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Myanmar: a pariah nation with lots of friends
Washington Post - 12 hours ago
AP Myanmar's pro-democracy icon went to college in New Delhi, her mother was the ambassador ... "It saddens my heart that the peoples of India and Burma, ...Secret Documents Add to Suspicions About Myanmar's Nuclear Aspirations
NewsHour - Sarah C. Sullivan - 3 hours ago
David Steinberg, a professor at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service specializing on Burma-Myanmar, North Korea and US policy in Asia, said the cables ...Weekly Business Roundup (December 13, 2010) - The Irrawaddy News Magazine
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Myanmar Revisited
Calgary Herald - Louise Hudson - 2 days ago
-Check voyage.gc.caand click on Burma (Myanmar) for the latest safety guidelines. -Canadians need passports and visas to visit for tourism or business. ...On Myanmar, US and China Worked Closely, Cables Show - New York Times
US Sought Removal of UN Burma Envoy, Leaked Documents Show - Voice of America
China's dim view of Myanmar junta - Asia Times Online
AsiaOne - The Australian
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WikiLeaks suggests N. Korean, Burmese nuclear cooperation
Washington Post - Chico Harlan - 2 days ago
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has warned of possible nuclear cooperation between North Korea and Burma, also known as Myanmar. ...US suspects secret Myanmar nuclear sites: cables - AFP
Leaked Cables Point to North Korean Work in Myanmar - Global Security Newswire
Concern at Burma 'nuclear sites' - BBC News
Huffington Post - Macleans.ca (blog)
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U.N.: Opium production surges in SE Asia
UPI.com - 26 minutes ago
... Crime Executive Director Yury Fedotov said of his agency's 2010 Southeast Asia survey that covers Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. ...U.S. and China worked closely on Myanmar, cables show
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Thomas Fuller - 2 days ago
The same cable described China's economic dominance in Myanmar: "China's economic presence in Burma has increased dramatically over the last 10 years." ...Leaked Cable Illuminates China's Complex Ties With Myanmar - Wall Street Journal
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Thailand PM Insists Myanmar Has no Nuke Program
Global Security Newswire - 9 hours ago
Myanmar is one of the states parties to the organization. "I can remember that Burma confirmed in an ASEAN-US summit that it wanted to see ASEAN as a ...NSF team attend ENSA meet in Burma
MorungExpress - 4 hours ago
... (which is within Burma) from December 11 to 13 with Mutsikhoyo Yhobu, ... at no point of time Nagas agreed to be either a part of India or Burma (Myanmar).Name of Myanmar now Burma for NZ Govt
Radio New Zealand - 1 Dec 2010
Mr McCully says the name Myanmar was promoted by the military junta and most opponents of the regime refuse to use it. For that reason, he says Burma is the ...NZ government ditches Myanamar for Burma - National Business Review
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India includes Burmese in visa-on-arrival scheme
Mizzima News - 4 hours ago
Burmese national carrier Myanmar Airways International flies direct to Bodh Gaya on its Rangoon-India and Mandalay-India routes. ...Burmese Couple Build Life in the Bronx
New York Times - Jennifer Mascia - 2 days ago
He does not remember life before Mae La, the largest of nine camps along the border in Myanmar, formerly Burma. Ms. Moo Pro arrived with her family when she ...Hope Fund: After fleeing Myanmar, family struggles with 3 kids
Florida Times-Union - Will Dickey - 1 day ago
Burmese refugee K Prew, with his children (from left) Eh Ler Pweh, 7, Ma Ry Kris, ... and the dictatorship running Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. ...Rights Groups Call for Better Protection for Refugees
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Yan Naing - 11 hours ago
Hundreds of villagers are still being displaced on the Thai-Burma border along the ... the director of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC), ...WikiLeaks: Burma's junta leader tried to buy Manchester United
Telegraph.co.uk - Christopher Hope - 6 Dec 2010
Burma's junta leader tried to buy Manchester United for $1billion eight months after a tropical cyclone killed 140000 of its people. Myanmar junta leader ...Myanmar leader pondered buying Manchester United - CNN International
Burmese general considered buying Manchester United - Foreign Policy
Myanmar's junta leader wanted to buy Manchester United: Wikileaks - IBTimes Hong Kong
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Filipino booters battle Burma in AFF Suzuki Cup Wednesday night
Inquirer.net - 6 days ago
... Vietnam— Still coming to grips with its newfound fame, the Philippine team looks to achieve another milestone when it battles Burma (Myanmar) Wednesday ...Pinoys make it to football semifinals - Inquirer.net
Booters won't be playing at home - Inquirer.net
Jakarta to Host Both Semifinal Legs in AFF Cup: PSSI - Jakarta Globe
AsiaOne - Journal Online
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Steps towards freedom?
