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Myanmar/Burma

Type: Country

Name: Myanmar/Burma

population: 53,222,660

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Politics)

National League for Democracy (Myanmar)

U.N. urges Myanmar to free activist

1:56 pm TWN, By Edith M. Lederer, APUNITED NATIONS -- A key U.N. committee late Thursday strongly condemned human rights violations in Myanmar and urged the government to release more than 2,000 political prisoners and open the upcoming elections to all ... [China Post - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, National League for Democracy (Myanmar), Human Rights Violations, Detained, Government of Myanmar

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Politics)

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (Reuters)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.Tehran's U.N. Ambassador Mohammad ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Human Rights Violations, CONDEMNATION, Human Rights, Mohammad Khazaee

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 7 hours ago - 4 Documents

Myanmar to build railroad linking Yunnan

Myanmar will construct a new railroad to link Myanmar's border town of Muse with China's Jie Guo, Yunnan province to facilitate commodity flow in bilateral border trade, sources with the Rail Transportation Department said on Friday.Rail track tracing ... [CHINAdaily - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Bilateral, China

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

United Nations

UN slams Myanmar

Geneva - The UN labour agency has criticised Myanmar for failing to abolish forced labour.The International Labour Organisation says it is 'deeply concerned' that the southeast Asian country continues to imprison people who have complained about forced ... [News24.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, United Nations, International Labour Organization

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11 hours ago - 3 Documents

Myanmar, Laos sign two MoUs on visa exemption, double taxation avoidance

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponMyanmar and Laos Friday signed two memorandums of understanding in Nay Pyi Taw respectively on mutualvisa exemption for holders of diplomatic ... [People's Daily Online - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Than Shwe

Assessing the US-Asean Summit

BANGKOK - The meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Asean counterparts has been mostly well-received, though some misgivings remain.Obama made a much-anticipated call for the unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's political ... [THE IRRAWADDY - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Sanctions, Thein Sein, Than Shwe

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Burma to ‘double output’ of gas by 2020

Nov 19, 2009 (DVB)–Burma is to double its output of natural gas in the next 10 years, the country’s sole operator of oil and gas production told a regional trade fair in Bangkok yesterday.Energy experts believe Burma’s offshore Bay of Bengal gas fields ... [Asian Energy - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Gas Pipeline, Chevron Corp

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Burma Considers Private Education

The Burmese military government is considering allowing private education in the country starting in the academic year 2010-11, accordingly to Weekly Eleven, a popular Rangoon-based journal.The report said that negotiations were currently underway within ... [THE IRRAWADDY - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Private Education, Yangon (Rangoon), Education, Ne Win

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Death toll rises to 42 in Myanmar ferry accident

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponThe death toll with a ferry boat capsize accident in Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy division on Sunday night has risen to 42 from 31 as of ... [People's Daily Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Pathein (Myanmar), Tun Kyi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

FRANK CHING:Obviously US, China are competing for influence

THIS week, Barack Obama will make his first visit to Southeast Asia since becoming president of the United States, confirming a new direction in American foreign policy.He will attend a meeting in Singapore of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum ... [New Straits Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: China, Frank Ching, Myanmar/Burma

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents

Obama Takes a Bow?

Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before Emperor Akihito. There was the group photo with the head of the Burmese junta. There was the deferential press conference ... [Foreign Policy In Focus - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Obama (Japan), North Korea, China, Stephen Bosworth

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

TRAVEL IN BRIEF 20/11

Southern heat escaped One-Pillar Pagoda in Ha Noi. (Photo: Internet)To escape from the heat in the southern region, HCM City-based Ben Thanh Tourist has introduced a seven-day tour to Ha Noi, Ha Long, Mong Cai and Dong Xing City in China’s Guangxi Province. ... [VietNamNet Bridge - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Laos, Ha Noi, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Savannakhet (Laos)

Quotes

U S State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood welcomed the censure, saying it "demonstrates that the international community is deeply concerned over the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran and the government's failure to uphold its obligations under its own constitution and international human rights law." U N resolutions condemning Iran, North Korea and Myanmar have become an annual ritual in recent years...

