BEHIND CAMP GATES Surviving on a Little Hope and 33 US Cents a Day |
| By JIM ANDREWS |
| Some have no legs. Others lack hands or arms. About half are blind. But all these landmine victims have one vital faculty in common—a voice. And what a voice! |
| QUOTE OF THE DAY | |
 |  I was saddened to meet a 21-year-old woman who was born in a refugee camp, who has never even been out of the camp and is now raising her own child in a camp.  - Angelina Jolie, Hollywood actress and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations refugee agency |
OPINION
A Failed Mission |
| By AUNG ZAW |
| The UN Special Envoy’s seventh mission was as hollow and inconsequential as we have grown to expect. |
Thirteen 88 Student Activists Transferred to New Prisons |
| By WAI MOE |
| Thirteen more 88 student group activists are sent to distant prisons, placing additional burdens on their family and friends. |
Jolie Makes Goodwill Visit to Thai Refugee Camp |
| By LAWI WENG |
| Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN’s refugee agency, made her second trip to a camp for Karenni refugees from Burma on Wednesday. |
Shan Celebrate their National Day |
| By MIN LWIN |
| Burma’s Shan community celebrate their national day on Saturday, barred by the regime from organizing public ceremonies. |
Opposition Welcomes Ban’s Call for Burma Talks |
| By WAI MOE |
| The UN secretary-general’s renewed call for dialogue between Burma’s junta and political opposition groups is again greeted with appreciation, but little hope of success. |
Kyaw Thu kicked upstairs, junta turns reclusive
(Analysis) Burma's top military rulers have begun to show further signs that they have no interest in the international community and its efforts to assist the regime's humanitarian programmes.European Parliament urges junta to restore citizenship rights to Rohingya
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| Sideshow: Jolie's mission: Burmese refugees Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA By Tirdad Derakhshani Angelina Jolie yesterday called upon Thailand to give more freedom to the more than 100000 Burmese refugees it has locked up in camps ... See all stories on this topic | ||
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