Morning Star Online - Kenny Coyle - 5 Dec 2010
... from more than seven years of house arrest by the Myanmar government has taken ... that has ruled Myanmar, formerly Burma, in various guises since 1962. ...MP speaks with Suu Kyi - Stuff.co.nz
Is Chrysler ready to stick its neck out for another prisoner? - Detroit Free Press
Time to review sanctions imposed on Myanmar - TODAYonline
Foreign Policy - Montreal Gazette
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Shan State armed ethnic alliance meets in Mongla
Mizzima News - Jai Wan Mai - 8 hours ago
The groups formally joined a six-party alliance early last month and had been co-operating more closely since the Burmese Army expelled the Myanmar National ...
Nation World
Nation on Sunday - 2 days ago
And a June documentary by the Norwegian-based news group Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) said Myanmar was trying to develop nuclear weapons, citing a senior ...Cables hint at North Korea, Myanmar link - UPI.com
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Panglong II can work only if military joins: NLD
Mizzima News - Myo Thant - 11 hours ago
The comment came on the final day of Yun's four-day visit to Burma, as the US diplomat met NLD ... the country's state-run newspaper, New Light of Myanmar, ...
Landlords, Burmese learning as they go
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Cathie Rowand - 1 day ago
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is ruled by a military junta that violently stamps out dissent. There has not been a free and fair election there in ...• BCP Women's League Welcomes the Release of Aung Suu Kyi
Sunday Standard - Lebohang Letsie - 18 Nov 2010
All the freedom loving people in the world must have a heaved a sigh of relief when the Myanmar(former Burma) military controlled ...Ethical travel to Burma's lost Eden - Globe and Mail
The Associated Press
Myanmar's left on its own - Vanguard
New York Times - ABS CBN News
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PH football team to get P1M from MV Pangilinan
Inquirer.net - 1 day ago
... it to the semifinals of the Suzuki Cup for the first time recently after stunning Vietnam, 2-0, and forcing draws against Singapore and Burma (Myanmar). ...Rights group slams Thai-Myanmar refugee 'ping pong'
Inquirer.net - 5 Dec 2010
An election on November 7 has done nothing to change the Myanmar army's ... but then returned to Burma (Myanmar) at the first sign of quiet," said Pearson. ...Burma: Eyewitness Accounts of Abuses in Eastern Fighting - ReliefWeb (press release)
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Cablegate Chronicles: The Up-And-Coming Burmese Crony
The Atlantic - 6 days ago
(C) Zaw Zaw, one of Burma's up-and-coming cronies, continues to expand his businesses. His Max Myanmar Group of Companies, which overseas his construction ...Cablegate Chronicles: The Burmese Crony Soccer League - The Atlantic (blog)
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Ethnic Rebels Resist Junta's March Toward Final Frontier
Inter Press Service - Marwaan Macan-Markar - 3 days ago
"In their imagination, there remained the challenge of nation building, of creating and promoting a new Myanmar identity." Burma's 2008 constitution, which ...Christians fear civilian casualties in Burma - Christian Today -- Australia
