 |  | Africa can forge its own future and solve its problems, Barack Obama says on a first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as US president. |
Obama on 'good governance'| The UK prime minister defends his Afghan strategy after eight deaths in one day, but warns of a "dangerous battle" ahead. | | The launch of space shuttle Endeavour is put back by 24 hours after lightning strikes near the Cape Canaveral launch pad. |
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Bleak Future for Burmese Stateless Children |
| By THAWDAR |
| Children of unregistered migrant parents in Thailand are being born into an underclass without basic rights. |
Burmese Detainees in Danger |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Rights groups are expecting more human rights abuses after migrants were relocated to a new detention center in Malaysia. |
Last Witness Testifies in Suu Kyi Trial |
| By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Testimony wrapped up Friday in the trial of Burma's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as the last defense witness argued that she is innocent. |
INTERVIEWBehind the Lens |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| The co-writer of "Burma VJ", Jan Krogsgaard, spoke to The Irrawaddy about the film. |
G8 urges release of Aung San Suu KyiThe world’s major industrial countries, known as the G8, has called for the immediate release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi saying her continued detention,... |
Saline water from prawn farms destroys paddy fieldsPaddy fields in Pyinsalu, Laputta Township, Irrawaddy Division have been inundated with saline water and destroyed, following bidding for sea-water prawn fishing,... |
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