Posted in Burma News on Sep 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Shan villagers beaten by troops: reports
DVB: Published: 14 September 2011
Troops from the SSA on patrol in Shan state (Reuters)
Government soldiers in Burma’s northeastern Shan state have reportedly pillaged villages and assaulted inhabitants following a heavy clash with the opposition Shan State Army (SSA).
Troops from the SSA ambushed a column of Burmese [...]
Posted in Statements on Sep 15th, 2011 No Comments »
Rohingya Global Day Action Joint Statement in English
Posted in Feature Articles on Sep 15th, 2011 No Comments »
BURMA’S RECONCILIATION: Piecemeal reform process or holistic approach?
Thursday, 15 September 2011 12:32 Sai Wansai
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Now that the Naypyidaw has dropped its Border Guard Force (BGF) plan and signed a new ceasefire deal with the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and its ally, the [...]
Posted in Burma News on Sep 14th, 2011 No Comments »
AFP – US will respond ‘in kind’ to Myanmar reform: envoy
AFP – Migrants tell of slavery on Thai fishing boats
Channel 8 San Diego – US envoy says Myanmar sanctions will remain
The Nation – The world will welcome Burma if it reforms
CBC – TIFF: Director Luc Besson bio of Burma’s Aung San [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Sep 14th, 2011 No Comments »
PDF – _584_ Are You Going to Trust Them
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 13th, 2011 No Comments »
- Graciana del Castillo
Graciana del Castillo is the author of Rebuilding War-Torn States and a former Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University.
KABUL – Suicide bombings, assassinations of top Afghan leaders, brutal attacks on Charikar and other places close to Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, and a rapid increase in civilian deaths from drone attacks [...]
Posted in Burma News on Sep 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Asian Correspondent – Burma: Government challenges the nation on continuation of huge dam on Irrawaddy
AFP – Myanmar says 20,000 prisoners released
AFP – Myanmar democracy leader’s struggle debuts on film
IRIN – MYANMAR: Kachin aid groups running on empty
Malay Mail – Myanmar security guard killed over swear words
Asia Times Online – Myanmar’s [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Sep 13th, 2011 No Comments »
PDF – _583_ Treat Like a Democracy
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Ko Ko Aung
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
PDF – _581_ Don’t Be Like Chameleon
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
- Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, is the author of The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy.
CAMBRIDGE – Greedy banks, bad economic ideas, incompetent politicians: there is no shortage of culprits for the economic crisis in which rich countries are engulfed. But there [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
- Xavier Vives
Xavier Vives is Professor of Economics and Finance at IESE Business School.
BARCELONA – Central bankers and regulators tend to worry that too much competition in the financial sector increases instability and the risk of systemic failure. Competition authorities, on the other hand, tend to believe that the more competition, the [...]
Posted in Burma News on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
AP – Report: Myanmar to proceed with controversial dam
VOA News – US Envoy Offers Burma Road Map for Lifting Sanctions
AlertNet – EU aid chief wants access to Myanmar’s Kachin state
AlertNet – Myanmar: WFP Support Feeds Ambitions For The Future
AlertNet – Analysis: Outsourcing Asia’s refugees: a fair trade?
IRIN – MYANMAR: Exiles [...]
Posted in Old Misellaneous on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
September 12, 2011 09:01 AM EST |
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar has decided to go ahead with construction of a major dam along its main river despite opposition from ethnic minorities and environmentalists, reports said Monday.
Ethnic Kachin people and environmental groups say the Myanmar-China Myitsone Hydroelectric Project in Kachin state will damage the Irrawaddy [...]
Posted in Burma News on Sep 12th, 2011 No Comments »
AFP – US envoy meets ministers in first Myanmar visit
Reuters – Bangladesh expects Bay of Bengal verdict by April
BBC News – Burmese political satirists return home from exile
The Nation – Burma easing refugee, assistance pressures: diplomat
The Nation – Burma wants peace with ethnic groups, EU commissioner says
VOA News – EU [...]
Posted in Campaigns & posters on Sep 11th, 2011 No Comments »
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Posted in Feature Articles on Sep 11th, 2011 1 Comment »
Toys for the boys in Myanmar
By Bertil Lintner
CHIANG MAI – The isolated light-brown spots can be seen even on Google Earth. They are indicative of big, new buildings that have been carved out of densely forested jungle areas across the Myanmar heartland, with some dots seen in the hills east of the [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Sep 10th, 2011 No Comments »
PDF – _579_ When the Time Promise Had Fail
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