Stop pressuring Burmese refugees into returning home - Kraisak ... - Asian Tribune
Anger for those denied the luxury of sentiment - New Zealand Herald
all 14 news articles »NZ-based Burmese human rights activist honoured
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - 3 days ago
“We will continue to work with Naing Ko Ko and the Burmese community of New Zealand to call on Myanmar's authorities to respect and protect the human rights ...Why India offers tepid response to Burma's release of Suu Kyi
Christian Science Monitor - Simon Montlake - 22 Nov 2010
In its relationship with Burma (Myanmar), India is caught between its commitment to ... Burma(Myanmar)'s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves her ...Suu Kyi reunited with son in Burma - RTE.ie
<B>Nilanjana S Roy:</B> Burma's blank pages - Business Standard
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Suu Kyi says compromise needed
Asahi Shimbun - Takeshi Fujitani - 25 Nov 2010
One of the factors is China and India, which are emerging powers and are really quite influential in the Burmese economy and Myanmar politics. ...Burma Aids clinic is 'unhygienic' - BBC News Al Jazeera
Suu Kyi criticises India's trade link - Irish Times
Ha'aretz - Sify
all 1185 news articles »Wikileaks: N Korea helping build underground site in Burma
Jerusalem Post - 3 days ago
COM STAFF Myanmar has reportedly been involved in the construction of an underground ...Burma with help from North Korea, ... surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) inWAO (USA) Writes Letter to UNESCO to Save the Ancient City of Mrauk U
Narinjara News - 18 hours ago
"Arakanese are one of the indigenous people of Burma (Myanmar) and Arakan became a part of Burma after occupation by the Burmese king in 1784. ...
"Wanted" Opium Warlord Competes With Topless Bar Girls
Scoop.co.nz - Richard S. Ehrlich - 1 day ago
The fearsome minority ethnic Wa tribe in northeast Burma, a country also known as Myanmar, were cannibals up until World War II, and carved out their own ...
The danger in lifting economic sanctions against Burma
Washington Post - 4 days ago
Than Shwe has been tempting foreign investors for almost 20 years with hints that he wants to open the economy in Burma, also known as Myanmar, ...A day in the life of a film specialist
The Montage - 5 days ago
Traveling across the sea to Myanmar, formerly Burma, and Vietnam, presenting documentaries, taking in foreign cultures, and flying home to judge a film ...US embassy cables: Suspicion at Burmese docks over shipment
The Guardian - 4 days ago
... of "mixed ore" shipped on January 25 from Burma to China via Singapore. ... Shipments normally go to other ports in China via Myanmar Five Star Line, ...Next Two Months Crucial for Burma: Ban
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Lalit K Jha - 6 days ago
Ban, who again expressed his disappointment over the developments in Burma, ...Myanmar's political development and its place ... determine the future course of
UN Warns of Growing Amphetamine Production in Asia
Voice of America - Ron Corben - 25 Nov 2010
Burma, also known as Myanmar, remains the primary source of methamphetamines. There clandestine laboratories operate in eastern border regions under the ...Meth soaring as UN expert urges regulation - Democratic Voice of Burma
all 95 news articles »US embassy cables: Burma regime crony picks general's grandson for ...
