Burmese PM to Attend UNGA (www.mizzima.com)
Burmese Prime Minister, Thein Sein, will arrive in New York on September 27, to attend the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), diplomatic sources said.
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US to Pursue Greater Engagement with Burma (www.ft.com)
The United States is set to abandon its long-held policy of isolating the Burmese government in favour of greater engagement, but Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has said that its... More
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Burma: Released Prisoners Tell Stories of Torture (www.hrea.org)
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the release of prisoners from jails around Burma during the last week...however, it notes with grave concern the reports of torture that some... More
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Arrested Dissident Accused of Terrorist Intentions (www.irrawaddy.org)
The Burmese regime’s official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar accused arrested dissident Nyi Nyi Aung on Thursday of being a terrorist and planning to create unrest.
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US Embassy Protests Maltreatment of Detained Citizen (www.mizzima.com)
The US embassy in Rangoon has officially protested against the alleged maltreatment of detained American citizen, Kyaw Zaw Lwin (alias) Nyi Nyi Aung, as the Burmese junta on Thursday publicly... More
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US Citizen Arrest a ‘Political Smear Campaign’ (www.dvb.no)
The recent arrest of a US citizen in Burma on grounds that he was part of a plot by an opposition group to launch terrorist attacks has been dismissed as political smearing by the group’s chief.
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Burma to Circulate 5,000 Kyat Currency Note (www.mizzima.com)
Burma’s state-run media on Thursday announced that a new 5,000 Kyat denomination currency note will be in circulation from October 1.
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Thai FM Meets Friends of Burma (www.mizzima.com)
The Thai Foreign Minister held discussions with the Group of Friends of UNSG on Myanmar. The group wants the general election in 2010 in Burma to be “free”.
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Cry for Justice Continues for 34 Burmese in Indian Jail (www.mizzima.com)
As the statements of 34 Arakanese and Karen rebels were finally submitted to a Kolkata court on September 17, Burmese pro-democracy groups continue to proclaim the defendants innocence amid questions... More
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Two Journalists Released, 12 Still Languish in Burma’s Jails (cpj.org)
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of two journalists as part of a mass amnesty in Burma, but calls upon the military-run government to release the other 12 reporters it still... More
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