11.18.2008

Burma News in English

Burma news
A new way is needed to help Burma's people
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
THE SENTENCING of more than 30 Burmese dissidents to up to 65 years in prison for their part in last year's anti-Government demonstrations sends a strong ...
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Making a prison out of Burma
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
by Mizzima News Gagging the voice of protests and imprisoning dissidents for an incredible 65 years, pairs Burma's governing junta with some of the most ...
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Burma’s Exports Hit by Global Economic Downturn
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
By KYI WAI RANGOON — Burma’s exports have been severely hit by declining orders from some of the country’s key trading partners, including China, Thailand, ...
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Burma-Bangladesh Maritime Talks Begin
Narinjara News - Dhaka,Bangladesh
An 11-member Burma team led by Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint arrived yesterday in Dhaka to discuss the maritime demarcation boundary with their ...
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ENVIRONMENT-BURMA: Conflict Threatens Karen Biodiversity
Inter Press Service - Rome,Italy
By Keya Acharya BANGKOK, Nov 17 (IPS) - On top of 60 years of military occupation, the Karen people of Burma are now facing severe impairment of their ...
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Leading Burmese Dissident Jailed For 65 Years
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
One of Burma's most outspoken opponents of the ruling military junta, Min Ko Naing, was sentenced to a 65-year prison term last week. ...
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Burma's junta gets brutal on prison terms
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The family members of 39 Burmese dissidents had tears in their eyes on Tuesday. Fourteen leading activists of the 88 Generation Students group, ...
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Opium production on the rise
Bangkok Post - Thailand
Deputy secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board (NCB) Pitaya Jinawat said yesterday that opium cultivation in Thailand, Laos and Burma has increased ...
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The Associated Press
Prison terms devastate Myanmar democracy movement
The Associated Press
"Now they won't be able to participate in the election," said Soe Aung, spokesman for the National Council for the Union of Burma, a Thailand-based umbrella ...
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A tonne of fun for Kashin's birthday
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
An Auckland Zoo resident since 1972, Kashin spent her birthday playing with her keepers and fellow elephant Burma, who recently turned 26, ...
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ENVIRONMENT-BURMA: Conflict Threatens Karen Biodiversity
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But a deal between Thailand and Burma for the first large-scale hydropower project on the Salween river could displace and negatively impact upon tens of thousands of poor and marginalized people from ethnic minorities in that country. ...
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Life in exile in Burma
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