UNHCR Discusses Rohingya Issue with Burmese Regime |
| By LAWI WENG |
| The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, has discussed the plight of Rohingya refugees with Burmese government officials in Naypyidaw and hopes to travel to Arakan State on Tuesday. |
ADB: $50 Trillion Wiped off World Financial Assets |
| By TERESA CEROJANO |
| The global economic crisis wiped a staggering $50 trillion off the value of financial assets last year including $9.6 trillion of losses in developing Asia alone. |
Beijing’s ‘Two Oceans Policy’ Looms Large |
| By WAI MOE |
| China’s policy of extending its tentacles into both the Indian and Pacific oceans reflects not only as a military strategy, but as a vehicle for its energy ambitions. |
Three Arrested for Illegally Producing Thai IDs |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Three people, including a Burmese national who once served as a senior monk, have been arrested for fraudulently providing migrant workers with Thai ID cards. |
Exports Manage Tepid Growth Following Steep Drop: EIU |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest monthly report on Burma shows some growth in exports, although not in the key energy sector. |
Burmese Businessmen to Start Soccer League |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Eight Burmese businessmen will form their own football league to take advantage of Burma’s love affair with soccer. |
Chinese expert dies in Rangoon hotel
A Chinese expert from Peking University died on March 1st in a Rangoon hotel. Mizzima can confirm that the body found in Central hotel was that of Mr. Zhang Peixin,...Chin respond to HRW report
A section of the Chin community living in India’s Mizoram state has criticized Human Rights Watch for a recent report, saying the report could lead to a misunderstanding between Mizo...
Voice of America - USA By VOA News The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is scheduled to hold talks in Rangoon with Burma's military leaders about ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Chin respond to HRW report Mizzima.com - New Delhi,Delhi,India "What we are saying is Chin people are suffering a lot in Burma, that's why they come to Mizoram," said Ganguly adding that the report was detailing how ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Burma: Hundreds of Thousands Still Displaced UNPO - The Hague,Netherlands It has been reported that Burma’s problem of internal displacement continued in 2008 due to ongoing conflict and human rights violations. Burma’s problem of ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Beijing’s ‘Two Oceans Policy’ Looms Large The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand A part of this strategy, Beijing has scheduled to build oil and gas pipelines from its southwestern province of Yunnan through Burma to Kyaukpyu Port on the ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Burmese Businessmen to Start Soccer League The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By THE IRRAWADDY Eight of Burma's leading businessmen plan to form soccer clubs to compete in their own league, along with the possibility of hiring foreign ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Exports Manage Tepid Growth Following Steep Drop: EIU The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Chiang Mai,Thailand By THE IRRAWADDY Burma’s exports recorded modest positive growth in the first ten months of last year, despite a dramatic year on year decline of 14.1 ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Family of Aung San’s assassin threaten biographer with legal action Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Mar 9, 2009 (DVB)–A Burmese writer who wrote a book on Galon U Saw, mastermind of General Aung San’s assassination, has been threatened with legal action by ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| [ANN]UN refugee chief in Burma for Rohingya and aid talks Korea Herald (subscription) - Seoul,South Korea United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres is in Burma for talks with the ruling junta on humanitarian aid - with the Rohingya ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Nearly half a million displaced inside Burma Democratic Voice of Burma - Oslo,Norway Mar 9, 2009 (DVB)–The past year has seen a continuation in forced displacement of people in Burma as a result of conflict and human rights abuses, ... See all stories on this topic |
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| UN Official to Discuss Refugees with Burmese Government | Thailand ... By news Police raid Prachatai news online office Cirme Suppression police raided news online office of Prachatai on Friday, arresting web director for allegedly violating computer law by allowing the lese majeste comments posted on the ... Thailande-fr.biz | Thailand business... - http://thailande-fr.biz/ |
| Fear from Freedom: A movie to watch! By May Burma The youth of Iraq lost in the civil war and they ended up as refugees in nearby countries. Their lives are worse than Burmese refugees. I pray that they can go back to their country and can play their band freely. Posted by May Burma at ... Fear from Freedom - http://www.mayburma.com/ |
| Backgrounder: Basic facts about Tibet - MashGet By Andrew eleho: The Chin people, one of Burma's forgotten ethnic minorities http://tinyurl.com/dcajws. Sun, Mar 8th, 2009 8:29 PM EDT・ Reply ・ View Tweet · handofinfinity: Is an ethnic minority tired of other ethnic minorities using the racist card as an excuse ... mjB: the good news is Victor Munoz is likely to profit more off of this fiasco than Nadya Suleman, as his lawyers are... mjB: the good news is Victor Munoz is likely to profit more off of this fiasco than Nadya Suleman, ... Related news - MashGet - http://www.mashget.com/ |
| Human rights activist Thein Thein Yin was arrested on 11 February ... By peacerunning “They arrested her and took her to army base in Ann.” Her six-year-old son Kyaw Myat Han was left in the care of his grandparents as his father is working away from home. http://english.dvb.no/news. democracy for burma - http://democracyforburma. |