The Guardian - 6 Dec 2010
(C) Regime crony Zaw Zaw continues to expand his businesses in Burma. In addition to Max Myanmar Group of Companies, Zaw Zaw owns a beverage bottling ...In Burma, opportunity for the US
Boston Globe - Suzanne DiMaggio - 16 Nov 2010
This approach is more likely to help Burma, also known as Myanmar, move away from authoritarian rule and into the world community. ...Sarkozy says Suu Kyi released after he spoke to China's Hu - AsiaOne
Suu Kyi says recent Burma election 'flawed' - Kelowna.com
The Korea Herald - Malaysia Star
all 9316 news articles »Special Ops reaches out to refugees
WAVY-TV - 11 hours ago
... refugees from Myanmar who have settled in Robeson County since last year. ... the Southeast Asian country formerly known as Burma -- the chicken plant ...Myanmar's ageless ethnic question
Asia Times Online - Bertil Lintner - 3 Dec 2010
As in the first edition, the name "Burma" for the country is used, not "Myanmar", which became the country's official designation in 1989, as changing it ...Thrift Books Celebrates 1 Million Donated Books To Combat Illiteracy
Benzinga - 14 hours ago
... in Africa and Asia, including Mozambique, Nigeria, the Gambia and Burma. ... Thrift Books has partnered with Nargis Library Recovery/Myanmar Book Aid ...Immigrants from Myanmar tell of struggles as refugees
Bowling Green Daily News - Liz Switzer - 2 Dec 2010
Due to brutal persecution of ethnic minorities in Myanmar - or Burma, as the country is sometimes called - by the military-backed government, ...
Asia Acts To Pry Tigers From Jaws Of Extinction
Inter Press Service - Jude Chan - 22 Nov 2010
"Wildlife laws in Myanmar (or Burma) and Thailand clearly prohibit trafficking in tigers and other big cats. We urge authorities to bring the full weight of ...Illicit trade threatens Asia's tigers - UPI.com
all 16 news articles »Number of Journalists in Jail Worldwide Is Highest Since 1996 ...
Bloomberg - Gopal Ratnam - 4 days ago
Eritrea, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and Uzbekistan followed Iran and China on the list of 28 countries that jailed journalists, the report said. ...Myanmar Border Security Concerns
Asia Security Initiative News & Blog (blog) - Michael Vatikiotis - 2 days ago
At least 120000 people from Myanmar live in camps managed by the Thai Burma Border Committee along the length of the Thai Myanmar border. ...Kansas-based priest to become bishop in Myanmar
Catholic News Agency - Benjamin Mann - 4 Dec 2010
The Burmese priest came to Kansas in 2007 to help fill a shortage of priests, but he'll soon be returning home to become the Bishop of Pyay, Myanmar. ...
SocDoc student documents Myanmar's young people
UC Santa Cruz - Guy Lasnier - 5 days ago
(Though now called Myanmar by the ruling junta, "Burma" is still used by some media outlets including Time magazine.) Dundon's photos show teens hanging out ...
Warm help in a cold climate
Omaha World-Herald - Todd von Kampen - 6 days ago
Check out 28 Karen-speaking pupils from Myanmar (formerly Burma) who now have winter-ready shoes. They got them through the Omaha Public Schools' Project ...Thailand/ Myanmar: Where there are no drugs: TB-HIV dilemma for ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - 4 days ago
A representative of a community-based organization in northern Thailand shared that "along the Thai-Burma border abutting Shan State, in Chiang Mai province ...Once again, fleeing Myanmar
ReliefWeb (press release) - 3 Dec 2010
They are among some one thousand people who have fled a fresh outbreak of fighting in eastern Myanmar, formerly Burma, between an ethnic rebel group and ...Myanmar wins first gold
Hindustan Times - 26 Nov 2010
After a tie breaker that saw both sides go neck and neck in desperate, fighting rallies, Myanmar finally nicked it 17-16 with Burma's team leader, ...On last day, Myanmar win 2 gold at Asian Games - Times of India
Cake walk for China - Arab News
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Burma worlds only landmine user
Car Rentals - Martin Fellowes - 27 Nov 2010
The only government in the world that still laying landmines are Myanmar, formerly known as Burma... now Russia has stopped using similar weapons of war.India does not vote against Myanmar and Iran in UN
Times of India - 19 Nov 2010
The resolution against Myanmar slammed the recent elections and said that UN ... "The government of Burma also continues to commit serious human rights ...UN General Assembly Committee Condemns Human Rights Abuses in N ... - Voice of America
all 394 news articles »Regime clips Yangon Airways' wings
Mizzima News - Myo Thant - 25 Nov 2010
Burma has two other carriers, the state-run Myanmar Airways and Air Bagan, owned by Tay Za, a Burmese tycoon and close associate of junta leader Than Shwe. ...Burma blocks Wa army-linked airline - Democratic Voice of Burma
