11.28.2008

Burma News in English

Burma Crackdown Could be Convenient for China
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand
Is this true in Burma’s case? Burma and China recently signed a US $2.5 billion project for the construction of oil and gas pipelines between Burma’s ...
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Strangers welcomed at Camden Thanksgiving
National Catholic Reporter - Kansas City,Missouri,USA
Refugees included people from Eritrea, Liberia and Burma, who have all been in Camden for a year or less, as well as current staff who were former refugees ...
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Voice of America
Netherlands' FM Condemns Burma Prison Sentences
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News The foreign minister of the Netherlands says he is outraged that Burma has sentenced a well-known comedian to 45 years in prison. ...
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Burma Crackdown Could be Convenient for China
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“For China's Communist Party, repression in Burma is not an obstacle but a convenience, enabling the exploitation of natural resources with a minimum of well-targeted corruption,” the newspaper said in an editorial. ...
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Burma suffers steep drop in foreign tourists
A Burma news journal says foreign tourist numbers are down by half at one of the country's most revered Buddhist sites after the country was hit by a devastating cyclone in May that killed more than 84000 people.
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More Bad News: Burma and Tibet. But, Miss Tibet!
By Philip Ryan
The Reverend Danny Fisher has the news: Thaung Htun responds to the Guardian’s hit piece condemning Aung San Suu Kyi’s “failure to react” to the recent crises in Burma. The foreign minister of the Netherlands speaks out against Burma’s ...
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Mine casualties in Burma nearly double
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by Mizzima News Reported cases of landmine casualties in Burma skyrocketed during the course of 2007, with civilians accounting for the vast majority of those injured or killed, says a report by an international landmine watchdog. ...
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Burma Update: November 26, 2008
By Burma Partnership Secretariat(Burma Partnership Secretariat)
The Irrawaddy: Trials and Prison Transfers Continue in Rangoon; Mizzima News: Mine casualties in Burma nearly double; Democratic Voice of Burma: MWAF member says women lack protection; Mizzima News: Rangoon-Bangkok flights suspended ...
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Recent Burmese News – 081127

Two youth activists handed eight year prison terms
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Free speech crackdown accelerates, say ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship
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Burma - Junta Hands Down Ridiculous Prison Sentences In Latest Crackdown On Free Expression
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Nargis-related tripartite core group holds roundtable in Myanmar
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High security along state borders to ensure smooth Mizo polls
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Gold market fluctuates sharply - Yi Yi Htwe
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KNU says delays at Zemi River checkpoint for safety; travelers skeptical
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Mine casualties in Burma nearly double
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Myanmar timber export market declines
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Betancourt urges more action to free Aung San Suu Kyi - Than Win Htut
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Trials and prison transfers continue in Rangoon - Saw Yan Naing
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Toward a democratic change in Burma - Siri Mon Chan
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Burma and a task unfinished, considering the options - Saberi Roy
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A preventable fate: The failure of ART scale-up in Myanmar
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Urgent Lack Of HIV/AIDS Treatment Threatens Thousands
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Offensive by separatist rebels kills two soldiers
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Blaze destroys church in Chin state
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Indian puppet show launched in Myanmar former capital
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Can Asean Learn to Put People First
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Monks on the run
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Bilin monks boycott government officials - Naw Say Phaw
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Two youth activists handed eight year prison terms
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Free speech crackdown accelerates, say ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship
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Burma - Junta Hands Down Ridiculous Prison Sentences In Latest Crackdown On Free Expression
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Nargis-related tripartite core group holds roundtable in Myanmar
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High security along state borders to ensure smooth Mizo polls
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Gold market fluctuates sharply - Yi Yi Htwe
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KNU says delays at Zemi River checkpoint for safety; travelers skeptical
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Mine casualties in Burma nearly double
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Myanmar timber export market declines
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Betancourt urges more action to free Aung San Suu Kyi - Than Win Htut
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Trials and prison transfers continue in Rangoon - Saw Yan Naing
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Toward a democratic change in Burma - Siri Mon Chan
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