12.09.2008

BURMA NEWS

Today's Newsletter
News

Asian Lawmakers Push UN Chief on Burma

By WAI MOE
More than 240 Asian parliamentarians have called for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press Burma’s junta for the release of all political prisoners in the country.


Business

Price of Burmese Mobiles Slashed, but Call Charges Soar

By MIN LWIN
Burma is about to get a new GSM mobile phone service that will make SIM cards cheaper and easier to get, but more expensive to use.

Weekly Business Roundup (December 8, 2008)

By WILLIAM BOOT
Thousands of people are set to lose their homes and a fragile ecosystem is now under threat due to construction under way of river dams in Burma’s northern Kachin State.

Regional

Thai Court Gains No Glory

By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR / IPS WRITER
While judicial power is being cheered in some quarters as a welcome development to save Thailand’s flawed democracy, others are asking aloud.

Thai Opposition Set to Form New Government

By VIJAY JOSHI / AP WRITER
Thailand's opposition on Monday sought an emergency parliamentary session to prove it holds a majority and can form the next government.

Opinion

CONTRIBUTOR

The Start of Another Crisis in Thailand?

By POKPONG LAWANSIRI
The airport siege is over, but Thailand’s political crisis will not be resolved until the rule of law is restored and protests leaders are held accountable.

Burma to introduce single-use GSM Sim Cards
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
by The The New Delhi (Mizzima) - Burma is set to introduce a single-use Mobile Sim Card system that will allow users to easily buy short-lived Sim Cards ...
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Asian Lawmakers Push UN Chief on Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
By WAI MOE More than 240 Asian lawmakers have called for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press Burma’s junta for the release of all political ...
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UN chief frustrated by lack of progress in Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway
Dec 8, 2008 (DVB)–United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has expressed his frustration at the lack of progress in Burma and said he will not return to ...
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Weekly Business Roundup (December 8, 2008)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
The electricity revenue to the Burmese junta from China could run to about US $500 million per annum—but is not expected to improve Burma’s power grid. ...
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Burma's junta finds no laughs in political satire
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
This is because Zargana's audience is Burma and that country's military junta is less than impressed with his political satire. Zargana is no stranger to ...
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China strengthens border with Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway
Dec 8, 2008 (DVB)–Chinese authorities have begun to erect walls along the border with Burma near the Kachin Independence Organisation-controlled area in ...
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Burma among top five in detaining journalists: CPJ
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
by Mungpi New Delhi (Mizzima) - With at least 14 journalists detained, Burma is the third worst country that has imprisoned journalists for disseminating ...
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Online journalists now jailed more often than other media
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
China continues its ten-year winning streak when it comes to tossing writers into jail, with Cuba, Burma, Eritrea, and Uzbekistan next in line. ...
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Blogs Alert for: Burma news

As Online journalists change media landscape, more are landing in jail
By kenyanobserver
Burma comes in at third place with 14 journalists followed closely by Eritrea with 13 and in fifth place with 5 reporters is Uzbekistan. This report is interesting because ever since I began this blog I get numerous requests for help ...
Breaking News Kenya - http://www.breakingnewskenya.com/
Burma comic 'sent to remote jail'
Zarganar was jailed for violating laws on electronic communications. A dissident comedian serving a 59-year jail sentence in Burma has been moved to a remote jail in the north of the country, his relatives say.
Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net - http://www.intellasia.net/news/english/
More Online Journalists Jailed Than Journalists Working In Any ...
By James Lewin
Cuba, Burma, Eritrea, and Uzbekistan round out the top five jailers from among the 29 nations that imprison journalists. Each of the top five nations has persistently placed among the world’s worst in detaining journalists. ...
Podcasting News - http://www.podcastingnews.com/
Buffalohair: Soldiers of Humanity, Free Burma Rangers
By Ann LRD(Ann LRD)
They are also witnesses to the holocaust that has engulfed Burma. Their news briefs and photos come from deep in the jungle in spite of Than Shwes clamp down on freedom of the press. And I’m proud to be associated with this merry band ...
NAMoments - http://na-moments.blogspot.com/
POLITICS-THAILAND: Court Gains No Glory by Banning Ruling Party
By erclog
Global News Blog / IPS. Marwaan Macan-Markar. BANGKOK, Dec 7 (IPS) - The recent judgment by Thailand’s Constitutional Court confirmed the power it has to sack a politician or party found guilty of election malpractice, ...
Global News Blog - http://globalnewsblog.com/wp/

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