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News Asian Lawmakers Push UN Chief on Burma By WAI MOE More than 240 Asian parliamentarians have called for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press Burma’s junta for the release of all political prisoners in the country.

Business Price of Burmese Mobiles Slashed, but Call Charges Soar By MIN LWIN Burma is about to get a new GSM mobile phone service that will make SIM cards cheaper and easier to get, but more expensive to use. Weekly Business Roundup (December 8, 2008) By WILLIAM BOOT Thousands of people are set to lose their homes and a fragile ecosystem is now under threat due to construction under way of river dams in Burma’s northern Kachin State.

Regional Thai Court Gains No Glory By MARWAAN MACAN-MARKAR / IPS WRITER While judicial power is being cheered in some quarters as a welcome development to save Thailand’s flawed democracy, others are asking aloud. Thai Opposition Set to Form New Government By VIJAY JOSHI / AP WRITER Thailand's opposition on Monday sought an emergency parliamentary session to prove it holds a majority and can form the next government.

Opinion CONTRIBUTOR The Start of Another Crisis in Thailand? By POKPONG LAWANSIRI The airport siege is over, but Thailand’s political crisis will not be resolved until the rule of law is restored and protests leaders are held accountable.

Burma to introduce single-use GSM Sim Cards Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by The The New Delhi (Mizzima) - Burma is set to introduce a single-use Mobile Sim Card system that will allow users to easily buy short-lived Sim Cards ... See all stories on this topic

Asian Lawmakers Push UN Chief on Burma The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By WAI MOE More than 240 Asian lawmakers have called for the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to press Burma’s junta for the release of all political ... See all stories on this topic

UN chief frustrated by lack of progress in Burma Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Dec 8, 2008 (DVB)–United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has expressed his frustration at the lack of progress in Burma and said he will not return to ... See all stories on this topic

Weekly Business Roundup (December 8, 2008) The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand The electricity revenue to the Burmese junta from China could run to about US $500 million per annum—but is not expected to improve Burma’s power grid. ... See all stories on this topic

Burma's junta finds no laughs in political satire Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada This is because Zargana's audience is Burma and that country's military junta is less than impressed with his political satire. Zargana is no stranger to ... See all stories on this topic

China strengthens border with Burma Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Dec 8, 2008 (DVB)–Chinese authorities have begun to erect walls along the border with Burma near the Kachin Independence Organisation-controlled area in ... See all stories on this topic

Burma among top five in detaining journalists: CPJ Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India by Mungpi New Delhi (Mizzima) - With at least 14 journalists detained, Burma is the third worst country that has imprisoned journalists for disseminating ... See all stories on this topic

Online journalists now jailed more often than other media Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA China continues its ten-year winning streak when it comes to tossing writers into jail, with Cuba, Burma, Eritrea, and Uzbekistan next in line. ... See all stories on this topic

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As Online journalists change media landscape, more are landing in jail By kenyanobserver Burma comes in at third place with 14 journalists followed closely by Eritrea with 13 and in fifth place with 5 reporters is Uzbekistan. This report is interesting because ever since I began this blog I get numerous requests for help ... Breaking News Kenya - http://www.breakingnewskenya.com/

Burma comic 'sent to remote jail' Zarganar was jailed for violating laws on electronic communications. A dissident comedian serving a 59-year jail sentence in Burma has been moved to a remote jail in the north of the country, his relatives say. Vietnam RSS News Feed by Intellasia.Net - http://www.intellasia.net/news/english/

More Online Journalists Jailed Than Journalists Working In Any ... By James Lewin Cuba, Burma, Eritrea, and Uzbekistan round out the top five jailers from among the 29 nations that imprison journalists. Each of the top five nations has persistently placed among the world’s worst in detaining journalists. ... Podcasting News - http://www.podcastingnews.com/

Buffalohair: Soldiers of Humanity, Free Burma Rangers By Ann LRD(Ann LRD) They are also witnesses to the holocaust that has engulfed Burma. Their news briefs and photos come from deep in the jungle in spite of Than Shwes clamp down on freedom of the press. And I’m proud to be associated with this merry band ... NAMoments - http://na-moments.blogspot.com/

POLITICS-THAILAND: Court Gains No Glory by Banning Ruling Party By erclog Global News Blog / IPS. Marwaan Macan-Markar. BANGKOK, Dec 7 (IPS) - The recent judgment by Thailand’s Constitutional Court confirmed the power it has to sack a politician or party found guilty of election malpractice, ... Global News Blog - http://globalnewsblog.com/wp/