12.24.2008

Burma News

Russia Urges Burma to Cooperate with UN

By MIN LWIN
Russia’s ambassador to Burma has told Burmese Foreign Minister that Moscow will be in a better position to support the Naypyidaw regime if it cooperates with UN.

Naypyidaw to Launch New Daily

By THE IRRAWADDY
Burma's Ministry of Information plans to launch a new daily newspaper in January.

A Gloomy Christmas in Rangoon

By AUNG THET WINE
In Burma’s largest city, religious celebrations and retail sales are both succumbing to the effects of the deepening global economic downturn.

Maternal Health Care ‘Extremely Limited’ in Eastern Burma

By SAW YAN NAING
A report published in a US medical journal says that few women in eastern Burma have access to proper health care during pregnancy.

China Builds Fence on Part of Burma’s Kachin Border

By WAI MOE
Chinese authorities are building a fence along the Burmese border near Laiza in Kachin State, reportedly to deter drug traffickers.


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Thai King Urges New Govt to Make Peace

By JOCELYN GECKER / AP WRITER
Thailand's revered monarch has urged the new government to make peace its priority, breaking months of silence about the political turmoil.

Than Shwe and team to tour cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta

Several ministers and businessmen have reportedly rushed to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta in preparation of welcoming Burma's military Chief Snr. Gen Than Shwe and his team, who will be touring...

Burma's health care cripplingly under funded: MSF

Lack of sufficient funding by the military junta and the international community towards the health care system has caused severe suffering and preventable deaths in Burma, a new report by...

Unidentified Indian shot dead in north western Burma

An unidentified gunman on Saturday shot dead an Indian from Manipur at his rented house in Kalemyo town of North-western Burma, police said. The Manipuri, who had reportedly rented a...

Ethnic militia accuses junta of forcing opium cultivation

An ethnic armed militia group operating in Southern and Eastern Shan State has alleged that poppy-opium cultivation in the area has increased off late as the Burmese Army is compelling...

BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT: Thailand: King to PM: make people happy
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Update News: Ceasefire groups Vs SPDC. Thai-Burma border 27-01-2007. Sources close to SPDC said that regime sent General Ye Myint as a special envoy of Senior General Than Shwe to the ceasefire groups recently. ...
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Though management and workers agree Burma's labour laws should be made more flexible, a Ministry of Labour spokesman said there were no plans to update or adjust the laws at present. None of the factories follow the .... Cbox Burma news ...
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Burma Partnership: Burma Update: December 1, 2008
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China Builds Fence on Part of Burma's Kachin Border
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
The fence is the second to be built by China along its border with Burma. The first, 4 km long, was built near Ruili. A third is planned in the Pangwah pass ...
Burma grounds its jumping cats
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Now, like almost everything else in Burma, it's hard to know what happened, and why. In the gloomy monastery of Nga Phe Kyaung, the monks lifted their own ...
Remembering Burma's Storm Victims
Voice of America - USA
On a day set aside to celebrate human rights, the United States was also mindful of human needs, particularly those of the people of Burma still suffering ...
Poor maternal health care widespread in eastern Burma
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Access to maternal health-care is extremely limited and poor nutrition, anemia and malaria are widespread in eastern Burma, which increases the risk of ...
Thai cabinet line-up could anger Thaksin's allies
Financial Times - London,England,UK
Mr Kasit said he was hoping to reengage Burma in dialogue. "We will talk across the board on all issues," he said. Asean last week adopted a new charter ...
T/F announces True Life Fund film
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
By Pete Bland "Burma VJ" is the first film announced in True/False's 2009 lineup. It is this year's True Life Fund entry. The True/False Film Fest takes ...
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Czech-led EU must not fail freedom-seeking Burma again
Aktuálně.cz - Praha,Czech Republic
Strasbourg - Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the movement for democracy in the military junta-run Burma, is arguably the most prominent prisoner of ...
Aid Group: Somalia, Congo, Burma Among Top 10 Crises
Voice of America - USA
MSF says the impact of Cyclone Nargis on Burma earlier this year forced the country's reclusive military regime to open its doors to international aid, ...
Burma's health care cripplingly under funded: MSF
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Luke Arend, Deputy Head of Mission of MSF in Burma in an email message to Mizzima said, due to lack of sufficient funding, "There are simply far too much ...

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ENGLISH DEYEA NEWS: Burma One of the Worst Crises in the World: MSF
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Burmese pro-democracy activist Zoya Phan tells Aktuálně.cz what needs to be done.
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Inya Net » Blog Archive » North Korean defector asks Myanmar to ...
Seoul - A North Korean woman pleaded with Myanmar to release her two children, who are among a group of 19 North Korean defectors to be tried by Myanmar for illegal entry, news reports said Tuesday. The North Korean group, ...
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the United States and the Burma Medical Association surveyed 3000 women along the border in eastern Myanmar and found that nearly 90 percent of them delivered their last baby at home. ...
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