9.22.2009

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US President Barack Obama speaks during Summit on Climate Change at United Nations in New York, 22 Sep 2009
Tue. 22 Sep 2009 1209 UTC

Obama: Climate Change May Lead to 'Irreversible Catastrophe'

President Barack Obama says US is 'determined to act' and has put climate at top of diplomatic agenda with countries across regions

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A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya runs during clash with riot police in front of Brazil embassy in Tegucigalpa, 22 Sep 2009

Honduran Security Breaks Up Pro-Zelaya Protests

Witnesses say police used tear gas to disperse thousands of ousted president Manuel Zelaya's supporters outside Brazilian embassy

Heavy equipment is used to clear the makeshift camp known as the 'Jungle' after migrants were evacuated from the camp in Calais, 22 Sep 2009

France Dismantles Illegal Immigrant Camp Audio Clip Available

Minister Eric Besson says camp in Calais became hub for human traffickers and a place where people were exploited

General Stanley McChrystal (file photo)

Report: Pentagon Urges Top US General in Afghanistan to Delay Call for Troops

'Wall Street Journal' quotes defense officials as saying Obama administration asked for delay to make sure US is 'using the right strategy' before looking into additional troops

US Gen. Stanley McChrystal (L) and U.S. Rear Admiral Gregory J. Smith (C) visit site of strike outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, 05 Sep 2009

Leaked Report Urges More Troops for Afghanistan Audio Clip Available Video clip available

Accounts of report, written by top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, say he also calls for new strategic approach to reverse Taliban gains


Thermal power plant in Jilin province, China - file photo
Chinese President Hu Jintao pledges to increase efforts to improve energy efficiency and cut CO2 emissions, at a UN meeting.

Honduran security forces break up protests in support of ousted President Manuel Zelaya outside the Brazilian embassy.

Microsoft's search engine Bing has made some small inroads into the dominance of Google, latest figures show.

Sangha Leader Calls for United Opposition

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN
A revered monk in exile calls for religious leaders of all faiths to help raise awareness of the plight of the Burmese people two years after the Saffron Revolution.

Thai Nationalism Heats Up

By PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN
The Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy and others have ignited the nationalism issue in Thailand, which will probably flare up again as a new election nears.

Junta Asks Thai Military to Mediate with Shan

By LAWI WENG
The Burmese junta seeks the help of Thai military officers to mediate in cease-fire talks with the Shan State Army-South.

60 Suffer in Mystery Epidemic in Karen State

By SAW YAN NAING
An unknown epidemic has made 60 people including many schoolchildren ill and closed a school in a KNU-controlled area in Papun District in northern Karen State.

NLD Applies for Meeting with Suu Kyi

By KO HTWE
The opposition party says its central committee must meet with Suu Kyi and Tin Oo to make “critical decisions.”
INTERVIEW

‘A New Generation Carries On’

By THE IRRAWADDY
The photograph of a young student killed in the 88 pro-democracy demonstrations became an iconic image around the world of the Burmese junta’s brutality. Her father recalls that day.

Burmese PM to attend UNGA

Burmese Prime Minister, Thein Sein, will arrive in New York on September 27, to attend the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), diplomatic sources said. Thein Sein would...

Junta attempts to revive outdated Labour Ministry

It has become mandatory for factories and business establishments to recruit and hire employees they need through their respective township labour offices,...

Editorial, Opinion and Analysis

Junta’s amnesty: showcase or Real?

(Analysis) The junta’s most recent amnesty to over 7000 prisoners has triggered myriad speculations with some believing it is another attempt at mollifying th...


Junta bans weekly journals from pro-election media coverage

The Censor Board has banned media coverage of the press conference held by newly formed political party, Democratic Party, Chairman, Thu Wei and Win Naing and other news...

Ghost of Cyclone Nargis

(Feature) People were in a hurry to move and everything was chaotic. Some shops closed early, some workers took leave from their employers and went back home...

Update

22 September 2009 16:30 Thailand Standard Time

At least 128 political prisoners released
(Mae Sot – Thailand)


The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) can confirm that so far 128 political prisoners have been released from 25 different prisons in Burma.

