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- Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma is Professor of Democracy and Human Rights at Bard College, and the author of Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.
AMSTERDAM – Most European citizens (for example, more than 60% in France and Germany) believe that Turkey should not become part of the European Union. There are [...]
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Asia Times Online – Power struggle in ‘democratic’ Myanmar
Independent Catholic News – Burma: villagers forcibly moved to make way for new dam
Scoop.co.nz – IFJ Joins Calls to Free Video Journalists in Burma
UPI – Russia showcases arms in Asia
Herald Sun – Politics still ‘off limits’ for democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi [...]
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For Immediate Release: 8 July 2011
REPORT CARD ON BURMESE PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN’S FIRST 100 DAYS: WORDS NOT MATCHED BY ACTIONS
08jul11 Thein Seins First 100 Days – Words Not Matched by Actions
Bangkok – One hundred days after assuming the presidency in Burma, former General Thein Sein has failed to take any meaningful steps [...]
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AFP – Suu Kyi gets emotional reception on Myanmar holiday
AFP – US civil society urges more Myanmar pressure
AFP – ASEAN, Japan ministers to meet business leaders
AP – Bigger crowd greets vacationing Suu Kyi in Myanmar
AP/CP – Rights groups seek tougher Myanmar sanctions, say US diplomacy has not worked
Boston Globe – [...]
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07jul11 PDF – _518_ Don’t Want to See Bloody Day Again
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Please find attached EBO’s 20th Political Monitor report.
07jul11 PM_No._20_-_06-07-11
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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Euro-Burma [...]
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Please find attached EBO’s latest analysis paper No. 3/2011 – The Burma Army’s Offensive Against the Shan State Army – North.
7jul11 EBO Analysis Paper No 3 2011 – Shan State Army-North – July 2011
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Square Gutenberg 11/2
1000 Brussels, Belgium [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Jul 6th, 2011 No Comments »
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz is University Professor at Columbia University, a Nobel laureate in economics, and the author of Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy.
NEW YORK – Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology – the belief in free and unfettered markets – brought the world to [...]
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- Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Thitinan Pongsudhirak is Director of the Institute of Security and International Studies at Chulalongkorn University.
BANGKOK – The thunderous results of Thailand’s general election on July 3 will seem familiar to anyone attuned to the political upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa. Entrenched incumbent regimes everywhere are under severe [...]
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- Lee Byong-chul
Lee Byong-Chul, a senior fellow at the Institute for Peace and Cooperation in Seoul, served on the foreign and national-security policy-planning staff of South Korean President Kim Young-sam(1993-1998) and President Kim Dae-jung(1998-2003) from 1993 to 1999.
SEOUL – It is something of a cliché question in South Korea nowadays: Who [...]
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AFP – Suu Kyi gets emotional reception on Myanmar holiday
AP/CP – Myanmar democracy leader Suu Kyi’s private trip draws crowds; police do not intervene
Bernama – Myanmar, Bangladesh To Re-Establish Air Link Soon
Bernama – Asean Trade Ministers To Meet Japanese Stakeholders In KL
The Japan Times – Rethinking Japan’s Myanmar policy
PTI – [...]
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FBR REPORT:
Kachin State, Burma 4 July, 2011
Fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army broke out on 9 June 2011, ending a 17-year cease-fire agreement between the two groups. As many as 10,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in Southeastern [...]
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06jul11 PDF – _517_ Welome to U Kyaw Win for Asylum
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Posted in Burma News on Jul 5th, 2011 No Comments »
Reuters – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi travels for first time since release
Reuters – Australia’s Rudd says Suu Kyi will tour outside Yangon
The Age – Rudd urges Burma to free prisoners
CP – Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi makes private trip into countryside, first since release
AFP – Number two at Myanmar embassy in US seeks asylum
AFP – Myanmar’s [...]
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- Ian Goldin and Geoffrey Cameron
Ian Goldin is a Director of the Oxford Martin School and Professorial Fellow at Balliol College, University of Oxford and Geoffrey Cameron a research associate. Their book Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped our World and Will Define our Future is co-authored with Meera Balarajan and published by Princeton [...]
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July 5, 2011 06:33 AM EST |
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BAGAN, Myanmar — Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was supposed to be on a private tour of the temple city of Bagan, but she drew crowds Tuesday in a test of the government’s tolerance after it warned her against political appearances.
Suu Kyi, in her first trip [...]
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05jul11 PDF – _516_ Japenese Government Accept Mad Dog
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05jul11 PDF – _515_ Don’t Copy the Wrong Idea
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