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Goodbye, Gambari, and Good Luck
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 days ago
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Ibrahim Gambari, the UN special envoy to Burma, is leaving the job that he has held since May 2007. According to recent reports, the former Nigerian foreign minister, who has occupied various high-level positions at the world body since serving as his...
Tags: Belgium, Brussels, Burma, Aung San, Than Shwe, Politics of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Cyclone Nargis, Politics, Ibrahim Gambari, National League for Democracy, John Yettaw, State Peace and Development Council, Burmese general election
EU to begin Myanmar political dialogue
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 days ago
Credibility Ambassador David Lipman spoke to reporters in Myanmar's main city Yangon after meeting with the country's leader Senior General Than Shwe to obtain diplomatic credentials in the remote capital Naypyidaw a day earlier. "We had a good discussion about future...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi&rsquo, Myanmar's Supreme Court, Myanmar High Court, Myanmar Supreme Court, AFP Myanmar democracy, leader aung, European Union, house arrest, Burma&rsquo, democracy leader, Myanmar, Yangon, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, John Yettaw, Aung San, Politics of Burma, Than Shwe, Politics, Year of birth missing, Law Crime, Aung Kyi, Thein Sein, Mandalay, Aung San Oo, CNN, Burmese general election, Mizzima News, Insein Prison, The Irrawaddy, Military dictatorship
Burmese academic urges Netherlands to engage Burma
Brussels :: Belgium | 5 days ago
Credibility Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands in a statement on November 30, said, Verhagen during the meeting expressed concern over the human rights condition and lack of political development in Burma and the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, intelligence squared, India, Belgium, Brussels, Politics, Politics of Burma, Aung San, National League for Democracy, Foreign relations of Burma, Military dictatorship, Protests, Uprising, Outline of Burma, Aung Kyi, U Thant, John Yettaw, Year of birth missing, State Peace and Development Council, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Inya Lake, Thant Myint-U
EU envoy says signs emerge for progress in Myanmar
Rome :: Italy | 8 days ago
Credibility Opportunities are emerging for a breakthrough in the political stalemate in military-ruled Myanmar, including the possibility of talks with the government, and they must not be missed, an EU envoy said Friday. Italian politician Piero Fassino, the European...
Tags: Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Piero Fassino, Italy, Rome, Burma, Than Shwe, Politics, Politics of Burma, Aung Kyi, John Yettaw
Burma watchers are right to be cautious about signs of change
Yangon :: Myanmar | 12 days ago
Credibility This is a particularly interesting time for Burma watchers. A flurry of activity, both domestically and internationally, has aroused hopes that things might be starting to move in a positive direction. But the optimism is offset by fears that this might...
Tags: Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand, Burma, foreign minister, Yangon, Politics of Burma, Than Shwe, Politics, Year of birth missing, Aung San, Aung Kyi, Burmese anti-government protests, National League for Democracy, John Yettaw, State Peace and Development Council, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Insein Prison, ASEAN, Jim Webb, Piero Fassino, Thein Sein, Military dictatorship, Maung Zarni
Three-nation food safety deal reached
Tōkyō :: Japan | 13 days ago
Credibility Health ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Monday in Tokyo to share information on food safety and coordinate measures against swine flu. At their third regular meeting, the ministers signed a memorandum on food safety that according to...
Tags: food safety, US-Burma, Tokyo Support, South Korean, health ministers, Japan, China, Tōkyō, Burma, Tin Oo, Myanmar Armed Forces, Aung San, National League for Democracy, Than Shwe, Military of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Politics, Kyaw Zaw, Protests, Uprising, John Yettaw, Politics of Burma, Law Crime, Product safety, Yukio Hatoyama, Jiaozi, Hygiene, Packaging, Disaster Accident, Akira Nagatsuma, Health in the People's Republic of China, Economic history of the People's Republic of China, Food safety in the People's Republic of China, Prime Ministers of Japan, Pesticide
U.N. urges Myanmar to free activist
Yangon :: Myanmar | 15 days ago
Credibility 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 political parties. Myanmar's United Nations Ambassador...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, U.N. General Assembly, AP U.N., Yangon, National League for Democracy, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, John Yettaw, Politics of Burma, Burma, Politics, Social Issues
Chinese Dissidents Barred From Meeting With Obama
Shanghai :: China | 18 days ago
Credibility Burma and call for the release of all political prisoners, including the democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as for an inclusive political process ahead of the 2010 elections...Thein Sein to free Suu Kyi and other political prisoners while in Singapore,...
Tags: Burma, U.S, China, Shanghai, Shi Tao, Liu Xiaobo, Human rights in the People's Republic of China, ASEAN, Aung San Suu Kyi, Barack Obama, Huang Qi, Aung San, State Peace and Development Council, Cyclone Nargis, International reaction to the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, Burmese anti-government protests, Politics, Politics of Burma, John Yettaw, Than Shwe, National League for Democracy
Will Kartika’s caning sentence be implemented?
Kuantan :: Malaysia | 23 days ago
Credibility The caning sentence imposed on part-time model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno still has not been carried out following syubahah (doubt) in the implementation...Mohamad Sahfri said, however, a similar punishment had been carried out for the same offence on...
Tags: caned sentence, Malaysia, Kuantan, Politics of Burma, John Yettaw, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, House arrest, Law Crime, Cherating, Caning, Hudud, Kartika, Syariah Court, Pahang
ASEAN mulls Suu Kyi amnesty call
Yangon :: Myanmar | 3 months ago
Credibility Senior Asian officials met in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss issuing an unprecedented call for amnesty for Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, Indonesia's foreign ministry said. Myanmar, were considering a "joint appeal" for Suu Kyi's release from...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Jim Webb, Burma, senator jim, democracy leader, Rangoon, icon aung, American, John Yettaw
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