The 128 released include 44 members of the National League for Democracy, including 3 MPs; 22 women; 11 former political prisoners; 4 monks; 4 journalists; 13 students; 10 members of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network; 5 members of the 88 Generation Students; and 1 lawyer.

On the evening of September 17, 2009 in Rangoon, state-run MRTV carried a news bulletin announcing that 7,114 prisoners were to be released “on humanitarian grounds.”

The list of political prisoners released will be continually updated at our web site www.aappb.org as AAPP receives more information. In alphabetical order:

1. Angaelay (Mandalay prison) - student

2. Aung Gyi (Insein prison) - student

3. Aung Gyi @ Aung Thwin (Shwebo prison) – journalist, former political prisoner, 88 Generation Students

4. Aung Ko Oo (Tharawaddy prison) - student

5. Aung Lwin (Thandwe prison)

6. Aung Myint (Myaungmya prison) - NLD member; Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member

7. Aung Myo (Shwebo prison) – NLD Township Organiser

8. Aung Naing (Insein prison) – NLD member

9. Aung Naing @ Ba Gyi Aung (Mandalay prison) – NLD member

10. Aung Naing Tun (Monywa prison) – Student

11. Aung Swe (Shwebo prison) - NLD member

12. Aung Tun (Tharawaddy prison) – student; member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions

13. Aye Min (a) Aye Min Min (Tharawaddy prison) – private tutor

14. Aye Myint Mar (female) (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western)

15. Ba Chit (Tharawaddy prison) – Ex-captain in the army

16. Ba Min (Kale prison) – NLD member

17. Ba Myint ( Bamaw prison ) - NLD Township Vice-Chairman

18. Bo Bo (Myingyan prison)

19. Bo Gyi (Pegu prison)

20. Chan Aung (Monywa prison) - NLD township organiser

21. Chit Thein Tun (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western)

22. Cho Mar Htwe, (Female) (Moulmein prison) – NLD member

23. Ei (female) (Paungde prison)

24. Eimt Khaing Oo, Female (Insein prison) – journalist; Cyclone Nargis volunteer

25. Hla Shein, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

26. Hlaing Aye (Kale prison) - NLD MP, Former Political Prisoner

27. Hnin Hnin (female) (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western)

28. Htay (a) San San Myint, (Female) (Insein prison)

29. Htay Naing Lin (Monywa prison) - Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Network

30. Htay Win (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Organizer

31. Kay Thi Aung @ Ma Ei (female) (Mandalay prison)

32. Khaing Kaung Zan, (Thayet prison) – Arakan League for Democracy in exile member

33. Khin Khin Lay (a) Khin Lay, (Female) (Pegu prison) – NLD member

34. Khin Maung Chit (Meiktila prison) - NLD Local Secretary

35. Khin Maung Thein (Shwebo prison) – NLD member

36. Khin Moe Aye (a) Moe Moe (Female), (Myingyan prison) – 88 Generation Students member; former political prisoner

37. Kyaw Kyaw Thant (Insein prison) – journalist; Cyclone Nargis volunteer

38. Kyaw Lwin, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

39. Kyaw Maung (Myitkyina prison) – NLD MP

40. Kyaw Thu Htike (Taunggyi prison)

41. Kyaw Win (Tharawaddy prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front

