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TV grab image taken from Euronews channel shows Colonel Abdoul Karim Goukoye Karimou , spokesman for the millitary junta delivering a televised statement in Niamey, 19 Feb 2010
Niger Military Junta Names New Leader
Squadron leader Salou Djibo will now head the West African nation
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UN Envoy “Regrets” Not Meeting Suu Kyi |
| By BA KAUNG |
| UN Human Rights Envoy Tomás Ojea Quintana concludes his five-day visit to Burma without meeting Aung San Suu Kyi. |
Than Shwe's 'Discipline Flourishing Democracy' Fools No One |
| By DR ZARNI |
| The release from house arrest of Tin Oo has failed to impress the international community or the Burmese opposition, who view it as a calculated act of regime “magnanimity.” |
Swine Flu Reported in Nyapyidaw |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Cases of A/H1N1 swine flu are reported in Naypyidaw, the Burmese capital, following a similar outbreak in Rangoon earlier this month. |
Two Bombs Explode in Kawkareik Market |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Two bombs explode on Friday at a market in Kawkareik Township in southern Karen State. One person is reportedly killed and two are injured. |
Exchanging One Prison Existence for Another |
| By KO HTWE |
| After surviving repression and imprisonment in Burma and then seeking refuge in Thailand, many former Burmese political prisoners feel they have exchanged one prison for another. |
Thai Human Rights Officials Visit Karen Camps |
| By ALEX ELLGEE |
| The Thai National Human Rights Commission visits Karen refugees at Naung Bwa and Mae U Su temporary camps on a fact-finding mission. |
| UN expert warns of mass deportations of Burmese Feb 19, 2010 (DVB)-Jorge A. Bustamante, a UN expert on the human rights of migrants has expressed concern about the millions of migrants in Thailand who face deportation if they have not registered biographical data by the end of the month to governments in their nations of origin. - more |
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| UN envoy meets ministers but not Than Shwe Feb 19, 2010 (AFP)–A UN rights envoy held talks in Burma's remote capital with senior members of the military regime Friday but was not granted an audience with reclusive junta supremo Than Shwe, officials said. - more |
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| Charity Monk Jailed Feb 19, 2010 (DVB)–A Buddhist monk arrested last year at Rangoon's international airport was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by the Rangoon western district court on Wednesday. - more |
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