Philippine Police Name Massacre Suspect as More Bodies Recovered
Convoy was carrying journalists and supporters of a would-be candidate for provincial governor when about 100 gunmen ambushed it.
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UOTE OF THE DAY | |
You are a weak man if you use your physical superiority to assault and brutalize women. — Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South African Nobel Peace laureate |
Junta Continues War on Monks |
By ARKAR MOE |
The Burmese junta's campaign against activist monks and those involved in the 2007 demonstrations goes on. |
INGO Work in Burma Could Stop During Election Period |
By WAI MOE |
International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) operating in Burma are likely to suspend their activities next May, according to NGO sources in Burma. |
Security Sweep Rounds Up Migrants |
By LAWI WENG |
Dozens of Burmese migrants are arrested in the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar prior to a two-day visit by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. |
Thai-Cambodia Tension Gives Rise to Schools with Bunkers |
By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR |
Children at the largest school in this village close to the Thai-Cambodian border have drills, practicing evacuation, in case their school comes under an artillery attack. |
Trial of Khmer Rouge Prison Chief in Final Stage |
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demands a 40-year jail sentence for a man whom they described as snuffing out innocent lives and spreading terror across Cambodia. |
Junta’s priority is elections, not easing sanctions: Win Tin
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Burma aims to match Vietnam rice output Nov 25, 2009 (DVB)–Burma’s rice production, once the most prodigious in the world, is making headway towards its former glory and will soon match Vietnam’s output, a leading rice trader said. - more |
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