42. Kyi Kyi Min, (Female) (Insein prison) – NLD member

43. Kyi Lin (Myintkyina prison) – NLD member

44. Maung Maung Htwe (Shwebo prison)

45. Maung Maung Twin (Mandalay prison)

46. Maw Si (Shwebo prison) – NLD Youth member

47. Mi Mi Sein, (Female) (Insein prison) – NLD Township Joint-Secretary

48. Mi Mi Swe (female) (Henzada prison)

49. Michael Win Kyaw (Kale prison) – 88 Generation Students member; former political prisoner

50. Min Min (a) La Min Tun, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

51. Min Min Soe (Myingyan prison) – 88 Generation Students member

52. Moe Hlaing (Moulmein prison)

53. Moe Kyaw Thu (a) Bo Bo (Mandalay prison)

54. Moe Lwin (Moulmein prison) – individual activist

55. Monywar Aung Shin (a) U Aye Kyu (Insein prison) - Member of NLD and poet

56. Mya Sein, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

57. Myint Oo (a) Ni Ni (Mandalay prison) – NLD Township organizer; former political prisoner

58. Myint Oo (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Joint Secretary

59. Myint, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

60. Myo Min Lwin (Moulmein prison)

61. Myo Min Tun (Monywa prison) – Student

62. Myo Yan Naung Thein (Thandwe prison) – 88 Generation Students member, former political prisoner

63. Nay Win (Myintkyina prison) – NLD Township Organizer

64. Ni Ni May Myint (Buthidaung prison) - NLD Youth

65. Nine Nine (Insein prison) – NLD MP, Former Political Prisoner

66. Nu Nu Swe @ Pauk Pauk (female) (Myaungmya prison)

67. Nyi Nyi Min (Buthidaung prison) – NLD member

68. Nyo Mya (Kale prison) – NLD member

69. Pe Tin (Pegu prison) – NLD member

70. Peter (Loikaw prison)

71. Pyae Phyo Aung (a) Hnan Mue (Pa-An prison)

72. San Pwint (Kale prison) – NLD member; teacher

73. San Ya (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member

74. San Yi (Insein prison)

75. Sandar, (Female) (Myingyan prison) – NLD member

76. Saw Myo Min Hlaing @ James (Thaton prison) - Private Tutor

77. Saw Oo Kyar (Mandalay prison)

78. Saw Taw Kyi (Thayet prison) – Karen National Union member

79. Shin Sandaw Batha (a) Kyaw Kyaw (Insein prison) – monk, All Burma Young Monks Union

80. Shwe Thar (a) Tin Win (Tharawaddy prison) – Karen National Union member

81. Soe Han (Lashio prison) – lawyer; Chair of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) legal advisory body

82. Soe Moe Naing @ Ngone (Mandalay) – Democratic Party for a New Society

83. Soe Wai (a) Than Zaw (Myitkyina prison)

84. Than Min (a) Tin Tun Aung, (Taungoo prison) – NLD member

85. Than Than Htay, (Female) (Insein prison) – student

86. Than Than Sint, (Female) (Insein prison)

87. Than Tun (Shwebo prison)

88. Than Tun Lay (Myingyan prison) – Individual activist

89. Than Zaw Oo (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member

90. Thar Cho, (Thayet prison) – NLD Township Organizer

91. Thein Zaw (Tharawaddy prison)

92. Thet Oo (Taungoo prison) – Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member

93. Thet Zin (a) Maung Zin (Kale prison) – journalist; former political prisoner; member of the All Burma Federation of Student Unions and the Democratic Party for a New Society

