Posted in WORLD Digest on Aug 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
- Shahid Javed Burki
Shahid Javed Burki, former Finance Minister of Pakistan and Vice President of the World Bank, is currently Chairman of the Institute of Public Policy, Lahore.
ISLAMABAD – Relations between the United States and Pakistan have continued to fray since a US Special Forces team killed Osama bin Laden in [...]
Posted in Burma News on Aug 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Dear Friends,
Please find attached the July 2011 issue of ALTSEAN Burma Bulletin.
July 2011 Burma Bulletin
The Burma Bulletin is a short month in review of events in Burma, particularly those of interest to the democracy movement and human rights activists.
In the July 2011 issue you will find:
* Conflict in Kachin, Shan, and [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Aug 1st, 2011 No Comments »
- 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 – It is obvious that the left and the media establishment in the United States cannot fully understand the popular appeal of the two Republican tigresses in the [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Aug 1st, 2011 No Comments »
- Javier Solana and Daniel Innerarity
Javier Solana, the European Union’s former High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and a former Secretary General of NATO, is President of the Global Economic and Geopolitical Center ESADE, and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. Daniel Innerarity is [...]
Posted in Burma News on Aug 1st, 2011 No Comments »
The Age – More Burmese war crime admissions
Reuters – NHPC to develop hydro power projects in Myanmar
AP – Malaysia starts amnesty for illegal foreign labor
Asian Correspondent – Burma needs comprehensive pressure including the UN
Asian Correspondent – Thai company sees harsh reality of Burma’s investment climate
Xinhua – Myanmar sets Aug. 22 [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Aug 1st, 2011 No Comments »
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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.
NAIROBI – Yet again, famine stalks the Horn of Africa. More than ten million people are fighting for survival, mainly [...]