Burma News

Burmese Try to Anticipate Junta’s Next Election Move

By WAI MOE

Speculation is rife in Burma and abroad about when exactly the 2010 election will be held, and what the junta is doing to prepare for it.

Zarganar, Other Dissidents Sent to Remote Prisons

By SAW YAN NAING

Burma’s most famous comedian, Zarganar, and five other dissidents have been transferred to remote prisons around the country.

Ban Rules Out Visit to Burma

By LALIT K JHA

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that he won’t return to Burma until he is sure that a visit would accomplish something.

STAND members fast for Darfur, Burma victims Harwich Oracle - Orleans,MA,USA The money raised in this year’s STANDFast will pay for innovative civilian protection programs in Darfur, Sudan and Eastern Burma. The Genocide Intervention ... See all stories on this topic

Obama's grandfather's connection to Burma Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by Mizzima News The grandfather of United States' president-elect Barack Obama served in Burma during the Second World War, according to a report by the ... See all stories on this topic

The Irrawaddy News Magazine Are the Gods Smiling on Burma? The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand In Burma, however, it was clearly a happy smile and—being superstitious people—most agreed it must be a good omen. Astrologers were quickly consulted and ... See all stories on this topic

Ban Rules Out Visit to Burma The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By LALIT K JHA NEW YORK — The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, on Wednesday ruled out a visit to Burma until such time as he is assured that his presence ... See all stories on this topic

World leaders press UN chief on Myanmar prisoners Washington Post - United States Ban traveled to Myanmar, also known as Burma, last May after Cyclone Nargis devastated coastal areas. Setting aside political considerations, he persuaded ... See all stories on this topic

Voice of America Burma Banishes Hip-Hop Star and Others to Remote Prisons Voice of America - USA By VOA News Relatives of imprisoned political dissidents in Burma said the country's military rulers have dispatched seven more political detainees, ... See all stories on this topic

Burma Must Not Be Forgotten The Women's International Perspective - Monterey,CA,USA Half of Burma’s 54 million people are women. The ignorant and failed policies of Burma’s military regime have caused women and children to endure extreme ... See all stories on this topic

Burma’s nuclear temptation Uranium Investing News - Vancouver,BC,Canada Yale Global Online reports Burma rich in uranium and an attractive nuclear option for the Burmese junta. Burma first initiated a nuclear research program as ... See all stories on this topic

Burma’s Nuclear Temptation YaleGlobal Online - CT,USA CHIANG MAI: Over the past year, Southeast Asia’s diplomatic community has tried to sort fact from fiction in a stream of unconfirmed reports from Burma, ... See all stories on this topic

Burma's jailed hip hop singers shifted to remote prisons Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India Zeya Thaw, (27), who was sentenced to six years in prison in November, was transferred from Rangoon's Insein prison to Kawthaung prison in Burma's southern ... See all stories on this topic

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Ban Rules Out Visit to Burma By www.deyea.blogspot.com/(www.deyea.blogspot.com/) By LALIT K JHA | NEW YORK — The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, on Wednesday ruled out a visit to Burma until such time as he is assured that his presence in the country will help to move it closer to the goal of establishing a ... ENGLISH DEYEA NEWS - http://englishdeyeanews.blogspot.com/

MESSENGER NEWS 05-12-2008 By 007(007) Asian leaders shun call for UN action on Burma. Myanmar - Thailand: Cyclone migrants face challenges. HK university to provide full scholarship to Myanmar students. Burmese PM Says Jobs Aplenty for Returnees ... TODAY MESSENGER NEWS - http://todaymessenger.blogspot.com/

Burma junta says decade-long 'democracy roadmap' on track Burma's top military leader says plans for elections in 2010 under a controversial roadmap to democracy are well underway. Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net - http://www.intellasia.net/news/english/

Former world leaders urge Ban to visit Burma By www.deyea.blogspot.com/(www.deyea.blogspot.com/) by Salai Pi Pi | New Delhi (Mizzima) - More than 110 former state leaders of several nations have called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to visit Burma before the New Year and press the Burmese regime to release all political ... ENGLISH DEYEA NEWS - http://englishdeyeanews.blogspot.com/

Burma Banishes Hip-Hop Star and Others to Remote Prisons Dissidents transferred from Rangoon's Insein prison after being sentenced for joining anti-government demonstrations last year. NewsOnFeeds.com Asia News - http://www.newsonfeeds.com/section/Asia%20News/16/1

Regional Thailand Hopes for Royal Guidance in Political Crisis By VIJAY JOSHI / AP WRITER Millions of Thais await a speech Thursday by their beloved monarch for guidance on ending the country's political paralysis.

Opinion COMMENTARY The Drama of 2008 By KYAW ZWA MOE Events in Burma during 2008 added up to a drama packed with mixed emotions. They began with an appalling disaster, arousing sympathy and anger, and ended with frustration. COMMENTARY Are the Gods Smiling on Burma? By YENI Earlier this week, thousands of Burmese from each corner of the country came out from their houses and peered up at the night sky. “Look!” they whispered to their infants. “The sky is smiling at us!”

Gem Traders Hit by Poor Sales

By LAWI WENG

In a gem exhibition and sale in Ruile on the China-Burma border, dealers complain of weak sales in a struggling gem market.