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New Myanmar is the hell-hole old Burma (Pt. 1)
Democratic Voice of Burma - Amartya Sen - 23 Nov 2010
The military rulers have renamed Burma as Myanmar and the renaming seems perhaps understandable. For the country is no longer the Burma that magnificently ...Burmese churches appeal for solidarity and prayer
Ekklesia - 3 Dec 2010
This was the message an international team of church representatives heard again and again, as they visited people and churches in Myanmar [Burma] recently ...Myanmar priest serving in Kansas named bishop of his home diocese
Catholic Sentinel - 6 days ago
The new bishop, 61, will leave his parishes shortly after Christmas to return to Myanmar, also known as Burma. He is among four priests from Myanmar serving ...Release of dissident welcomed in Welwyn Hatfield
St Albans & Harpenden Review - Alex Lewis - 18 Nov 2010
The town's Amnesty International group takes a close interest in Myanmar, as Burma is officially known, and has "adopted" three political prisoners - Htay ...Research and Markets: Myanmar (Burma) - Telecoms, Mobile and ...
SunHerald.com - 24 Nov 2010
Myanmar's telecommunications sector continues to be dominated by the state-owned monopoly telephone service provider, Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications ...Drug addiction widespread in Punjab
Radio New Zealand - 2 days ago
Previously, India's north-eastern region, next to Myanmar (Burma) and close to the poppy-growing regions of the Golden Triangle, has had the most addicts. ...Cyclone Giri Christmas Appeal for Burma
Shan Herald Agency for News - 3 Dec 2010
On October 22, 2010, cyclone Giri hit Arakan (Rakhine) state in Western Burma (Myanmar). More than 20000 homes were completely destroyed, affecting over ...Refugees return to Myanmar
ReliefWeb (press release) - 17 Nov 2010
Most of the 650 Karen tribesmen of Burmese nationality seeking refuge at Walay Camp, Tak Province, are now on their way back to Myanmar, right after the ...Thai groups meet over Myanmar refugees - CathNews India
all 12 news articles »How China profits by propping up the Miliary Junta in Burma (Myanmar)
NewsTime - 19 Nov 2010
Defying all the twenty- first- century trends of liberalization, Myanmar was going sideways and backwards….. a well educated Burmese man told me in Mandalay ...Lift Sanctions against Iran: Interview with Hooman Majd
Monthly Review - 12 hours ago
Sanctions on Myanmar, Burma -- nothing has happened there. Sanctions don't really do anything to a government, and certainly they don't force a government ...Mon party hails Panglong II, junta calls it 'a cheap stunt'
Mizzima News - 5 days ago
Meanwhile, junta mouthpieces the New Light of Myanmar and The Mirror yesterday ... the Panglong compact after Burma received independence in January 1948. ...Ending our isolation in Asia
Washington Post - Stanley A. Weiss - 3 Dec 2010
... after deeply flawed elections that allowed the military in Myanmar, also known as Burma, to tighten its half-century-long grip on the country, ...Ukraine 'ceases' arms sales to Burma
Democratic Voice of Burma - Joseph Allchin - 5 days ago
The Ukrainians have had a solid arms dealing history with Burma, described in ... state includes help for the Myanmar Integrated Air Defence System (MIADS), ...Teen sisters to help orphans in Myanmar
Lake Zurich Courier - Matt Kiefer - 6 days ago
The agency focuses on bringing aid to Myanmar (formerly called Burma), where poverty, strife and tsunami have devastated the population. ...Weekly Business Roundup (November 20, 2010)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - William Boot - 20 Nov 2010
... found significant quantities of gas and oil in central Burma near Mandalay. ... according to the Burmese government's New Light of Myanmar newspaper. ...Haiti doesn't deserve a pass
Los Angeles Times - 22 Nov 2010
Earlier this month President Obama rightly condemned the bogus elections in Burma (renamed Myanmar by the military regime). He said: "The unfair electoral ...Kennewick Family Learning Center reaches out to refugees
Seattle Times - John Trumbo - 5 Dec 2010
Though Burma was renamed Myanmar in 1989 after a military takeover, the immigrants prefer to be called Burmese. Theresa Roosendaal, one of the founders, ...Baptist church in Burma ordered to halt worship services
Dallas Baptist Standard - Bob Allen - 20 Nov 2010
(ABP) -- A local government in Myanmar ordered a Baptist church to cease ... signal improved human rights for minorities in the country also known as Burma. ...Why Thailand invests in Burma
Financial Times (blog) - Simon Roughneen - 2 Dec 2010
The deal - at Dawei, beside the Andaman Sea - is between a Burmese company, the state-run Myanmar Port and Development Co., and the Italian-Thai Development ...