94. Thin Min Soe, (Female) (Insein prison) – labour activist

95. Thura Win @ Thura Lin (Buthidaung) – Student

96. Tin Mar Swe (female) (Mandalay prison)

97. Tin Maung Nyunt (Shwebo prison) – NLD Township Organiser

98. Tin Mya (Insein prison) - National League for Democracy Township chairperson, Former Political Prisoner

99. Tin Myint (Insein prison) – NLD member

100. Tin Myint (Tharawaddy prison)

101. Tin Myo Htut (a) Kyaw Oo (Insein prison) – Generation Wave; former political prisoner

102. Tin San (Monywa prison)

103. Tin Tin Myint, (Female) (Insein prison) – third year chemistry student

104. Tin Tun (a) Kyaw Swa (Tharawaddy prison) – UN Development Program staff (New Era journal distributor)

105. Tint San, (Monywa prison) - former political prisoner

106. Tun Hla (Tharawaddy prison)

107. Tun Min Aung (Kawthaung prison)

108. Tun Oo (a) Ngar Kalar (Taungoo prison)

109. Tun Tun Nyein, (Thayet prison) – NLD Youth member

110. Tun Tun Oo (a) Nanda Malar (Taungoo prison) – monk

111. Tun Tun Oo (Thandwe prison)

112. U Han Sein (Tharawaddy prison) – NLD member

113. U Pannita (a) Myint Aye (Taungoo prison) – monk; Human Rights Defenders and Promoters member

114. U Zawana (a) Soe Myint (Taungoo prison) - monk

115. Win, (Hinzada prison) , Human Rights Defenders and Promoters

116. Win Maw @ Tut Pe (Kale prison) - NLD member

117. Win Myint (Insein prison)

118. Wunna Soe (Pa-An prison) – Democratic Party for a New Society member

119. Yan Aung Shwe (Thayet prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front member

120. Yan Kyaw Soe @ Shwe Thway (Monywa prison) – NLD member

121. Yan Naing Min (a) Nan Wai (Mandalay prison) – student

122. Yar Zar @ Tun Lin Oo (Monywa prison) – NLD member

123. Ye Thiha @ Soe Thein (Insein prison) – All Burma Students Democratic Front

124. Zaw Htet Aung (Kale prison) - student

125. Zaw Lin Tun (a) Phu Zaw (Monywa prison) - All Burma Students Democratic Front (Western)

126. Zaw Tun (Taungoo prison)

127. Zin Hninn Aye @ Zin Mar (female) (Mandalay prison) - Second year chemistry student

128. Zin Mar Aung (female) (Mandalay prison) – student; NLD member

-ENDS-

For media interviews please contact:


Tate Naing, AAPP Secretary +66(0)81-287-8751
Bo Kyi, AAPP Joint-Secretary +66(0)81-324-8935

ျမန္မာ့သတင္း ကမာၻ႕သတင္း

အန္အယ္လ္ဒီေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားႏွင့္ ေတြ႔ဆုံခြင့္ရပါက ပါတီမူ၀ါဒမ်ား ေဆြးေႏြးမည္ဟု ဦး၀င္းတင္ေျပာ
မင္းႏိုင္သူ / ၂၂ စက္တင္ဘာ ၂၀၀၉

“အနီးကပ္ဆုံးတာ၀န္ျဖစ္ေနတဲ့ မွတ္ပုံတင္ေရးကိစၥ၊ ပါတီ႐ုံးေတြ ျပန္ဖြင့္ေရးကိစၥ၊ စည္း႐ုံးလႈပ္ရွားဖုိ႔ကိစၥ ဒါေတြကုိ အေျခခံထား ေဆြးေႏြးရမယ္။ အစုိးရက သိပ္တင္းခံရင္ က်ေနာ္တုိ႔ အတင္းဖြင့္မလား။ ဒီလုိဟာမ်ဳိးေတြေပါ့ဗ်ာ။ ေနာက္တခုက .....”အျပည့္အစံုသို႔

ဆက္သြယ္ေရးဝန္ႀကီး ေရြးေကာက္ပဲြအတြက္
စည္း႐ံုးေရးဆင္း

ခိုင္လင္း / ၂၂ စက္တင္ဘာ၂၀၀၉
“ဗိုလ္မႉးခ်ဳပ္သိန္းေဇာ္နဲ႔အတူ ကုန္သြယ္ေရးနဲ႔ စြမ္းအင္ ဝန္ႀကီးေတြလည္း ပါလာတယ္။ သူတို႔က တနဂၤေႏြေန႔ ေန႔လယ္ (၁၁) နာရီမွာ ...”အျပည့္အစံုသို႔
ႏုိင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသားအားလုံး ျပန္မလြတ္ေသးဟု
ဦး၀င္းတင္ ေျပာၾကား

မင္းႏိုင္သူ/ ၂၂ စက္တင္ဘာ ၂၀၀၉
“ေကာက္ညႇင္းေပါင္းထဲ ႏွမ္းေထာင္းျဖဴးသလုိေပါ့ဗ်ာ။ ႐ုိး႐ုိးရာဇ၀တ္သားေတြ အမ်ားႀကီးလႊတ္ၿပီး ႏုိင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသား နည္းနည္းေလးပဲ...”အျပည့္အစံုသို႔

