US Envoy Highlights Burma Issues at the Asean Summit |
| By WAI MOE |
| Speaking exclusively to The Irrawaddy at the 14th Asean Summit, Scot Marciel said the US continued to raise Burmese issues during informal talks at the summit. |
Global Fund Discusses Possible Return to Burma |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| A visit to Burma this week by a Global Fund delegation could result in a resumption of the fund’s discontinued anti-AIDS program there, according to a report by the Chinese news agency Xinhua. |
Asean Leaders Call for Political Reform in Burma |
| By WAI MOE |
| On the final day of the Asean Summit, heads of state have again raised Burmese issues such as political reform, the release of political prisoners and Rohingya boatpeople. |
Civil Society Representatives Challenge Asean Leaders on Burma |
| By WAI MOE |
| The first meeting of heads of state with a civic group at an Asean Summit was marked by a barrage of criticism directed at the Burmese government. |
Thai PM Calls for All Sides to Participate in Burmese Elections |
| By WAI MOE |
| The Thai Prime Minister has asked the Burmese premier to encourage the opposition to compete in the forthcoming general election in Burma. |
Burma Insists Rohingyas are ‘Bengalis’ |
| By WAI MOE |
| Burma is insisting at the Association of Southeast Nations summit in southern Thailand that the boatpeople now fleeing Arakan State are not Rohingyas but Bengalis. |
ASEAN wraps-up 14th Summit
Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Sunday, wound-up the 14th Summit agreeing to tackle the “illegal migrants in Indian Ocean” issue in March.Civil society reps denied participation at Asean summitIn a blatant instance of obduracy of some of the Asean members, representatives of Burmese and Cambodian civil societies on Saturday were barred from joining the meeting of the Association... | Activists raise Burma issues with ASEAN leadersActivists representing civil society organizations in Southeast Asian countries raised the Burma issue including freedom for Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in the forum of ASEAN leaders on... |
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| Burma’s economy gasps under junta’s stranglehold Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by Mungpi New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Burmese military junta’s allegation of sanctions being the key to the country’s economic deterioration is merely an ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Voice of America - USA By Daniel Schearf The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has ended its summit in Thailand with a short statement encouraging Burma to release political ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Monsoons to move east as climate warms: report Australia Network News - Melbourne,Australia Rising global temperatures are predicted to shift monsoon circulation further east, which could result in more rainfall over the Indian Ocean, Burma and ... See all stories on this topic | ||
ScandAsia.com - Thailand By Charlotte Lund Dideriksen "I think the Scandinavian ministers have the right attitude”, Dr. Surin Pitsuwan says about the controversial visit to Burma by ... See all stories on this topic | ||
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By WAI MOE The United States continued to highlight Burma in informal conversations with delegates at the 14th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| A Test Case For Obama Sin Chew Jit Poh - Malaysia The development came a day after UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari had just briefed the UN Security Council on his recent trip to Burma. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
Washington Post - United States From left are Thailand's Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnam's Nguyen Tan Dung, Burma's Thein Sein, Brunei's Hassanal Bolkiah and Cambodia's Hun Sen. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Activists forced out of Asean summit Scotsman - United Kingdom By Jim Gomez in Cha-Am, Thailand PROMINENT activists from military-ruled Burma and Cambodia were barred from a meeting with south-east Asian leaders ... See all stories on this topic |
Blogs Alert for: Burma news
| Burma, Cambodia Bar Rights Activists from ASEAN Talks « Pick to ... Burma, Cambodia Bar Rights Activists from ASEAN Talks. VOA News 01 March 2009. Pick to Post. Activists stage a rally to pressure ASEAN leaders to deal effectively with Burma in Cha-am, Thailand, 28 Feb 2009. Burma and Cambodia blocked ... Prachatai in English - http://www.prachatai.com/ |
| The coming war between India and China « RUPEE NEWS: Recording ... By aliphbay@aol.com (Rupee News) India has six neighbours; Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Nepal and China. India now spends a colossal $32.35 billion on defence, Pakistan $4.8 billion, Bangladesh $830 million, Nepal $100 million and Burma $30 million (according ... Rupee News - http://rupeenews.com/ |
| Global Fund Discusses Possible Return to Burma - The Irrawaddy ... By admin Global Fund Discusses Possible Return to BurmaThe Irrawaddy News MagazineBy THE IRRAWADDY A visit to Burma this week by a Global Fund delegation could result in a resumption of the funds discontinued anti-AIDS program there, ... News Media Magazine - http://newsmediamagazine.com/ |
| International Campaign for Freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma ... By icfab8888@gmail.com (International Campaign... 70000 child soldiers in Burma, what a nice future this will be, all because a man imprisoned a woman who beat him in democracy. Now the dictator’s year is set, I read it in the news, 2009 will be his “victory,” for 50 million people, ... International Campaign for Freedom... - http:// |
| Burma Wants Freedom & Democracy: Color me pretty Burmese By Jeg Mizzima News. Activists raise Burma issues with ASEAN leaders · ILO, Burma extend ‘supplementary understanding’ · Ethnic delegation urges Australia to lend more support · Burma sets condition for accepting Rohingya migrants ... Burma Wants Freedom & Democracy - http://jegsburma.blogspot.com/ |
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