Archive for January, 2012

Reuters – Myanmar says it will put stability ahead of economy: report
AFP – Myanmar denies trying to obtain N.Korean nukes
AFP – Myanmar youth make their voices heard
AP – UN rights envoy begins Myanmar assessment trip
Channel NewsAsia – Myanmar taps on Singapore’s experience in education
BusinessWeek – Myanmar Rice Shipments May Double [...]

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Please find attached the 1st briefing paper of the Burma Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (BCPR) on the issue of ‘Burma’s Ethnic Ceasefire Agreements’.
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These will be regular, bi-monthly briefings.
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PDF – _724_ People Leader is Going to Wear Victory Crown
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Ko Ko Aung (a) Tetkatho Phone Kywe

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- Omar Ashour
Omar Ashour is a visiting scholar at the Brookings Doha Center and Director of Middle East Graduate Studies at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. He is the author of The De-Radicalization of Jihadists: Transforming Armed Islamist Movements.
CAIRO – “Whatever the majority in the People’s Assembly, they [...]

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PDF – _723_ Very Clear on the Scene
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Ko Ko Aung (a) Tetkatho Phone Kywe

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Reuters – Myanmar’s Suu Kyi calls for changes to constitution
Reuters – Insight: Myanmar’s the hot new neighborhood
Reuters – Singapore to help emerging Myanmar train its workers
Reuters – Southeast Asian airlines to profit as Myanmar opens
Reuters – Singapore Hot Stocks-Yoma jumps on Myanmar’s tax incentive plan
AFP – Myanmar taps Singapore expertise [...]

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FBR REPORT:
Karen State, Burma 30 January, 2012

In This Report

Villager shot and beaten to death on Christmas Eve as Burma Army continues to oppress people in northern Karen [...]

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PDF – _722_ Surrounding With Suu Vote for Suu
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Ko Ko Aung (a) Tetkatho Phone Kywe

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FBR REPORT: Karen State, Burma 29 January, 2012

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Here in Burma there are some good changes, yet oppression continues and in some areas such as Karen and Kachin [...]

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AFP – ‘Open door’ Myanmar offers 8-year tax break to foreign firms
Reuters – EXCLUSIVE – INTERVIEW – Myanmar has no plans to boost gas exports beyond 2013
Reuters – Myanmar shift to democracy not over, more reforms ahead-minister
CheapOair (blog) – Myanmar to Become Popular Tourist Destination
Asian Correspondent – Will Burma’s press free [...]

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PDF – _721_ Use Your Own Ballot Vote From Your Heart
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Ko Ko Aung (a) Tetkatho Phone Kywe

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Reuters – Special Report: In Mekong, Chinese murders and bloody diplomacy
Wall Street Journal (blog) – Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Addresses WEF in Video Message
VOA News – Rights Groups Urge International Community to Maintain Burma Sanctions
VOA News – Documentary Highlights Burma’s Jailed Political Activists
Asian Correspondent – Burma’s Parliament talks about [...]

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- Gareth Evans
Gareth Evans, former Australian Foreign Minister and President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group, is the author of The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All.
NEW YORK – Ten months ago, the United Nations Security Council, with no dissent, authorized the use of “all necessary measures” to [...]

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FBR REPORT: Kachin State, Burma 23 January, 2012

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

The Burma Army is currently attacking within six miles of Mai Ja Yang, a city in Kachin State that is a refuge [...]

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Reuters – In Myanmar, a “sham” parliament stirs to life
Reuters – U.N. chief praises Myanmar, plans visit there soon
AP – In divided US politics, rare agreement on Myanmar
AFP – IMF applauds Myanmar reforms, urges more, quickly
AFP – EU mulling 150-mln-euro aid package for Myanmar
ANI – Myanmar hopes to usher in [...]

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- Stephen S. Roach
Stephen S. Roach, a member of the faculty at Yale University, is Non-Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the author of The Next Asia.
NEW HAVEN – Long the most fragmented nation on earth, China is being brought together like never before by a new connectivity. Its Internet community is [...]

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Imagine- The Burmese Regime Swindling the European Union

Kanbawza Win

As a person who had worked at the European Union in Brussels, came as a shock to hear that the Foreign Affairs Council of the E U had adopted conclusions in favour of the current situation in Burma and is suspending the visa [...]

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Please find attached EBO’s 3rd 2012 Political Monitor report.
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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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