INTERVIEW Rangoon Artist Paints the Naked Truth |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Fat is beautiful—so says Rangoon artist Sandar Khaing, and to support that unconventional viewpoint she peoples her canvases with seriously overweight nudes. |
Canada-based Party Linked to Controversial Businessman |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| A recently formed Burmese political party based in Vancouver, Canada, has links to a businessman once accused of laundering drug profits for the United Wa State Army. |
Earthquake Hits Ruili |
| By LAWI WENG |
| Nine people were injured and schools were shut down after a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit the China-Burma border early on Friday morning. |
China Signs Burmese Gas Deal for 30-year Supply |
| By WAI MOE |
| Burma signs a deal to provide China with natural gas for a 30-year period, to be transported through a pipeline across Burma into Yunnan Province. |
UPDATE 1-Daewoo seals Myanmar-China gas export deal - Xinhua ...
Few western companies will invest in the former Burma because of its poor human rights record and continued detention of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, which has led to a broad range of U.S. and European sanctions. ...
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| Chiswick man helps out in cyclone damaged Burma Richmond and Twickenham Times - UK By Joanna Kilvington » A Chiswick resident showed the true spirit of Christmas by helping families hit by the cyclone in Burma this year. ... | ||
| Daewoo signs Burmese gas deal with China EnergyCurrent - Houston,TX,USA 24 signed an export gas deal for the Block A1 Shwe project in Burma, according to a Xinhua news agency report. The deal will see the export of gas from Shwe ... | ||
Alibaba News Channel - New York,NEW YORK,USA Jadeite, a kind of pyroxene with a degree of hardness, found mainly in Burma was popularly used in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). In olden times, all men of ... | ||
| China quake injures nine United Press International - USA The early morning quake rocked the village near the town of Ruili near China's border with Myanmar, formerly called Burma, China's state-run Xinhua news ... | ||
| A Brother's Plea: Remember Burma Wall Street Journal - USA The total number of political prisoners in Burma is now more than 2100, up sharply from nearly 1200 in June 2007, before last year's protests, according to ... | ||
조선일보(영문판) - South Korea The United Nations General Assembly has issued a resolution condemning widespread human rights violations in military-ruled Burma, and urging its government ... |
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| Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan on Christmas Eve named as 20 ... 42 Commando was formed in 1943 and first saw action in the Burma Campaign during WW2. It came to prominence after fierce hand to hand fighting with the Japanese. The unit then played a vital role during the Falklands conflict in 1982. ... News | Mail Online - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ |
| Inya Net » Blog Archive » Japan's action on Burma changes Asia's image Japan's humanitarian decision on December 18, 2008 to accept refugees from the military-ruled Burma has significantly changed Asia's image.The move, which is unprecedented in the history of Japan, conveys a message to the international ... |
| ENGLISH DEYEA NEWS: UN Passes Strong Resolution on Burma Human ... According to human rights groups, Burma has more than 2100 political prisoners. About 215 political activists were sentenced last month to prison terms of up to 68 years. Posted by www.deyea.blogspot.com/ at 10:00 AM. Labels: News ... |
| Inya Net » Blog Archive » UN General Assembly passes resolution ... Burma Latest News · Nai Thein Win, NMSP Central Committee Member, passes away · Thailand's Burma Policy Set to Change under New Premier · Political prisoner commits suicide in Bago jail ... |
| World focus on burma (25 December 2008) « Save Burma Tsunami Still Haunts Burmese Migrants The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand - Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Thursday, Htoo Chit, the coordinator of Grassroots Human Rights Education and Development Committee (Burma), said, … ... |
