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News Gambira, Five Others Sent to Remote Prisons By SAW YAN NAING A leading monk and five other political detainees are transferred to remote prisons in the continuing purge of pro-democracy activists. NEWS ANALYSIS Silencing Burma’s Monks By MIN LWIN The Burmese regime has been relentless in its efforts to assert control over the last bastion of resistance—the country’s half a million monks. Burmese Migrants Mark World Aids Day By LAWI WENG Burmese migrants have been marking World AIDS Day by conducting a walk through Thai border town Mae Sot to raise awareness about the disease. Junta Orders Major Air Force Base Relocated By MIN LWIN The Burmese military government has ordered the country’s major Air Force base to be relocated to Seikpyingone in central Burma. Burmese Refugees in Australia Face More Hurdles By SAI AWN TAI Many Burmese refugees have said they are given conflicting reports by Australian government agencies on work, study and welfare benefits.

Regional Protesters Move to Besieged Airports as Thailand's Political Crisis Heightens By AMBIKA AHUJA / AP WRITER Anti-government protesters reinforced their siege of Bangkok's two airports Monday as the politically paralyzed country struggled with more than 300,000 stranded travelers. Violence Shakes Elite Myth of Thai Unity By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR / IPS WRITER The country is being torn apart by Thais attacking each other in political rage stemming from the clashes between anti-government protest movement and pro-government sympathizers.

Indo-Burma border closed for Indian elections Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by Salai Pi Pi New Delhi – India's northeastern state of Mizoram, bordering Burma's Chin state, on Monday sealed-off the international boundary between the ... See all stories on this topic

The Irrawaddy News Magazine Silencing Burma’s Monks The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By MIN LWIN The 68-year prison sentence handed down to Ashin Gambira for his role in last year’s monk-led protests shows that Burma’s brutal junta now ... See all stories on this topic

Burmese dying of AIDS 'needlessly' warns charity Radio Australia - Melbourne,Australia In Burma, where nearly a quarter of a million people are believed to be HIV-positive, MSF says less than a fifth of those most in need of anti-retroviral ... See all stories on this topic

India's shifting policy on Burma Asia Sentinel - Hong Kong,SAR,Hong Kong India at best has a contradictory attitude towards the pariah government in Burma, sometimes blowing hot, sometimes blowing cold, to the dismay of the ... See all stories on this topic

Borough honours Burma Star veterans Essex Echo - Basildon,Essex,UK Members of the Thurrock Branch of the Burma Star Association were granted the Freedom of the Borough at a recent council meeting where members unanimously ... See all stories on this topic

The unquenchable fire in Burmese hearts Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA That's the cumulative time in prison sentences given last month to a handful of people expressing political dissent in Burma(Myanmar). ... See all stories on this topic

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Burma: Unpreventable Death Under Military Boots By www.deyea.blogspot.com/(www.deyea.blogspot.com/) Then Burma’s military authorities sealed the Maggin monastery, forced to leave number of monks suspected of being supporters of the National League for Democracy led by the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as a dozen of HIV/AIDS ... ENGLISH DEYEA NEWS - http://englishdeyeanews.blogspot.com/

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