3G driving growth in Vietnam while Burma's growth remains muted
Developing Telecoms (press release) - James Barton - 29 Nov 2010
However, the outlook is not so good for fellow southeast Asian nation, Myanmar (Burma). The country's telecommunications sector continues to be dominated by ...Budget Travel: Royal Wedding Intrigues Travelers
The Ledger - Arthur Frommer - 2 days ago
The lawfully elected Prime Minister of Burma (Myanmar), Aung San Suu Kyi, was recently released from house arrest, but has put off announcing whether she ...Tycoon Zaw Zaw Reportedly Gets Dawei Port Contract
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - Wai Moe - 29 Nov 2010
Business sources in Rangoon said Zaw Zaw's Max Myanmar Group of Companies got a green light from the military junta for building Burma's largest port and ...Despite release of prisoner, freedom elusive in Myanmar
Allentown Morning Call - 26 Nov 2010
In 1991, the human rights and pro-democracy leader from Myanmar (previously known as Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi, became the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ...Empty chair for Liu at Nobel ceremony: activist - AFP
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Many Mothers, Children Still Can't Access HIV Medicine
ParentDish - Tom Henderson - 1 Dec 2010
by Tom Henderson (Subscribe to Tom Henderson's posts) A Burmese doctor ... AIDS a at a special clinic for AIDS on April 29, 2009 in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). ...Local Physicians Bring Christmas Hope to Grief-Stricken Refugees
Benzinga - 5 days ago
The grief-torn country of Burma (Myanmar) is ruled by military-led government, which has led to raids on homes, separations of families, and deaths for many ...Noynoy's ignoble Nobel moment
Inquirer.net - 22 hours ago
... Nobel Prize Peace honoree and human rights champion Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar. ... In 1999 speech calling for democracy in Burma, Cory Aquino said, ...Temporary peace settles over Thailand after Thai officials usher ...
Deseret News (blog) - Susan Roylance - 30 Nov 2010
Several hundred refugees from Burma (Myanmar) have been resettled in the Salt Lake area from Mae La and other refugee camps in Thailand. ...
Local charities need public help to make holidays brighter for ...
Northwest Asian Weekly - James Tabafunda - 4 days ago
In 2006, the former software engineer, along with others, began helping 14 refugees from Burma — now known as Myanmar — settle into their new home in ...
Meet the American Hacker Behind Wikileaks
RollingStone.com - Nathaniel Rich - 1 Dec 2010
He types in Burma's two-letter country code: "mm," for Myanmar. Blockfinder instantly starts to spit out every IP address in Burma. ...Viable Ways To Safety and Security
KanglaOnline - Rs Jassal - 25 Nov 2010
The best forum to initiate mutual involvement for this trio (India, Burma, and China) is the 14 member, 'Friends of Myanmar' group that includes China ...Wikileaks: Burma Passes Asean News to Beijing
The Temasek Review - 4 Dec 2010
Burma, along with Laos and Cambodia, might be working for Beijing as spies ... a pipeline via Pakistan into China, as well as another pipeline via Myanmar. ...