ထိုင္းစားသုံးဆီမ်ား ျမန္မာဘက္သုိ႔ျပန္လည္တင္သြင္း

ရဲရင့္ / ၂၂ စက္တင္ဘာ ၂၀၀၉
“စားဆီက်ေတာ့ ခိုးသယ္ရတယ္။ ၀စ္ေသာက္ကားက်ေတာ့ ေပၚတင္ေမာင္းသြားလို႔ရတယ္။ အစိုးရက ထိုင္းဆီျပႆနာ သူတို႔ကိုင္တြယ္ပံု မွားတာကိုသိေပမယ့္....”အျပည့္အစံုသို႔
စီမံခ်က္ေၾကာင့္ ဓာတ္ျပားဆိုင္မ်ားပိတ္

ေအာင္ေက်ာ္မိုး/ ၂၂ စက္တင္ဘာ၂၀၀၉
“က်ေနာ့္ဆိုင္မွာ ပံုမွန္လိုင္းေၾကး ေကာက္ေနတဲ့ နယ္ေျမခံရဲက လာအေၾကာင္းၾကားတယ္။ စီမံခ်က္လုပ္မယ္၊ ဒါေၾကာင့္ တပတ္ေလာက္ ဆိုင္မဖြင့္...”အျပည့္အစံုသို႔

ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားႏွင့္ ထပ္မံေတြ႔ခြင့္ရရန္ NLD ေတာင္းဆို

ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားႏွင့္ ထပ္မံေတြ႔ခြင့္ရရန္ NLD ေတာင္းဆို

အမ်ိဳးသား ဒီမိုကေရစီ အဖြဲခ်ဳပ္ (NLD) ၏ အနာဂတ္ မူ၀ါဒ လမ္းစဥ္မ်ား ခ်မွတ္ႏိုင္ရန္အတြက္ ေဒၚေအာင္ဆန္းစုၾကည္ႏွင့္ ဦးတင္ဦးတို႔အား ဗဟိုအလုပ္ အမႈေဆာင္အဖဲြ႔ႏွင့္ ေတြ႔ဆုံခြင့္ေပးရန္

ကရင္ရြာသား ရာႏွင့္ခ်ီ၍ ကူးစက္ေရာဂါ ျဖစ္ပြား

ကရင္ျပည္နယ္၊ ဖာပြန္ခ႐ုိင္ရွိ ေက်းရြာတခ်ဳိ႕တြင္ လြန္ခဲ့သည့္ ၂ ပတ္ခန္႔က စတင္ၿပီး ကူးစက္ေရာဂါတမ်ဳိး ျဖစ္ပြားေနသျဖင့္ ရြာသား ၃၀၀ ခန္႔ ဖ်ားနာေနၾကသည္ဟု ကရင္တုိင္းရင္းသား

လြတ္ေျမာက္လာသူမ်ားက ဆုိး၀ါးေသာ ေထာင္တြင္း အေျခအေနမ်ားကုိ ထုတ္ေဖာ္

ျမန္မာႏုိင္ငံတဝန္းရွိ စစ္အစိုးရ အက်ဥ္းေထာင္ မ်ားအတြင္း ႏုိင္ငံေရး အက်ဥ္းသားမ်ား က်န္းမာေရး ေစာင့္ေရွာက္မႈ လုံေလာက္စြာ မရရွိျခင္းႏွင့္ အစားအစာ ခ်ိဳ႕တဲ့ျခင္းမ်ားေၾကာင့္ က်န္းမာေရး

စစ္အစိုးရႏွင့္ SSA-S အပစ္ရပ္မလား

ရွမ္းျပည္ တပ္မေတာ္ ေတာင္ပုိင္း (SSA -S) ကုိ အပစ္ခတ္ရပ္စဲရန္ ျမန္မာစစ္အစိုးရက ထုိင္းႏုိင္ငံ အာဏာပုိင္မ်ားမွ တဆင့္ ကမ္းလွမ္းထားေၾကာင္း သိရွိရသည္။ အဆိုပါ SSA -S တပ္ဖြဲ႕ကို

