11.12.2008

Burma News in English

Burma news
Pro-democracy activists sentenced in Burma
Independent - London,England,UK
By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent Fourteen pro-democracy activists who tried to rally people against the Burmese military regime have each been ...
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Burma regime jails pro-democracy activists for 65 years
guardian.co.uk - UK
A closed military court in Burma jailed 14 prominent pro-democracy activists for 65 years each today for their part in last year's anti-government uprising. ...
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Burma's courts dish out severe sentences against activists
Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India
Min Ko Naing, along with 12 of his colleagues, were arrested by authorities in August 2007 for rallying on the streets of Burma's former capital of Rangoon ...
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Burma Sentences Activists to 65 Years in Prison
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News A court in Burma has sentenced at least 14 members of a well-known pro-democracy group to 65 years in prison. Relatives and opposition political ...
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Obama Energizes Burma’s Ethnic Minorities
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
Although Burma is smaller in size than the state of Texas, there are as many as 135 ethnic groups, according to the military regime. ...
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Burma’s Best Given Brutal Prison Sentences
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
By KYAW ZWA MOE Fourteen leading activists of the 88 Generation Students group, including five women, were given 65-year prison sentences in a court in ...
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Burma, North Korea Sign Visa Agreement
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
By WAI MOE Burma and North Korea have signed documents to eliminate visas for diplomats and government officials, a Burmese state-run newspaper reported on ...
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Blogger jailed for 20 years in Burma
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
Burma has jailed a blogger for 20 years and handed down even longer sentences to other activists who criticised the regime. By Thomas Bell, South East Asia ...
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BBC News
Harsh sentences for Burma rebels
BBC News - UK
By Jonathan Head Fourteen "88 Generation" activists in Burma have been given jail sentences of up to 65 years over their role in anti-government rallies ...
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The Irrawaddy News Magazine
US Appoints Special Burma Envoy
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
“The president intends to nominate Michael J. Green of Maryland to be the United States special representative and policy coordinator for Burma with rank of ...
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Tay Za Logging in Karen State
By moderator(moderator)
Burmese business tycoon Tay Za’s Htoo Trading Company has recently started logging timber in Karen rebel-held territory, according to a source close to a delegation of businessmen negotiating the deal in Three Pagodas Pass on the Thai- ...
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Burma, North Korea Sign Visa Agreement
By www.deyea.blogspot.com/(www.deyea.blogspot.com/)
Among Burma’s ruling generals, North Korea has become not only a strategic partner but also a model, analysts say. Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency reported on November 7 that Brig-Gen Aung Thein Linn, the Rangoon City Mayor, ...
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BURMA BLOGGER JAILED FOR 20 YEARS!
By jackaranda(jackaranda)
Tun Tun Naing and Khin Maung Aye, of the privately-owned weekly News Watch, were arrested on 5 November and are being detained in Insein prison. The media rights organisations Reporters Without Borders and Burma Media Association have ...
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Breaking News
By BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT(BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT)
Fourteen members of the 88 Generation Students Group have today been sentenced to 65 years each, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) has learnt. Those sentenced are all prominent members of the group, ...
BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT - http://burmadd.blogspot.com/
Burma Blogger jailed for 20 years
By dromoman
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burma blogger jailed for 20 years. BBC NEWS Burma blogger jailed for 20 years. A Burmese blogger has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for posting a cartoon of the military leader Than Shwe. ...
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