Jolie's Refugee Comment Stirs Debate in Thailand |
| By AMBIKA AHUJA |
| Thailand's government may still be miffed at Angelina Jolie for speaking out on behalf of impoverished boat people, but the actress has prompted soul-searching for some. |
Justice in Sight for Khmer Rouge Victims |
| By MARWAAN MACAN-MAKAR |
| An experiment in international justice finally gets under way on February 17 when a war crimes tribunal begins in Cambodia to prosecute the notorious jailer of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. |
NLD Marks Union Day with Petition Calling for Release of Prisoners |
| By MIN LWIN |
| Burma’s main opposition party has launched a new campaign for the release of political prisoners at a gathering to mark the country’s 62nd Union Day. |
For Whom the Bell Tolls(Environment) Forests in Northern Burma, some of the last frontiers of Asia's rain forests, are facing a chronic threat. Logging is back in Kachin State with a new mask. Logging... |
Junta's business crony to build Natural Park in northern BurmaThe Burmese military junta's business associate, the Htoo Trading Company, has begun building a Natural Park in Northern Burma, which will house rare species of butterflies, orchids and wild... |
Chinese businessmen abandon Sino-Burmese border townChinese authorities have cut off electricity supply and disconnected telephone lines in the Burmese town of Maija Yang on the Sino-Burmese border, compelling thousands of Chinese businessmen.... | Exiled Burmese government calls for tripartite dialogue on Union DayBurma's government in exile – the National Coalition Government of Union of Burma – today urged the ruling military junta to immediately begin a tripartite dialogue with the opposition party.. |
| Ulster To Honour Burma Pro-Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi University of Ulster Online - Coleraine,UK Leader of the National League for Burma and Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) in abstentia ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Czech Happenings - Pragues,Czech Republic Prague - Four Burmese families, whom the Czech Republic has grated asylum, arrived in Prague today, Tomas Haisman, from the Czech Interior Ministry, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Call to prayer for Burma's oppressed Karen minority ChristianToday - London,UK Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling for prayers for Burma this weekend on the first anniversary of a Karen leader in Burma. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| FIJI: South Pacific's Burma? Inter Press Service - Rome,Italy "I honestly fear that we may be seeing, in an embryonic form, the ‘Burma of the Pacific,’" says Lal, who was part of the three-member Fiji Constitution ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Angelina Jolie's defence of Muslim refugees criticised guardian.co.uk - UK A senior Thai diplomat rebuked Hollywood star Angelina Jolie yesterday for speaking out on behalf of Muslim refugees from Burma. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Activists lobby Burmese embassy in Malaysia Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Feb 12, 2009 (DVB)–Malaysian police forced the Burmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur to accept a statement from opposition activists during a demonstration ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Malaysia Sun - Malaysia In 2005, he spent almost an hour in the Oval Office with a young Shan woman activist from Burma, Charm Tong, and heard about the military regime's use of ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Urging Justice for Detained Burmese in India NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA By Nava Thakuria The pro-democracy Indian civil society groups and the exile Burmese in India came one and all to raise voice for the detained 34 Burmese ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| The human rights brand Boston Globe - United States This is commendable, as is the ad's salute to Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been incarcerated by the dictatorship in Burma for 13 ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Burma envoy raps ugly, dark Rohingya Bangkok Post - Thailand Hong Kong (AFP) - The top Burmese official in Hong Kong has described the Rohingya people as "ugly as ogres" in a letter sent to media and foreign officials ... See all stories on this topic |
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| URGENT REQUEST FROM THE JUNGLES OF BURMA - Buffalohair Gazette ... By Buffalohair Let's assume you've plucked this fine publication, at least once, from one of its many red news boxes on New York City sidewalks. You might not have noticed that the container had been mischievously assaulted with a frantic array of ... Buffalohair Gazette International - http://buffalohair-jage.com/ |
| BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT:ၿပည္ေထာင္စုေန ... By BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT “Xinhua News Agency should be careful what they posted on Burma/Myanmar issue.” said one of the journalists who reside in Rangoon. He continued “If Chinese accused the Western media that creating more problems and using ... BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT - http://burmadd.blogspot.com/ |
| Buffalohair:URGENT REQUEST FROM THE JUNGLES OF BURMA « Redwood Forest By littlerunningdeer The angels of mercy within the jungles of Burma, The Free Burma Rangers, have made a personal request for medical supplies. With Than Shwe’s military government of Burma on a campaign of genocide he’s escalated his ... Redwood Forest - http://annlrd.wordpress.com/ |
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