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Spirit of Panglong in Kolkata Court
Toronto :: Canada | 2 days ago
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For the lawyers practicing at the city sessions court in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal Thursday, November 12 th , 2009 was just another busy day. They passed by the court of Ms Kavita Dey without as much as a second look. For them the scene was...
Tags: Indian Military Intelligence, freedom fighters, Mr Harn Yawnghwe, Burmese, Indians, Euro Burma Office, Dr Tint Swe, Kolkata Court, Spirit of Panglong, wooden cage, Canada, Toronto, Shan, Panglong Conference, Burma, Military dictatorship, Aung San Suu Kyi
Irrawaddy: Myint Swe: The Tatmadaw’s next top dog? – Min Lwin
Yangon :: Myanmar | 2 days ago
Credibility Lt-Gen Myint Swe is being widely tipped to succeed Snr-Gen Than Shwe as the Burmese army’s next commander in chief, according to several dissidents in exile and Burma observers. Rumors have circulated that Myint Swe is junta strongman Than Shwe’s favored...
Tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, United Nations General Assembly, North Korea, Burmese, United States, Barack Obama, hopes suu, quarterly meeting, Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Yangon, Military intelligence of Burma, Myanmar Army, Myint Swe, Myanmar Armed Forces, Military of Burma, Defence Services Academy, Than Shwe, War Conflict, Politics, Thein Sein, Aung San, Outline of Burma, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Politics of Burma, Year of birth missing, Burmese anti-government protests, Burmese general election, Massacres, Protests
Three Rivers Coalition for Justice Works With Landlords, U.S. Senator, to Save Burmese Refugees From
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Three Rivers Coalition for Justice Works With Landlords, U.S. Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing, multi-front effort to help Burmese refugees in the Pittsburgh area, the Three Rivers Coalition for Justice paid rental money owed by...
Tags: rivers coalition, Pittsburgh, U.S, Na Hsay, Burmese, Refugee, Burma, Military dictatorship, Social Issues
More Burmese Ring Tone Options for Mobile Phone Users
Bangkok :: Thailand | 4 days ago
Credibility The Thai company, MP3 Thailand Co, will buy 120 Burmese songs from Burma�s Million Entertainment & Video Production and sell them to mobile phone users in Thailand. A large market is expected among Burmese migrants living in Thailand. The deal was confirmed...
Tags: MP3 Thailand Co, mobile phones, Burmese, ring tones, phones users, Thailand, Bangkok, Lay Phyu, Sai Sai Kham Hlaing, Htoo Ein Thin, Burma, Index of Burma-related articles, Technology Internet, Burmese music, Zaw Win Htut, Music of Burma, Entertainment Culture
Sri Lankan President and Buddhist leaders criticised for welcoming Burmese dictator Than Shwe
Yangon :: Myanmar | 4 days ago
Credibility Meepura newspaper and private citizens gathered in front of the airport in response to an appeal by The Friends of the Third World...Negombo Police Chief Ajith Wickremarathna ordered the protesters off airport ground, saying they had no permit to demonstrate...
Tags: Sri Lankan, Myanmar Student Monks Association, Than Shwe, Burmese, Myanmar, Yangon, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, U Ottama, Religion Belief, Politics, Politics of Burma, Burma, War Conflict
Democratic Voice of Burma: 50 percent rise in Burma forced labour – Francis Wade
Yangon :: Myanmar | 4 days ago
Credibility Complaints of forced labour in Burma have risen by nearly 50 percent in the past five months, with more than half of these stemming from the recruitment of youths into the army. The statistics, published in a report by the International Labour Organisation...
Tags: Democratic Voice of Burma, Burma Considers Private Education, Burmese, forced labour, Myanmar, Yangon, New Light of Myanmar, Burma, Politics, The Yadanabon, Mandalay, Media of Burma, Human rights in Burma, Islam in Burma, Richard Horsey, International Labour Organization, Year of birth missing, Pyin U Lwin, Education in Burma, Kyaw Zaw, Military dictatorship, Ne Win, Education, State Peace and Development Council, Shan, Military use of children, Human Rights Defenders and Promoters, Politics of Burma, War Conflict, Social Issues, Protests, Burmese anti-government protests, Cyclone Nargis, Insein Prison, Massacres
Why is the value of kyat rising – Aung Thet Wine
Mandalay :: Myanmar | 4 days ago
Credibility Rangoon — The value of the Burmese national currency, kyat, has suddenly appreciated as millions of US dollars flow into the local market in earnings from the opium and amphetamine trade at the Sino-Burmese border. That’s the opinion of several sources...
Tags: Burmese, Rangoon, US-Burma, exchange rate, currency market, local market, Myanmar, Mandalay, Burma, United States dollar, Yangon, Aung San, Economy of Burma, Myanma kyat, Currency, Business Finance
Democratic Voice of Burma: Burmese troops torch border island – Min Lwin
Mae Sot :: Thailand | 5 days ago
Credibility Burmese troops have razed huts and infrastructure belonging to illegal Burmese settlers on an island on the Thaung Yin (or Moei) river, which separates Burma’s eastern Karen state from Thailand. The controversial island has long been the subject of a...
Tags: Thailand, Burmese, Burma, Mae Sot, Politics, Myawaddy, Tachileik
Democratic Voice of Burma: Shan culture in Burma being ‘erased’ – Naw Noreen
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 5 days ago
Credibility The volatile Shan state in northeastern Burma is the country’s largest state and home to an estimated six million people. Low-intensity conflict has eaten away at the region for more than half a century as armed ethnic groups fight for autonomy against...
Tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Sri Lanka, Burmese, Colombo, Aung San, Burmese general election, Burma Campaign UK, Politics of Burma, Shan Herald News Agency, Panglong Conference, War Conflict, Shan, Kokang, Politics, Than Shwe, Cyclone Nargis, Human Rights Defenders and Promoters, Human rights in Burma, Social Issues, Mahinda Rajapaksa, U Ottama, Sri Lankan people, Sinhalese people
Thai employers fear forced repatriation of Burmese workers
Chiang Mai :: Thailand | 6 days ago
Credibility Thai employers are anxious that Burmese workers employed by them could be forcibly repatriated if they bring them over for nationality verification, according to the Thai Labour Minister. Phaitoon Kaewthong, Minister of Labour said on Monday after his...
Tags: Burmese, Thailand, Chiang Mai, Burma, Military dictatorship, Mizzima News, Thai people, Ethnic groups in Thailand, Tai peoples, Politics of Burma, Social Issues, Labor, Politics, Nhat Hanh, Shan, The Irrawaddy, Mon people, Order of Interbeing, Mae Sot
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