ေဇယ်ဝတီ စက္႐ုံဝန္ထမ္းမ်ား ခံစားခြင့္မဲ့ အလုပ္ထုတ္ခံရ

ပဲခူးတိုင္း အတြင္းရွိ စစ္အစိုးရပိုင္ ေဇယ်ဝတီ သၾကားစက္ႏွင့္ အရက္ခ်က္စက္ရံုကို ျမန္မာ့စီးပြားေရး ဦးပိုင္ လီမိတက္သို႔ လႊဲေျပာင္းေပးရန္ စီစဥ္ေနျပီး ဝန္ထမ္းမ်ားကို အလုပ္မွထုတ္ပယ္

NHK တြင္ ျမန္မာအဆိုေတာ္ ဂ်ီလတ္၏ ကိုယ္ပုိင္သံစဥ္သီခ်င္း ပထမဆံုး ထုတ္လႊင့္

ဂ်ပန္ႏုိင္ငံ NHK သတင္းဌာနတြင္ ျမန္မာပုိင္း အစီအစဥ္မ်ားကုိ အဓိက ထုတ္လႊင့္မည့္ ရုပ္သံလိုင္းတခု၌ ျမန္မာႏုိင္ငံမွ အဆုိေတာ္ ဂ်ီလတ္၏ “ခဏတာ” ဟူေသာ ေတးသီခ်င္းကို ပထမဆုံး

ရန္ကုန္ေလဆိပ္တြင္ အဖမ္းခံရသူ အင္းစိန္ေထာင္သို႔ ပို႔ေဆာင္ခံရ

အေမရိကန္ ႏိုင္ငံသားအျဖစ္ ခံယူထားေသာ ႏိုင္ငံေရးသမား ဦးေက်ာ္ေဇာလြင္ (ေခၚ) ဦးညီညီေအာင္ကို အင္းစိန္ေထာင္သို႔ ပို႔ေဆာင္လိုက္ၿပီ ျဖစ္ေသာ္လည္း မိသားစုဝင္မ်ားႏွင့္ ေတြ႔ဆံုခြင့္

အက်ဥ္းသားမ်ားကုိ ဟန္ျပ လႊတ္ေပးျခင္း ျဖစ္ေၾကာင္း ေ၀ဖန္ေနၾက

မၾကာေသးမီ ရက္ပုိင္းက အက်ဥ္းသား ၇၁၁၄ ေယာက္ကုိ လြတ္ၿငိမ္းသက္သာခြင့္ ေပးေၾကာင္း စစ္အစုိးရက ေၾကညာခဲ့ေသာ္လည္း ႏုိင္ငံေရး အက်ဥ္းသား အမ်ားစုမွာ ဆက္လက္


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ညဴကလီးယား နည္းပညာ ဘယ္ႏိုင္ငံက ရသလဲ

ကိုမ်ိဳးရန္ေနာင္သိမ္း ညွင္းပန္းခံခဲ့ရလိုႛ လမ္းမေလွ်ာက္ႏိုင္ေတာ့

ေျမာင္းျမေထာင္ မွာ နုိင္ငံေရးအက်ဥ္းသားေတြ ဖိႏွိပ္ညွင္းပန္းခံေနရ

ကိုဘုိဘုိ ျပင္းျပင္းထန္ထန္အရိုက္ခံခဲ့ရတာေၾကာင့္ အာရံုေၾကာထိ႓ပီး ေဝဒနာ ခံစားေနရ

ကုိညီညီေအာင္ကို ႏွိပ္စက္ညွင္းပမ္းခဲ့

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U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal (r) commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan and German Colonel Georg Klein at site of bombing near Kunduz, 05 Sep 2009
Mon. 21 Sep 2009 0709 UTC

Leaked Report Urges More Troops for Afghanistan

Accounts of report, written by top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, says he also calls for new strategic approach to reverse Taliban gains

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Najibullah Zazi arrives at Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in downtown Denver, 17 Sep 2009

Afghan Terror Plot Suspects to Appear in US Court

Najibullah Zazi, Wais Afzali, legal permanent residents of US, and Mohammed Wali Zazi, a US citizen, will appear in court, they could face eight years in prison if convicted

