12.15.2009

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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses a news conference at U.N. headquarters before leaving for the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, 14 Dec 2009
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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses a news conference at U.N. headquarters before leaving for the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, 14 Dec 2009

UN Chief 'Confident Fair Deal' Within Reach in Copenhagen

Ban Ki-moon says that decades of effort will come down to this one critical week


Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed addresses Klima Forum 09, the people's climate summit, in Copenhagen, 14 Dec 2009
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed addresses Klima Forum 09, the people's climate summit, in Copenhagen, 14 Dec 2009

Kyoto Dispute Threatens Climate Conference

Kyoto treaty legally binds rich countries to cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while excluding poor nations and developing economies


U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen at a press conference in Kabul, 14 Dec 2009
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U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen at a press conference in Kabul, 14 Dec 2009

Top US Commanders Discuss Strategy with Afghan and Pakistani Leaders

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen arrived in Kabul hours after killing of at least
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President Barack Obama meets with members of the financial industry in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, 14 Dec 2009

Obama Meets Bankers, Urges More Business Lending

US president holds talks with 12 industry leaders at White House



President Obama speaking to members of the financial industry
President Barack Obama tells US bankers to increase business loans, and warns them not to thwart regulatory reform.

Deadly car bombings hit Baghdad
A series of car bombings has hit the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least four people, police say.

Coffee and tea 'prevent diabetes'
Drinking tea and coffee, whether decaffeinated or not, lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes, a large body of evidence shows.

Unsung Heroes in Our Midst

By DR ZARNI
It's high time to recognize the sacrifice of Burma's soldier dissidents, whose plight is largely ignored by the advocates of democracy.

Burmese Media Lead with Than Shwe's Favorites

By WAI MOE
An official visit to an IT center can unmask the current ranking of family members, cronies and military generals in Than Shwe's Burma.

Seoul Searching

By ALEX ELLGEE
More and more North Korean refugees are heading to Thailand via China in the hope of being deported to South Korea.

Exile Media Expects Citizen-Journalists to Help in 2010 Election

By SAW YAN NAING
Citizen-journalists in Burma will again join hands with the exile media by contributing information, photographs and video about the 2010 general election, as they did in the monk-led protests in 2007 and the Cyclone Nargis disaster in 2008.

Philippine Muslim Rebels Deny Hand in Jail Break

By JIM GOMEZ
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front denies masterminding a jailbreak that freed 31 guerillas and criminals in the southern Philippines.

North Korean Weapons Seizure Could Affect Nuke Talks

By APICHART WEERAWONG
Thailand's seizure of some 35 tons of military weapons from North Korea and arrests of five foreigners charged with illegal possession of arms may prove a blow to efforts by the United States to negotiate a halt to Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.

Unmasking Than Shwe

(Interview) In nearly two decades of undisputed and uninterrupted rule, Burma’s military supremo Senior General Than Shwe is certainly going down in the history of Burma as one man,......

‘Match fixing’ in Singapore versus Laos match alleged

After the elimination of the Burmese team from the U 23 SEA tournament, the match between Singapore and Laos, was “fixed” Burmese coach Drago Macmax...

Copenhagen urges protection of environmental journalists

World leaders at the UN Conference on Climate Change were urged by media freedom groups to pressurize countries, including Burma to protect journalists covering...

Thailand to brief UN on weapon carrying North Korean aircraft

Thailand will report the seizure of the North Korean aircraft carrying illegal weapons in Bangkok to the United Nations, according to a report in the Thai government..

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Unmasking Than Shwe

(Interview) In nearly two decades of undisputed and uninterrupted rule, Burma’s military supremo Senior General Than Shwe is certainly going down in the histo...


Suu Kyi to meet with senior party colleagues

Dec 15, 2009 (DVB)–Burma’s ruling junta has granted detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi permission to hold a rare meeting with senior party members, according to a party spokesperson. - more


Burma opium cultivation up, but yield down

Dec 14, 2009 (DVB)–Opium cultivation in Burma has doubled since 2006, despite production of the narcotic falling, the United Nations drugs office has said. - more


Burma handed economic bloc chair

Dec 14, 2009 (DVB)–Burma has formally received the rotating chair of a regional seven-member technical and economic bloc from India, following an annual conference in the Burmese capital Naypyidaw. - more


Junta chief ‘used child soldiers for bodyguards’

Dec 14, 2009 (DVB)–Burma’s junta strongman Than Shwe has surrounded himself with a special bodyguard unit that took root 15 years ago and reportedly included child soldiers, sources close to the army have said. - more


Activists say Than Shwe’s future still uncertain

Dec 14, 2009 (AFP)–As Burma gears up for rare elections due next year, eyes are turning to the fate of the country's ageing military strongman, Than Shwe, and a possible succession, exiled activists say. - more


Fresh AH1N1 outbreak near China-Burma border

Dec 14, 2009 (DVB)–Schools have closed and travel has been restricted in a Chinese town near to the Burmese border as doctors there warn of a fresh outbreak of the AH1N1 virus. - more

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