Friday, 1 February 2008

Quote on Freedom by U Gambira

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humans must be free from livelihood menaces, social perils and tyrants' hazards -Ashin Gambira

Bomb kills KNU defector's son-in-law

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Saw Kanyaw Democratic Voice of Burma January 31, 2008 The son-in-law of a Karen National Union commander who defected to the Burmese governm...

NLD member beaten during interrogation

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Aye Nai Democratic Voice of Burma January 31, 2008 A Magwe division National League for Democracy member who was arrested on 11 January said...

Detained poet denied visits and parcels

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Naw Say Phaw - Democratic Voice of Burma Jan 31, 2008 Prison authorities have received an order stating that a poet who was arrested on 22 J...

Mother Meets Son in Thandwe Prison

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Narinjara News January 30, 2008 Taungup: The mother of a political prisoner in Arakan State had the chance on Monday to meet with her son at...

Three Video Halls Shut Down in Sittwe

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Narinjara News - February 1, 2008 Sittwe: Three video movie halls in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, were closed by the military auth...

Unimportant Topics Take Up All the Time, Says Suu Kyi

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Wai Moe The Irrawaddy News www.irrawaddy.org January 31, 2008 In the reconciliation talks between Burma’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi ...

Big Rise in Number of Burma’s Political Prisoners

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Shah Paung The Irrawaddy News www.irrawaddy.org January 31, 2008 The number of political prisoners behind bars in Burma increased last year ...

Border opening a one-sided love affair

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Shan Herald Agency for News January 31, 2008 Hundreds of Thai entrepreneurs who turned up at the opening ceremony of the Kiu Phawok border p...

Activists to celebrate ‘bad day’ of Junta leader

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Kwarn Lake (Tel:++6683 9474191) Shan Herald Agency for News January 31, 2008 The 75th birthday of Burma Senior General Than Shwe will fall o...

Thailand: Jakarta Could Play A Key Role In Burma Crisis

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SUPALAK G KHUNDEE The Nation/ ANN - Mysinchew January 31, 2008 BANGKOK, THAILAND: The respected think-tank International Crisis Group (ICG)...

Burma/Myanmar: After the Crackdown

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International Crisis Group January 31, 2008 Yangon/Jakarta/Brussels, 31 January 2008: A three-level approach, drawing on the respective stre...

B'desh imports 180,000 tonnes of rice from Myanmar

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Reuters January 31, 2008 CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh rice traders said on Thursday they had started importing 180,000 tonn...

Myanmar resources offer few riches

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Myanmar resources offer few riches By an Al Jazeera correspondent in Ramree western Myanmar January 31, 2008 The island of Ramree lies of...

Myanmar monks remain defiant

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By an Al Jazeera correspondent in Sittwe northwestern Myanmar January 31, 2008 The crackdown by Myanmar's military rulers has left few m...

Think tank urges Indonesian initiative on Myanmar

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Monsters & Critics January 31, 2008 Bangkok - Indonesia should take a lead in hosting a regional meeting on Myanmar's political cris...

Myanmar junta steps up policing of Internet, arrests blogger

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The Star January 31, 2008 BANGKOK, Thailand (AP): Myanmar's junta has stepped up surveillance of the Internet, arresting one blogger who...

UN chief should visit Myanmar to push for diplomacy: think tank

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The Straits Times January 31, 2008 BANGKOK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon should pay a personal visit to Myanmar to jumpstart a coordina...

Junta makes white colour ID cards for Sumprabum residents

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Kachin News Group January 31, 2008 The Burmese military junta has made white colour identity cards (ID) for the residents in Sumprabum town ...

Analysts dimiss Myanmar talks with Suu Kyi as a sham

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ဲThe Straits Times January 31, 2008 BANGKOK - MILITARY-RUN Myanmar's latest round of talks with detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi...