama – 109 Immigrants Escape From Detention Centre
The Washington Post – [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 4th, 2011 No Comments »
- Joseph E. Stiglitz and Jose Antonio Ocampo
Jean-Paul Fitoussi, Sciences Po and Luiss University; Haihong Gao, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Stephany Griffith-Jones, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University; Yiping Huang, Peking University; Peter Kenen, Princeton University; Jing Li, Capital University of Economics and Trade, Beijing; Jose Antonio Ocampo, Columbia [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Apr 4th, 2011 No Comments »
- Ruti Teitel and Robert Howse
Robert Howse, a professor of international law at New York University, is the author of a study on odious debt for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Ruti Teitel, a professor of international and transnational law at New York Law School and a visiting [...]
Posted in Feature Articles on Apr 4th, 2011 No Comments »
http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21069&page=1
By BENEDICT ROGERS
Monday, April 4, 2011
Just before 11 pm on my last night in Rangoon, I sat down in the hotel bar to relax and listen to some jazz. Five minutes later, however, I heard the words that everyone in Burma dreads: “Mr Rogers, the authorities want to speak to [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Human Rights Watch – Burma’s ‘Disciplined Democracy’ is a Mockery of UN Standards
AFP – Renewing Myanmar focus, US to name envoy
AFP – Than Shwe retires as Myanmar military chief
AFP – Declining mangroves shield against global warming
AFP – Myanmar’s tattooed women lure tourists
AFP – US senators urge tougher Myanmar sanctions
AP [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on Apr 4th, 2011 No Comments »
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/opinion/04iht-edrogers04.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
By BENEDICT ROGERS
Published: April 3, 2011
I now know what it feels like for dissidents in Burma, when the authorities knock on the door late at night. In my case, I was treated civilly, but I know that if I had been Burmese it would have been far, far worse.
I had been [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
Mr. Creator
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Apr 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
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Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Apr 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
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Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Documentary Report on Apr 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
FBR REPORT: 24 March, 2011
In This Report The following report describes Burma Army human rights abuses during the building of dam and army camps in Ler Doh township, [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese, Feature Articles on Apr 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
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Posted in Campaigns & posters on Apr 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Raül Romeva i Rueda Member of the European Parliament
together with Geneva Call, DCA Mine Action and the Euro Burma Office are pleased to invite you to a briefing on the
Humanitarian Impact of Landmines in BURMA Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:00 to 17:30
European Parliament, Room ASP 5E1
Burma faces one [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
Please find attached the March 2011 issue of ALTSEAN Burma Bulletin.
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The Burma Bulletin is a short month in review of events in Burma, particularly [...]
Posted in Burma News on Apr 1st, 2011 No Comments »
New Website:-
Countries and Their Cultures : BURMA
Posted in Burma News on Apr 1st, 2011 1 Comment »
AsiaOne – US senators urge tougher Myanmar sanctions
IRIN – MYANMAR: Earthquake homeless need urgent shelter
Time.com – News Trickles Out of Burma’s Fishing Disaster
Philippine Star – Thailand, Phl donate cash to quake victims in Myanmar
Asian Correspondent – Can Burma’s new president create a clean government?
ABC Radio Australia – Sanctions undermine Burma’s [...]