12.12.2008

BURMA NEWS

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi disallowed meeting lawyer

The Burmese military junta has refused a request by opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, to meet her lawyer. Her lawyer U Kyi Win...

A daughter's undying hope for her detained father

(Feature) "At first, I worried that I would never see my father again," reflects Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, daughter of Mya Aye, a leader of the 88 generation students and...

OPINION
Editorial:

No Time Like the Present


Time and again, the international community has failed to act decisively to bring Burma’s agony under military rule to an end.
The Start of Another Crisis in Thailand?
By POKPONG LAWANSIRI

Is UWSA Preparing for Clash with Junta?

By LAWI WENG
Recent military exercises by the United Wa State Army come as the former rebel group continues to resist calls from the Burmese Army to disarm.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
I've met thousands of women from many nations and I've seen that women everywhere have the same dreams.
— US First lady Laura Bush
Burma's Nuclear Temptation
The Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA
Burma's fledgling nuclear program with Russian assistance and its mysterious connections with North Korea raise concern in the region about its purpose. ...
RIGHTS-BURMA: Junta Turns Blind Eye to Rising Landmine Casualties
Inter Press Service - Rome,Italy
By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Dec 11 (IPS) - Thanks to the callousness of its military rulers, Burma has aacquired another unenviable statistic. ...
More companies ignore sanctions on Burma: BCUK
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
by Solomon Despite a call for sanctions by the international community on Burma, companies are instead expanding their engagement in business relationships ...
Nobel Laureates speak out for Suu Kyi
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Nobel peace laureates opened a summit in Paris on Thursday to draw world attention to the plight of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, but former Soviet leader ...
Business Gazette
Urbana mom sets example for Girl Scout Brownies
Business Gazette - Gaithersburg,MD,USA
Vetter introduced the Brownies to the idea of poverty in Burma, and how many Burmese people come to the United States as refugees. ...
Unhappy Human Rights Day in Burma
United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong,USA
The downbeat mood was certainly shared in Burma. There, a handful of people belonging to local group Human Rights Defenders and Promoters gathered in ...
Junta Has Crushed Peaceful Dissent: Laura Bush
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
By LALIT K JHA NEW YORK — Praising the courage of the people of Burma for standing up to the barbaric rule of the country's junta, US first lady Laura Bush ...
Ex-Indonesia FM Alatas dies in Singapore
ABC Online - Australia
Former Indonesian foreign minister, Ali Alatas, who once served as United Nations special envoy to Burma, has died in Singapore aged 76, ...
US to provide $5 million more for Myanmar relief aid
Reuters - USA
"I'm going to pay, really, a lot of attention to these two issues, the international issues that I've worked on the most, both Afghanistan and Burma," she ...
Burma's junta finds no laughs in political satire
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
AP FILE PHOTO Burmese comedian Zargana, who uses only one name, is seen joining a street protest in this Sept. 24, 2007 file photo. ...

Blogs Alert for: Burma news

Burma: Struggling for human rights Precious Metal: the blog
By jordan
Package of prayer cards blown up by bomb squad · Burger King Virgins · Students take a STAND to help Darfur, Myanmar · Introducing a new contributor to Precious Metal · BYU students 'Zen Mormons' after retreat ... 8 Vote(s)
Conspirama / Published News - http://conspirama.com/
Burma-Thailand elephant smuggling accusation
Asian elephants are being smuggled from Myanmar into neighbouring Thailand for elephant trekking' tourism, says a new report.
OneWorld UK - UK/English/OneWorld... - http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/5795
Burma plans embassy in Kuwait
Burma's military regime has taken initial steps towards opening an embassy in oil-rich Kuwait as a part of its policy of enhancing diplomatic relations with the Middle East, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. A high-ranking delegation ...
Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net - http://www.intellasia.net/news/english/
Ethnic Kachin Christians live under duress (feature)
By moderator(moderator)
The Christian majority, who make up over one million ethnic Kachin Christians in northern Burma of a population of 47 million in the country, have to live under all forms of duress and systematic human rights abuses by the Burmese ...
BURMA NEWS: MYANMAR /TIBET NEWS... - http://myamarnews.blogspot.com/
Our Rights, Douye! Yes We Can, Douye!
Recent images of hundreds of monks dressed in red, peacefully protesting the rights of their people may trigger memory of Burma, as well as news footage from 2008's Cyclone Nargis. What you may not know, though, is that the rightful ...
Causecast - Latest News - http://www.causecast.org/news_items.rss

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