War looms for Kachin as junta ceasefire crumbles
Mizzima News - Thomas Maung Shwe - 6 days ago
Tensions between the KIO and the Burmese Army have increased significantly since mid-October when the regime's official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar ...Junta bars main Kachin bloc from Manau ethnic festival - Mizzima News
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Forgotten neighbour Burma rises
NEWS.com.au - Anthony Dennis - 27 Nov 2010
I've finally come to Burma, also known as Myanmar, after, like so many travellers, having long ago eliminated it from my list of must-see Asian destinations ...USDP Wins 76.5 Percent of Vote
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - 18 Nov 2010
By THE IRRAWADDY Burma's Union Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday ... Thu Wai, the chairman of the Democratic Party (Myanmar), said his party had filed a ...Engaging Tyrants
New York Times - 21 Nov 2010
18) makes an excellent point in asking why Western countries are singling out Myanmar (Burma) for human rights abuses while China gets a free ride. ...China, Burma and Thailand ink giant hydro deal
Business Green - Tom Young - 17 Nov 2010
China, Burma, and Thailand have reportedly agreed to ... $10bn project would be built on the Salween River in Myanmar over the next 15 years. ...Tragedy Behind Burma's Vote Rigging Elections
OpEdNews - Zin Linn - 6 days ago
According to "Thailand Burma Border Consortium" TBBC's latest IDP report, "Protracted Displacement and Chronic Poverty in Eastern Burma/Myanmar", ...State enterprises incur losses five years running: WikiLeaks
Mizzima News - Myo Thant - 3 days ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had urged Burma to modify its tax ... The Central Bank of Myanmar submitted its plan of controlling inflation to the ...Myanmar: Junta cuts vital Kachin cash source
ReliefWeb (press release) - 26 Nov 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010 23:40 PhanidaChiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma's military junta banned yesterday the carriage of goods from areas under Kachin ...Burma: Journalist limited in their basic rights
UNPO - 1 Dec 2010
Reporters from private journals and periodicals in Burma were ... Reporters who were denied access included staff from The Myanmar Times, 7 Day, Venus, ...
Myanmar: Border guard plan could fuel ethnic conflict
Spero News - 30 Nov 2010
By IRIN Efforts by Myanmar's military government to incorporate that country's ... team leader of the Forum of Burma's Community-Based Organizations, said. ...US lawmakers: China like Nazis with Nobel arrest
AFP - Olivier Knox - 6 days ago
... Soviet Union and Myanmar -- by barring the peace laureate from attending ... the Soviet Union, and Burma," Wolf said at a press conference with other ...An asset to the Aquino government - Inquirer.net
Chinese dissident awarded Nobel Peace Prize - The New American
International Herald Tribune - Salon
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Q&A: Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary
Business Standard - 21 Nov 2010
A particular example he gave was Burma. Between friends and partners, ... On Myanmar, we have been very open in relaying to the US what it is that drives ...
Rangoon Business Leaders Pessimistic on Economy
The Irrawaddy News Magazine - 22 Nov 2010
So the country's economic conditions will remain unchanged,” said an exporter who is a member of the Myanmar Fisheries Federation. An observer of Burma's ...
Burma's Elections Towards Realistic Hope
MorungExpress - David Scott Mathieson - 30 Nov 2010
In addition, the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper published a ... The seats reserved for the military in Burma's parliament (25% of the whole) mean ...Refugee family doesn't make it to Kimberley
Kimberley Daily Bulletin - Carolyn Grant - 1 Dec 2010
Friends of Burma volunteers were left saddened and frustrated as the refugee ... of Karen refugees from the camps on the Thailand Myanmar border was to have ...
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