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Research Group: US Economy Will Improve

Conference Board says index of leading indicators rose six-tenths of a percent in August

FBI agents get ready to search the apartment of Najibullah Zazi in Aurora, Colorado, 16, Sep 2009

US Arrests Three Men in Suspected Bomb Plot Audio Clip Available

Men arrested for making false statements in a counter-terrorism investigation

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed (File photo)

Pakistan Restricts Leader of Group Accused in Mumbai Terror Attack

Police say they stopped militant group founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed as he was leaving home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking end of Ramadan



US troops in Afghanistan, June 2009
The US mission in Afghanistan will "fail" unless troops are increased, the top military commander there says in a confidential report.

Renault receive a two-year suspended ban from Formula 1 over their role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix.

The US communications regulator proposes new rules that would require ISPs to respect the principle of "network neutrality".

QUOTE OF THE DAY
He [Ban Ki-moon] reiterates his call on the Myanmar authorities to take further steps to ensure the release of remaining political prisoners, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as a necessary step towards a credible process of national reconciliation and democratic transition.
— Michele Montas, spokeswoman for UN Secretary-General

Thai Nationalism Heats Up

By PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN
The Peoples’ Alliance for Democracy and others have ignited the nationalism issue in Thailand, which will probably flare up again as a new election nears.

NEWS ANALYSIS

Release of Prisoners a Token Gesture

By SAW YAN NAING
The Burmese regime’s release of a handful of political prisoners—while continuing to crack down on dissidents—is fooling no one.

Army General Arrested Following Kokang Offensive

By WAI MOE
A commanding officer based in Laogai has been arrested following his failure to detain Kokang leader Peng Jaisheng and his brothers.

Crackdown Threats Remain

By LAWI WENG
Thai security officials have ordered several Burmese opposition groups to close their offices in towns on the Thai-Burmese border.

Mong Takes Bronze in Japan

By LAWI WENG
A 12-year-old Shan boy, who made headlines after being denied then permitted a Thai passport to compete in a paper plane contest in Japan, places third.

One Disaster after Another

By SOE LWIN
First Cyclone Nargis, now an infestation of rats with many farmers in the Irrawaddy delta forced to contemplate another ruined rice harvest.
Redshirts Vow to Continue Protests
By SIMON ROUGHNEEN
The Redshirt protest in Bangkok ended peacefully on Saturday with the former prime minister warning that Thailand risks becoming “a failed state.”

Stray army bullet hits woman

Sept 21, 2009 (DVB)–A young woman hit by a stray army bullet last week whilst working on her farm in central Burma has reportedly been forced to claim responsibility, according to locals in her town. - more


Monks lead International Peace Day march

Sept 21, 2009 (DVB)–Around 100 people led by monks marked International Peace Day today by marching through the Thai town of Mae Sot, close to the border with Burma. - more


Riot training given to Rangoon civilians

Sept 21, 2009 (DVB)–Riot training is being offered by local authorities to hundreds of jobless men in Burma’s former capital of Rangoon, a resident of the city said yesterday. - more


More than 100 political prisoners released

Sept 21, 2009 (DVB)–At least 115 activists, politicians and journalists were among the 7000 prisoners released by the Burmese junta last week, according to an exiled prisoner advocacy group. - more


Junta’s amnesty: showcase or Real?

(Analysis) The junta’s most recent amnesty to over 7000 prisoners has triggered myriad speculations with some believing it is another attempt at mollifying the international community,...

NLD requests meeting with detained leaders

Members of the central executive committee of Burma’s major opposition – the National League for Democracy – have requested for permission from the junta to meet...

Aung San Suu Kyi has low blood pressure

Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from low blood pressure, her doctor said, after a medical check-up on Sunday, the first since she came back to......

US embassy official meets detained citizen in Burma

The US embassy in Rangoon has received consular access to detained citizen, Kyaw Zaw Lwin, on Sunday, weeks after he was arrested. “The U.S. embassy received consular...