Posted in WORLD Digest on May 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
- Mai Yamani
Mai Yamani’s most recent book is Cradle of Islam.
LONDON – Osama bin Laden’s death in his Pakistani hiding place is like the removal of a tumor from the Muslim world. But aggressive follow-up therapy will be required to prevent the remaining Al Qaeda cells from metastasizing by acquiring more adherents [...]
Posted in Editorials & Op/Eds on May 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
A Burmese Perspective
Osama bin Laden is Dead Burmese hopes is Spread
Kanbawza Win
Burma (now under the chauvinist name of Myanmar), an insignificant country in Southeast that inspire to be a nuclear power is just is notorious for its gross human rights violation and the brave lady Daw Aung San Suu Kyi that stand [...]
Posted in Feature Articles on May 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
Burma Online Centre
Taungpyarthan on May 2, 2011
Dictatorship like Burmese military regime has become the modern fascist of the 21st century. The people of Burma have been totally controlled by the military junta with the ideology of totalitarianism. Burma with consist of different ethnic nationalities had been united as a federal [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Humour on May 3rd, 2011 1 Comment »
Posted in Burma News on May 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
EarthRights International: Below are highlights from our recent work but, first, here’s a brief announcement:
Katie Redford, ERI’s co-founder and US Office Director, will be presenting at the 2nd annual Inspiring Women Summit, May 7th-13th, which will bring together empowered women from all over the world to share their stories. This virtual event, which is free, will [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
Please find attached the April 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 WORLD Digest on May 2nd, 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.
NEW YORK – Does monarchy – constitutional monarchy, that is, not the despotic kind – have any redeeming features left? The arguments against maintaining kings and queens [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
- Brahma Chellaney
Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Center for Policy Research, is the author of Asian Juggernaut and the forthcoming Water: Asia’s New Battlefield.
NEW DELHI – The killing of Osama bin Laden by United States special forces in a helicopter assault on a sprawling luxury mansion near [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Straits Times – Myanmar to grant amnesty to prisoners: official
Channel NewsAsia – Myanmar three years on since Cyclone Nargis
Asian Correspondent – Freedom of Press will remain unchanged under Burma’s sham civilian government
The Huffington Post – Everything is Broken: Three Years After The Burmese Cyclone, The Stories Still Hit Home
New Kerala – [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 1st, 2011 No Comments »
- Mohamed A. El-Erian
Mohamed A. El-Erian is CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, and author of When Markets Collide.
NEWPORT BEACH – It was relegated to the Q&A session, rather than featured prominently in the opening statement, at last week’s first-ever press conference of US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke. It is an [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on May 1st, 2011 No Comments »
- 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 – The world is drowning in corporate fraud, and the problems are probably greatest in rich countries – [...]
Posted in Burma News on May 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Independent – The savage toll from Burma’s dirty war
Independent – Suu Kyi, dedicated follower of the Grateful Dead
The Financial Times – Cautious hope for change in Burma
The Hindu – China expands presence in Myanmar
Channel NewsAsia – Singapore-registered tanker hijacked off Kenyan waters
People’s Daily Online – Myanmar strives for satellite [...]
Posted in Articles in English on May 1st, 2011 No Comments »
The Independent
The regime is the last in the world still planting mines and the rebels improvise their own devices. Liane Wimhurst meets the people caught in the middle
Sunday, 1 May 2011
afp/getty imagesRefugees from the conflict in Burma at the Mae Sot camp in Thailand
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Ootepew lies with his withered leg under [...]