Posted in Statements on Oct 10th, 2011 No Comments »
Statement: Appeal of UNFC to the People and International Community
Monday, 10 October 2011 13:49 UNFC
At the oath taking ceremony for assuming presidential duties, President U Thein Sein said that he would endeavor for national unity and the growth of the union spirit, which was true nationalism. On [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 9th, 2011 No Comments »
- Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the USSR, founded Green Cross International, the independent non-profit and nongovernmental organization working to address the inter-connected global challenges of security, poverty eradication, and environmental degradation.
MOSCOW – Twenty-five years ago this month, I sat across from Ronald Reagan in Reykjavik, Iceland to negotiate [...]
Posted in Documentary Report on Oct 7th, 2011 No Comments »
For immediate release: October 7, 2011
KWAT PRESS RELEASE:
REPORT EXPOSES ATROCITIES IN BURMA’S NEWEST WAR
KWAT Report Book
In its new war against Kachin resistance forces, Burma’s regime has deliberately targeted civilians with killings, torture and sexual violence, displacing over 25,000 people during the past four months.
“Burma’s Covered Up War: Atrocities Against the Kachin People” [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 7th, 2011 No Comments »
- 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.
NEW YORK – On a rare foray outside his native Texas, Governor Rick Perry accused US President Barack Obama of “appeasement” towards the Palestinians. Former New York [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Reuters – Myanmar’s VP heading to China to discuss dam row
Reuters – China paper defends Myanmar investment
Reuters – Afghan opium output hit by disease, Myanmar’s up – UN
UPI – Thailand seeks better ties with Myanmar
IANS – Arrested Maoist duo wanted to set up camps in Myanmar
Brisbane Times – US keen [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 7th, 2011 No Comments »
PDF – _607_ Handle With Care
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Ko Ko Aung (San Francisco)
Posted in Burma News on Oct 7th, 2011 No Comments »
ABC Radio Australia – Is Burma’s government listening to the people?
AFP – John McCain hails Myanmar dam decision
UPI – Myanmar, Thailand to strengthen ties
Malaysian Digest – Penang Police Detain 97 Myanmar Illegal Immigrants
Asia Sentinel – Burma’s winds of change
Asian Correspondent – Wasted lives: Burmese soldiers die for nothing on Kachin frontline
The [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 6th, 2011 No Comments »
- Saifedean Ammous
Saifedean Ammous is Visiting Scholar at the Center for Capitalism and Society in Columbia University and Lecturer in Economics at the Lebanese American University.
NEW YORK – A glance at Egypt’s public finances reveals a disturbing fact: the interest that the country pays on its foreign loans is larger than [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 6th, 2011 No Comments »
Please find attached EBO’s 27th Political Monitor report.
PMNo.27-06-10-11
All Political and Election Monitors as well as other information on the 2010 elections can be found on EBO’s Elections Page.
If you would like to be removed from or added to this list, please email bxl@euro-burma.be.
Euro-Burma Office
Square [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 6th, 2011 1 Comment »
PDF – _606_ Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs’ Life
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Ko Ko Aung (San Francisco)
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 5th, 2011 No Comments »
- Olin L. Wethington
Olin Wethington, a former US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, heads a business advisory firm focused on emerging markets.
WASHINGTON, DC – Egypt’s revolution toppled a dictator in February, but the country’s future as a stable, functioning democracy remains uncertain. The West is, of course, limited [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 5th, 2011 1 Comment »
AFP – Thai PM meets Myanmar president
Asian Correspondent – Burma: Soldiers perish without cause in Kachin frontline
Asian Tribune – Burma: Kachin Conflict Escalates As Talk Of Change Grows
New York Times – In Myanmar, Seize the Moment
IRIN – MYANMAR: Blocked dam project raises hopes
The Japan Times – Dams muddy China’s image
Spero News [...]
Posted in Poems in Burmese on Oct 5th, 2011 No Comments »
PDF – _605_ Don’t Let Bed Military Heritage Carry on%
Don’t let bed military heritage carry on
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Ko Ko Aung (San Francisco)
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 4th, 2011 No Comments »
- Harold James
Harold James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Florence. He is the author of The Creation and Destruction of Value: The Globalization Cycle.
PRINCETON – Today, the world is threatened with a repeat of the 2008 financial meltdown [...]
Posted in Burma News on Oct 4th, 2011 No Comments »
UPI – Suu Kyi urges monitoring of Myanmar
AP – China ups pressure on Myanmar over dam project
ALertNet – China’s CNPC says Myanmar pipeline work continues despite dam row
Bloomberg – China Power Investment Says Myanmar Dam Halt Is ‘Bewildering’
VOA News – Chinese Firm Warns of “Legal Issues” Over Burma Dam
Asian Correspondent – [...]
Posted in Articles in Burmese on Oct 4th, 2011 No Comments »
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Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
- Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-moon is Secretary-General of the United Nations.
NEW YORK – Growing up as a child during the Korean War, I knew poverty first hand. I saw it around me every day; I lived it. One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy track into the mountains to escape [...]
Posted in WORLD Digest on Oct 3rd, 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 – As the economic slump that began in 2007 persists, the question on everyone’s minds is obvious: Why? Unless we have a [...]