Naypyitaw to launch newspaper soon
A daily newspaper will be launched soon in Naypyitaw, the seat power of the military junta, Rangoon based media circles said. The regime's Information Ministry will launch the new daily...Maternal health-care inadequate in eastern Burma: ReportWomen in eastern Burma only have limited access to maternal-health care during pregnancy and most women expecting, suffer poor nutrition, anemia, and malaria, raising the risk of complications during pregnancy,... | Unidentified Indian shot dead in north western BurmaAn 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... |
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Will ASEAN's charter cure Burma's ills?
(Analysis) The ten country bloc known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday of this week announced that ...
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World News Trust -- Defining The New Mainstream - Waves of hope ...
After the 2008 Burma cyclone, Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan blamed “encroachment into mangrove forests, which used to serve as a buffer between the rising tide, between big waves and ...
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Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by Mungpi New Delhi - Women in eastern Burma only have limited access to maternal-health care during pregnancy and most women expecting, ... | ||
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand Daewoo and Korea Gas are partners in a consortium developing the huge Shwe gas field off the west coast of Burma close to Bangladesh. ... | ||
Burmese refugees flocking to Cache Valley Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA Eh is one of about 300 refugees from Burma who have come to Cache Valley in recent months looking for work and a new life. "I can see this growing rapidly ... | ||
CRPP call for unity in Burma Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Dec 24, 2008 (DVB)-The Committee for Representing People's Parliament during a monthly meeting yesterday called for unity in Burma. "We need unity not only ... | ||
Maternal Health Care 'Extremely Limited' in Eastern Burma The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand International relief organizations put the infant mortality rate at 91 deaths for every 1000 births in eastern Burma, compared to a national average of 76, ... | ||
Defectors Awaited Children in South Korea 自由亞洲電臺 - Washington DC,USA Four children in a group of would-be North Korean defectors arrested in Burma had mothers waiting for them in South Korea. A Thai Navy boat patrols the ... | ||
Myanmar Has Widespread Maternal Health Problems RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA The maternal health care issues facing women in eastern Burma (also known as Myanmar) are widespread and underreported, according to surveys by researchers ... | ||
Boston Music Spotlight - Boston,MA,USA Local rock legends Mission of Burma will play a special benefit concert for the Center for the Arts at the Armory on Saturday, January 24 at the Somerville ... | ||
Unidentified Indian shot dead in north western Burma Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India Another source involved in arms smuggling across the international boundary said, most of the North-eastern Indian insurgents rely on Burma for supply of ... | ||
Health situation in Burma among top 10 worst humanitarian crises ... Independent Mon News Agency - Pullman,WA,USA Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has included Burma in its 11th annual list of the world's "Top Ten" humanitarian crises 2008, says a press released published ... |
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World focus on Burma (24 December 2008) ≪ Save Burma Maternal health problems in Myanmar widespread. Eureka! Science News, Canada - The maternal health care issues facing women in eastern Burma (also known as Myanmar) are widespread and underreported, according to surveys by researchers … ... |
CNC-Japan News and Media: UN refugee chief welcomes Japan shift on ... By CNC-Japan News and Media UN refugee chief welcomes Japan shift on Burma. Taipei Times, Taiwan TOKYO (AFP) -- The UN refugee chief on Friday welcomed Tokyo's decision to accept a handful of Myanmar refugees but called on the Asian economic giant ... CNC-Japan News and Media - http://cncjapannewsandmedia. |
Burma One of the Worst Crises in the World: MSF ≪ The Sail source from Irrawaddy news, 22 Dec 2008,. Military-ruled Burma is hosting one of the world's worst humanitarian and medical emergencies, alongside the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan and Pakistan, ... The Sail - http://thesail.wordpress.com/ |
Armed Insurgents in Burma Face Shortage of Ammunition | Burma ... Rebel armies engaged in a low-intensity conflict with Burma's military regime along the country's border with Thailand say they are running out of. |
The unquenchable fire in Burmese hearts | MOTHER IRRAWADDY That's the cumulative time in prison sentences given last month to a handful of people expressing political dissent in Burma(Myanmar). The news gives me particular pain. In August 2007, the Burmese regime eliminated fuel ... MOTHER IRRAWADDY - http://irrawaddy. |