Nowhere to Turn for Rohingya Refugees
(us.oneworld.net)
Desperation is mounting among unregistered Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, who fled persecution in Burma but now endure violence and intimidation,
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Burma Court Rejects Aung San Suu Kyi Witness Appeal (www.voanews.com)
Burma's highest court has rejected an appeal to allow more defense witnesses in the trial of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The trial has been widely condemned as rigged to keep the Nobel... More
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Laura Bush - Do Not Forget Burma (www.washingtonpost.com)
For two weeks, the world has been transfixed by images of Iranians taking to the streets to demand the most basic human freedoms and rights. Watching these courageous men and women, I am reminded of a... More
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Don't Moon Over Burma (www.nytimes.com)
It doesn’t take a trip to Myanmar to see that measures taken by the international community against the Burmese junta are not working. Recent headlines and the trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi indicate... More
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Why Burma May Be North Korea's Best Friend (www.time.com)
North Korea is great at scaring its neighbors. The isolated dictatorship carries a real nuclear threat, and tested its latest device this May in an underground bunker. Tensions in East Asia heightened... More
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UN envoy visits Burma for talks (news.bbc.co.uk)
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari has arrived in Burma ahead of a possible visit by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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Burma (Myanmar) presses rebels in bid to eliminate armed opposition (www.csmonitor.com)
A four-week military offensive in eastern Burma (Myanmar) has pushed back ethnic Karen rebels and forced thousands of refugees to flee across the border into Thailand. The attacks appear to underscore... More
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Making sense of Burma's new capital (www.mizzima.com)
Capitals move. And capitals often move, as in the case of Burma's generals uprooting the country's administrative center from Rangoon to Naypyidaw, for quite rational and sensible reasons. This, in a... More
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Burma denies link to N Korea ship (news.bbc.co.uk)
US officials have said they believe the Kang Nam 1 could be heading to Burma, carrying weapons in defiance of a United Nations embargo.
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Locals back Burma cause (www.praguepost.com)
More than 100 demonstrators gathered beneath the Charles Bridge June 18 to raise awareness of Burmese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize holder Aung San Suu Kyi's ongoing imprisonment on the occasion of... More
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