World focus on Burma (15 July 2009)
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Is Washington playing a deeper game with China?
China Daily –
… as well as the Saffron Revolution in Burma/Myanmar and virtually every regime change destabilization in eastern Europe over the past years from Serbia …
NY group offers literal way to follow the stars
Gaea Times –
June 19th, 2009 Celebrity birthday wishes for Aung San Suu Kyi, Hollywood celebrities, singers, writers and dignitaries tweeted, uploaded and signed petitions …
UK turns to Dhaka for Suu Kyi’s release
Bangladesh News 24 hours –
Bangladesh considers Suu Kyi’s imprisonment as an internal affair of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, which has been under ruthless military dictatorship …
The Burma connection
City Pulse – Neal McNamara –
In 1991, Ye Min Tun was arrested and placed in Insein prison near Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon, in Myanmar (formerly Burma). …
Savage attacks are ongoing against ethnic minorities in Burma
Huntsville Forester – Gillian Brunette –
Campbell recently travelled to Burma, also known as Myanmar, where the Karen (pronounced Karenne) people are even now undergoing discrimination and savage …
Myanmar: Lack of care for landmine victims
ReliefWeb (press release) –
… Myanmar has also obtained and used Chinese, Indian, Italian, Soviet and US-manufactured mines, ICBL says. “The Burma army continues to use landmines. …
Norway’s Pension Fund: Is Norway a Responsible Lender? A new …
EURODAD –
… in sovereign bonds, the only restriction so far placed on the fund is the prohibition on investing in bonds issued by the state of Burma (Myanmar). …
Sotomayor Answers GOP Sens on Alleged Bias
Democracy Now –
In Burma, the military junta says it will grant amnesty to an unspecified number of prisoners before national elections later this year. …
China Mounts Defense of Myanmar after Junta Pledges to Free Some …
Huffington Post –
United Nations – Beijing broke from its usual uncontroversial statements on Myanmar (Burma) and told the West to stop “picking” on the ruling junta and stop …
Ban Should Now Tackle Burma’s Constitution, Says Opposition
The Irrawaddy News Magazine – Wai Moe –
“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is definitely banned from becoming president under the 2008 constitution,” Nyan Win said. Burma’s largest ceasefire groups—the Wa, …
Families of Prisoners Don’t Believe Talk of Amnesty
The Irrawaddy News Magazine – Lawi Weng –
… “political” or say how many prisoners would be released, or when, or whether it would include key figures such as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
Glimpses of America’s Man-Made Disasters
Cryptome.org – Trowbridge H. Ford –
Washington was eager to portray the cyclone and earthquake as simply natural disasters which neither Myanmar nor Beijing had properly anticipated and …
Beijing’s Burma Agenda
The Irrawaddy News Magazine – Aung Zaw –
In part, the letter said: “We solemnly ask the Chinese government to relay our request to the Myanmar [Burma] government: first, we support the …
Junta Is ‘Playing a Game’: PM in Exile
The Irrawaddy News Magazine – Lalit K Jha –
… for the people of Burma. “They are going to sentence Aung San Suu Kyi. If things do not change, there is no reason for opposing sanctions,” he said. …
New regulation introduced for importing car parts
Mizzima.com –
by May Kyaw Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – In a revision of existing policy concerning vehicle parts, Burma’s Ministry of Economics and Commerce has re-permitted …
Ministry tips 1m tourists next year
Myanmar Times –
By Zaw Win Than MYANMAR will see one million tourist arrivals in the 2009-2010 fiscal year despite having attracted only about 200000 international tourists …
Country has ‘a long way to go’: ambassador
National Post –
Mr. Hoffman’s next posting is in Bangkok, as the Canadian ambassador for Thailand, Burma (also known as Myanmar), Laos and Cambodia. …
ONGC mulls stake in Burmese pipeline
Upstream Online – Anthea Pitt –
South Korea’s Daewoo International will retain a 51% stake in Blocks A-1 and A-3 if Burma’s state-run Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) exercise the …
Origin III streamed LIVE online
NRL.COM –
Bermuda Australia Network: Afghanistan (via Dish TV), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China (People’s Republic), Dubai, …
Daewoo led consortium to invest US$ 3 billion in Burma
Mizzima.com –
On June 15, the consortium including Myanmar Gas and Oil Enterprise (MOGE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to sell gas from blocks A1 and A3 to …
Shepard Fairey’s latest project: ‘Art for Obama’
Los Angeles Times –
The LA artist recently unveiled a new poster dedicated to Burmese political activist Aung San Suu Kyi, and now comes news of his latest endeavor — a book …
Movie Review: Burma VJ
The Epoch Times – John Buchanan –
Haunted by the memories of the junta’s brutal crackdown on the BurmeseAung San Suu Kyi … people in the early 1990s when they were defeated in the election by
Analysts raise doubts over Myanmar junta’s pledges
The National –
Mr Ban’s second trip to Myanmar since becoming UN secretary general was initially branded a failure after his request to meet Ms Suu Kyi in person was …
Death of pigs causes alarm in Mizoram
MorungExpress –
And the pigs were brought in from Burma by traders. “The first case of swine fever was detected among the pigs that have been brought from Myanmar”, …
Mission failure?
Deccan Herald –
UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon has returned from Myanmar empty handed. He had gone there to persuade the junta to release jailed pro-democracy leader Aung …
Review: ‘Burma VJ’ fearless filmmaking
San Jose Mercury News – Kevin Thomas –
DANISH FILMMAKER Anders Ostergaard was in Myanmar to do a half-hour portrait on a young member of the Democratic Voice of Burma, an underground group of …
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