Burma News in English

Oo’s efforts result in creation of Burmese Advocacy CenterGreater Fort Wayne Business Weekly - Fort Wayne,IN,USAOo’s family is from Burma (now Myanmar), but she had an international upbringing. Born to diplomat parents in Bangkok, Thailand, Oo grew up in China, Burma, ...See all stories on this topic

The Irrawaddy News MagazineBurmese Impacted by Thailand’s Crisis
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,ThailandBy WAI MOE Like other airlines and travelers who use Thai airports, Burma’s Myanmar Airways International (MAI) and Burmese who travel abroad have been ...See all stories on this topic
Judicial Crackdown in Burma ContinuesThe Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,ThailandThey were all sentenced under charges of threatening creating instability under Section 505 (b) of the Burmese penal code. Some of them had previously ...See all stories on this topic
The Bell Tolls for BurmaThe Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,ThailandBurma's dictator-in-chief, Snr-Gen Than Shwe, has forced the populace to accept his "seven-step road map" political process, whereby he calls the shots and ...See all stories on this topic

Long prison terms under Electronic Law intimidate Internet users ...Southeast Asian Press Alliance - Bangkok,ThailandInternet users in Burma claimed they are intimidated from surfing the Web as a result of the long prison terms given to those charged under the Electronic ...See all stories on this topic
To visit or avoid, that's the Burma guilt tripThe Age - Melbourne,Victoria,AustraliaYet this is not the South-East Asia of the 1960s, although it often looks like it; it's Burma in 2008. The quaintness and cheapness is the result of decades ...See all stories on this topic
Dire need of ART drug for HIV/AIDS patients in Burma
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,Indiaby Nem Davies New Delhi (Mizzima) – In Burma Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) drug for HIV/AIDS patients is running short despite of its urgent need, ...See all stories on this topic
Recovery fund still insufficient in post-Nargis BurmaMizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,Indiaby Salai Pi Pi New Delhi (Mizzima) - Relief and recovery work for Cyclone Nargis affected victims in the delta region of Burma is insufficient and there ...See all stories on this topic
Burma's government in exile condemns Mumbai attackMizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,Indiaby Mungpi New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Burmese government in exile – National Coalition Government of Union of Burma – on Thursday strongly condemned the ...
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Burma Democratic Concern Hunger Strike, Parliament Square, London ...Indymedia UK - UKBurma Democratic Concern http://bdcburma.org organised a 24hr hunger strike in solidarity with Burmese political prisoners starting at 9am on Wednesday 26 ...See all stories on this topic

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Burma Crackdown Could be Convenient for ChinaBy www.deyea.blogspot.com/(www.deyea.blogspot.com/) “For China's Communist Party, repression in Burma is not an obstacle but a convenience, enabling the exploitation of natural resources with a minimum of well-targeted corruption,” the newspaper said in an editorial. ...
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Breaking News: Thai political updateBy BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT(BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT) Police chief removed.BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT - http://burmadd.blogspot.com/
Judicial Crackdown in Burma ContinuesBy ABN Fifteen detainees, including two journalists, were given harsh prison sentences on Friday, according to sources in Rangoon. Thet Zin, 42, an editor for the weekly journal, Myanmar Nation, and his manager, Sein Win Maung, both received ...American Buddhist Net - Buddhist... - http://66.84.23.86/
News Today: Regime's counter intelligence should not be ignoredBy BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT(BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT) Intelligence agents created more confusion among the activists within
Burma and outside. According to the NLD leader who is now retiring from politics said "many NLD leaders and co-founders were forced to leave NLD in terms of Khin ...BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT - http://burmadd.blogspot.com/
Burma and Bangladesh to continue talks on bay debacleBurma and Bangladesh have agreed to hold a new round of talks to resolve a maritime dispute between the two countries in the Bay of Bengal, following inconclusive discussions last week.Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net - http://www.intellasia.net/news/english/