UN Seeks Interviews with Rohingyas Held by Thailand |
| By LAWI WENG |
| Thailand wants guidelines before granting the UN High Commissioner for Refugees access to interview Rohingya boat people following charges of abuse by the Thai navy. |
Obama’s Inauguration Attracts Big Interest in Burma |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Burmese from all walks of life—including astrologers—watched the inauguration of US President Barack Obama with great interest. |
Burmese Hear an Echo of Their Own Hopes in Obama |
| By AUNG ZAW |
| Barack Obama’s first speech as president resonated with many who heard it in Burma. |
Newcastle disease in poultry farms in PromeNewcastle disease killed chickens in two poultry farms in Prome early this month, local residents said. Of a total of 60 poultry farms in Prome, Pegu Division,... |
Gambira transferred to Hkamti prison: Prison officialDetained veteran Monk Gambira, who was allegedly staging a hunger strike in Mandalay prison, has been transferred to the remote Hkamti prison, his family members said citing prison officials. |
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 |  We should keep [former UN Secretary-General] U Thant in our memory. We have to be proud of him.  —Prominent opposition leader Win Tin |
Remembering U Thant and His Achievements |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| The 100th birthday of the late UN Secretary General U Thant is being observed on Thursday—and nowhere with more reverence than in his native country, Burma. |
AIDS Patients Forced to Leave Monastery |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Authorities have forced 35 people living with HIV/AIDS to leave a monastery in Rangoon where they were receiving free treatment. |
Burmese Migrant Workers Key to Fighting Bird Flu |
| By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKER |
| Thailand's plans to contain the spread of the deadly avian influenza virus must involve the tens of thousands of Burmese migrant workers employed in this country's poultry industry. |
Thai PM: Obama's ‘Politics of Hope’ May Help Asia |
| By AMBIKA AHUJA and DENIS D. GRAY |
| Thailand's new, youthful prime minister said on Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama's economic package, buttressed by a "politics of hope," may help Asia's battered economies. |
| Burmese couple wraps flavor for students ASU The Appalachian Online - Boone,NC,USA Originally from Burma, Thailand, the couple left the country in 1988 in search of a more desirable government in the United States. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Burma a workers' dystopia Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada The government of Burma is known by an Orwellian antonym – the "State Peace and Development Council," or SPDC. In truth, Burma, also known as Myanmar, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
BBC News - UK By Subir Bhaumik Illegal migrants who made boat journeys from Bangladesh and Burma to Thailand and were rescued by Indian coastguards say they want to ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| The ties that bind Thailand’s Burma policy United Press International, Asia - Hong Kong,USA Over a week after reports broke of the Thai navy forcing boatloads of people from Burma back into the ocean to die, they should be thinking again. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Pair detained over Burma kidnap scandal Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia Police in north China have detained two people allegedly linked to the Burma-based kidnapping of at least 50 teenagers whose parents were sent ransom ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Friends help Burmese refugee in attempt to see parents Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY,USA By Barbara Livingston Nackman LAKE CARMEL - Thanks to the kindness of friends and co-workers, a Burmese refugee is finally going to be reunited with his ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Shipwrecked fishermen survive 25 days at sea in giant icebox Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK The men - both in their 20s-said they were on a 30-foot wooden fishing boat that had 18 other crew members - 11 from Burma and seven from Thailand. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Today in History - Jan. 22 MLive.com - MI,USA In 1909, actress Ann Sothern was born in Valley City, ND; UN Secretary-General U Thant was born in Pantanaw, Burma. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| BURMA: AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON CHRISTIANS Compass Direct News - Santa Ana,CA,USA DUBLIN, January 21 (Compass Direct News) – Burmese authorities last week increased restrictions on Christian activity in the capital city of Rangoon and ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Thailand Denies UN Access to Burmese Boat People Voice of America - USA By VOA News Thailand has denied United Nations experts access to Burmese refugees, following allegations that the Thai military left hundreds of them to die ... See all stories on this topic |
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| ABITSU - All Burma I.T Students' Union Irrawaddy News: The 100th birthday of the late UN Secretary General U Thant is being observed on Thursday, and nowhere with more reverence than in his native country, Burma. Family members, friends, former colleagues and foreign ... ABITSU - All Burma IT Students Union - http://www.abitsu.org/ |
| Remembering U Thant and His Achievements | Burma Bloggers' Network Finally, U Thant was laid to rest in a tomb near Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. The currently UN General Secretary, Ban Ki-moon, visited the tomb during a visit to Burma in May last year. Categories: Daily News, Politics ... Burma Bloggers' Network - http://www.burmabloggers.net/ |
| Candle4Burma Human Rights: DKBA soldiers burn down huts, detain ... By moderator Candle4Burma Human Rights reports about human rights violations by the Burmese Junta / This website was founded on Newyearsday 2009. Latest Burma human Rights News. NLD member jailed for two years for disturbing off. ... Candle4Burma Human Rights - http://candle4burma.blogspot. |
| News That Matters » Blog Archive » News That Matters - January 22 ... “I am overwhelmed with the kindness,” said Aslam, 38, who fled Burma some 20 years ago after participating in anti-government demonstrations. “I didn’t want to bother people. It’s amazing how much people help when you really need it.” ... News That Matters - http://www.planputnam.org/ntm/ |
| Prison official Gambira transferred « democracy for burma ... Aung Ko Ko Lwin and brother-in-law Moe Htet are still facing trial in Insein prison, charged with illegal border crossing cases. http://www.mizzima.com/news/ democracy for burma - http://democracyforburma. |
မစၥဟီလာရီကလင္တန္အား အုိဘားမားအစိုးရ၏ ႏုိင္ငံျခားေရး ၀န္ႀကီးအျဖစ္ အေမရိကန္ အထက္ လႊတ္ေတာ္က အတည္ျပဳ လုိက္ၿပီ ျဖစ္ သည္။ႏုိင္ငံျခားေရး၀န္ႀကီးရာထူးသည္ အုိဘားမားအစိုးရ ၏ အေရးပါသည့္ ရာထူးျဖစ္သည္။ 
