12.12.2009

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Danish police officers wait to stop and search potential protestors as they make their way across a bridge into the centre of Copenhagen, 12 Dec 2009
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Danish police officers wait to stop and search potential protestors as they make their way across a bridge into the centre of Copenhagen, 12 Dec 2009

Copenhagen Braces for Massive March

Environmental activists descend on city to pressure world leaders to do more to combat climate change


pakistan_Yousuf Raza Gilani
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pakistan_Yousuf Raza Gilani

Pakistani PM: Anti-Taliban Offensive in South Waziristan is Over

Gilani says the military is now focusing on the nearby Orakzai tribal region


Representatives of the consortium led by Russia are seen during the second round of bids for oil licenses to develop some of Iraq's massive oil fields, at a meeting in Baghdad, 12 Dec 2009
Photo: AP

Representatives of the consortium led by Russia are seen during the second round of bids for oil licenses to develop some of Iraq's massive oil fields, at a meeting in Baghdad, 12 Dec 2009

Iraq Awards More Oil Field Contracts to Foreign Companies

Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil to develop Iraq's gigantic West Qurna Phase Two oil field


Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (file photo)

Clinton Cautions Latin American States About Iranian Influence

Remarks were some of the strongest by an Obama administration official to date about increasing Iranian activity in region



Tony Blair
It would have been right to remove Saddam Hussein even without proof of weapons of mass destruction, says Tony Blair.

Philippines to lift martial law
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo is to lift martial law in a southern province where 57 people were killed in political violence.

Woods takes break from golf
US golfer Tiger Woods says he is taking an indefinite break from the sport, after publicly admitting his "infidelity" for the first time.

British govt launches innovative Burma campaign

Dec 11, 2009 (DVB)–The British government has teamed up with two prominent rights groups to highlight the story of Burma’s political prisoners in a bid to pressure the ruling junta as it prepares for elections next year. - more


Two farmers handed 7-year sentence

Dec 11, 2009 (DVB)–Two farmers involved in a land dispute in Burma which was taken up by the International Labour Organisation were yesterday given seven-year prison sentences. - more


US citizen was ‘visiting cancer sick mother’

Dec 11, 2009 (DVB)–The Burmese-born US citizen standing trial in Burma on charges of fraud had flown to the country to visit his mother, who is sick with cancer, his wife wrote today in The Nation newspaper. - more


The military in parliament – form versus function

(Commentary) Of the multitude of flaws commonly leveled against the standing 2008 constitution, typically at or near the top of the list is the 25 percent of reserved seats......

Does Burma need another UN envoy?

(Analysis) With several United Nations special envoys failing to facilitate a process of democratic change in Burma, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon should now...

Australia urged to blacklist MOGE

A Sydney-based campaign group on Thursday urged the Australian government to include the state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) in its list of...

Chinese Vice-President to visit Burma

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to military-ruled Burma during his tour of four Asian countries starting Monday, according to the Chinese Foreign...

Family worried over detained Burmese-American’s health

The family of the Burmese-born American citizen, detained in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison, said they are worried about his health as it has been a week since he went......

‘Judiciary system’, junta’s arm for abuses: Rights group

Decades of exploitation by the rulers has led to Burma’s once assertive and independent judiciary system being reduced into an arm of the bureaucracy, resulting in lack of...

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