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (Reuters) [Yahoo! News - 3 hours ago]

...It was shot in Myanmar / Burma between May 2008 - March 2009 for Quicksilver Media and broadcast on Channel 4 Dispatches. "Despite all the dangers, they still created a film narrative,? said the judges. ?It was a journey for each of the individual families ? and you went on that journey with them." Joost van der Valk, 2009 Sony Professional Impact Award winner

Rory Peck Awards: Full list of winners [Press Gazette - 8 hours ago]

...He said that with $30 million of additional funding, capacity could be increased to 50 million users a day, making it "prohibitively expensive for any repressive government to counter our efforts." A bipartisan coalition that includes Sens. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va...

U.S. could help disrupt China's Internet censorship [Washington Post - 10 hours ago]

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Myanmar to build railroad linking Chinese town [CHINAdaily - 7 hours ago]
USA: Open Letter to the President [Amnesty International USA - 7 hours ago]
UN: Investigators Call for Gaza War Crimes Inqu... [Third World Network - 7 hours ago]
Rory Peck Awards: Full list of winners [Press Gazette - 8 hours ago]
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 21/11, [VietNamNet Bridge - 8 hours ago]
Australia's $20 Million Aid to Pakistan, Burma [Epoch Times - 9 hours ago]
Maoists operating with China made arms: Home Se... [FreshNews.in - 9 hours ago]
President Obama Appreciates Malaysia's Contribu... [Third World Network - 9 hours ago]
U.S. could help disrupt China's Internet censor... [Washington Post - 10 hours ago]
US power will endure due to strategic ties — D... [Malaysian Insider - 10 hours ago]
India Should Aim $ 300 Bln. Export Target by 20... [ASSOCHAM - 11 hours ago]
UN committee condemns Myanmar, N Korea over rights [Brunei Times - 11 hours ago]
Trade pacts boom [thestar.com.my - 11 hours ago]
Fringe Realities [Indian Express - 11 hours ago]
Myanmar, Laos sign two MoUs on visa exemption, ... [People's Daily Online - 11 hours ago]
Myanmar urged to free 2,000 activists [The News International - 13 hours ago]
Asia and the West in the Age of Obama [Zaman - 14 hours ago]
Extra forces after Jharkhand election: Home Sec... [The Pioneer - 15 hours ago]
AirAsia launches new flights to three Indian ci... [thestar.com.my - 15 hours ago]
European Union: Now to make it work [Guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago]
SUBMARINE CABLE LANDING RIGHTS LICENSE ALLOWS T... [Submarine Telecoms Forum - 16 hours ago]

Blogs

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European Union: Now to make it work [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 16 hours ago] Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? ...
John Feffer: Obama's Asia Trip: Post-Mortem [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 18 hours ago] Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor Akihito. ...
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuff... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 18 hours ago] The Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Increased Tension Over Iran's Program SI Analysis: After an IAEA report suggests that Iran's recently ...
malalai joya in toronto: report, part one [we move to canada - 21 hours ago] I've been putting off writing about Malalai Joya's talk in Toronto. You can read my initial impressions here, but anything further is eluding me. Hearing Joya was ...
The Big Picture [IntelliBriefs - 11/20/2009] http://www.indiandefencereview.com/20 ... Bharat Verma Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 200 9New Delhi cannot afford to sit around while others plot ...

Audio/Video

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Myanmar: Suu Kyi Proposes Cooperation With Junta [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/17/2009]
Obama shifts US policy on Myanmar - 16 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/16/2009]
Obama embarks on Asian tour - 13 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/13/2009]
U.S. Working to Improve Relations With Myanmar [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/04/2009]
U.S. talks to Myanmar's Suu Kyi [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/04/2009]

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