UN to Release U Thant Postage Stamps |
| By WAI MOE |
| U Thant, the Burmese diplomat who became secretary-general of the UN from 1961 to 1971, has been honored by the UN with a series of commemorative postage stamps. |
Rangoon Residents Suffer Power Cuts |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Residents in Rangoon have been limited to six hours access to the electricity grid per day. |
Tay Za: Recession Taking a Toll |
| By MIN LWIN |
| One of Burma’s wealthiest businessmen told company executives recently that the country’s business climate has worsened as a result of the global economic downturn. |
Photo Exhibition Captures Spirit of Old Mandalay |
| By MIN LWIN |
| A photo exhibition is being held in Mandalay as Burma’s second-largest city prepares to mark the 150th anniversary of its founding next year. |
Chin, Faced with Food Shortage, Entering Thailand |
| By LAWI WENG |
| A food shortage forces a wave of Chin to enter Thailand illegally through Three Pagodas Pass, say human smugglers. |
Illegal Migrant Workers Arrested; Others Hide in Jungle |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Hundreds of illegal Burmese migrant workers are being rounded up in Mae Sot and sent home to Burma each day. |
Thirty more firms financing Burmese junta
The lack of effective sanctions on Burma's military rulers has allowed business firms to invest in the Southeast Asian nation providing millions in revenue to the regime, which faces international...Brisk sale of single use GSM SIM cards
It is a boon for cell phone users in Burma and single use GSM SIM cards are selling like hot cakes in Yadanabon City ICT Technical Exhibition which commenced today...| Burma needs Rambos Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India Burmese activists inside the country have been sidelined through the unjustified lengthy sentencing of prison terms, while activists outside the country are ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Interview: Former Norwegian PM urges action on Burma Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Dec 12, 2008 (DVB)–Former Norwegian premier Kjell Magne Bondevik expressed his hopes for a democratic transition in Burma but said a fair election could not ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Health care at risk in cyclone hit areas in Burma: UN Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by Mizzima News New Delhi (Mizzima) - Efforts to help Burma's cyclone victims are still being met with a shortage of funds, and efforts on health could be ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Houston Chronicle - United States The lifespan for Asian female zoo elephants was 19 years, while those working in Burma in the timber industry had a lifespan of 42 years, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand U Thant, the secretary-general of the UN from 1961 to 1971, was born in Pantanaw, in the Irrawaddy delta in Burma on January 22, 1909. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Stress and lack of exercise are killing elephants, zoos warned guardian.co.uk - UK They then compared the lifespans of the captive animals with Asian elephants used by a logging company in Burma, and African elephants living in the ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Voice of America - USA The first lady spoke out for women in Afghanistan and refugees from Burma. The US first lady has repeatedly spoken out for the rights of women in ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Elephants 'die earlier in zoos' BBC News - UK Analysis of the lives of these working Asian elephants was based on data Dr Mar collected in Burma. She says their longer life expectancy - more than 40 ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Elephants live longer in wild than zoos The Associated Press Myanmar is the country formerly known as Burma. There is some good news, though. The life spans of zoo elephants have improved in recent years, ... See all stories on this topic |
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| New Burma 'dirty list' unveiled Thirty companies have been added to the 'Dirty List' of companies accused of directly or indirectly helping finance Burma’s military dictatorship by operating in Myanmar. OneWorld UK - UK/English/OneWorld... - http://uk.oneworld.net/ |
| Study: Elephants live longer in wild than zoos By om cepluk(om cepluk) Myanmar is the country formerly known as Burma. There is some good news, though. The life spans of zoo elephants have improved in recent years, suggesting an improvement in their care and raising, said one of the report's authors, ... NEWS.....................!!!!! |
| Burma News (12.11.08) By Rev. Danny Fisher(Rev. Danny Fisher) According to Reuters, Laura Bush said that the US plans to put $5 million more towards post-Cyclone Nargis disaster relief in Burma. The reports states that immediately following the storm, "the United States sent about $75 million in ... Rev. Danny Fisher - http://chaplaindanny.blogspot. |
| India, Burma to change transaction currency to Euro or Singapore ... By www.deyea.blogspot.com/(www. by Solomon | New Delhi (Mizzima) - Burma and India has agreed to replace the US dollar with the Euro or the Singapore Dollar to facilitate bilateral trade between the two countries from the beginning of 2009, a Burmese Trade Union ... ENGLISH DEYEA NEWS - http://englishdeyeanews. |
| Burma: Struggling for Human Rights By Ben Oscarsito New Delhi (Mizzima) - December 10th marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations, to which military-ruled Burma is party. Submitted by Ben Oscarsito to World | Note-it! ... Care2 News Network - http://www.care2.com/news/ |
