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Mingalaba Myanmar
Simplemente de viaje | September 6th 2008 by Marcos Gil Fuertes
Sorpresa!! Por lo menos en Yangon hemos encontrado un lugar donde se saltan la censura y podemos entrar en blogger. Aunque lentamente, podemos contaros nuestras primeras experiencias en este pais que estamos convencidos que nos va a seguir sorpredien read more
Monastery raided in Rangoon, abbot arrested: AAPP
Precious Metal: the blog | September 5th 2008 by Nathan DeMontigny
From Mizzima The Thailand based Assistance Association of Political Prisoners said, a Buddhist monastery in Rangoon’s suburban township of Thanlyin was raided in the early hours of Friday by 23 people in plainclothes. They took away Thilawuntha read more
Attack on cops fuels fear of renewed militancy in Mizoram
Sinlung Nation | September 5th 2008
Aizawl, Sep 5 : Security forces in Mizoram have stepped up operations after a little known tribal rebel group killed four policemen in an ambush earlier this week, fuelling fears of militant activities beginning to take roots in the northeastern stat read more
Development of highway infrastructure in northeast & WB
Sinlung Nation | September 5th 2008
By Amitabha Datta and CC Bhattacharya India is on its way to become a global superpower. With 16 per cent of the world’s population, the country has the second largest road network in the world with a huge mesh of 3.3 million kilometres of roads. I read more
Finalmente nos vamos a... Birmania
Simplemente de viaje | September 4th 2008 by Marcos Gil Fuertes
Si, ya lo hemos decidido. Despues de que esta mañana casi le saliera humo a Marcos de tanto mirar vuelos para poder acompañar a Josele en su incursion nipona, hemos tenido que rendirnos ante los precios tan abusivos. Con lo cerquita que esta en el read more
Buzz on Ulfa B unit’s return
Sinlung Nation | September 4th 2008
By Nishit Dholabhai New Delhi, Sep 4 : The Centre has received intelligence inputs indicating that the Bravo (B) company of Ulfa is ready to return to India, prompting Delhi to toy with the idea of holding talks with it. Over the past few weeks, the read more
Cambios de planes
Simplemente de viaje | September 3rd 2008 by Marcos Gil Fuertes
Llegamos a Chiang Rai, despues de coger un autobus desde la frontera y nos parecio estar en otro mundo. Edificos de varias plantas, centros comerciales, bancos y mas bancos... Vaya cambio!Al dia siguiente cogiamos un avion a Bangkok para luego enlaza read more
BIMSTEC agree on convention against terror
Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terror… | August 30th 2008 by Inonu Akgun ALP
India and six other members of a grouping of South Asia and South East Asia today agreed to firm up by November a convention to deal collectively with terrorism which is haunting these two regions.Under the proposed convention, the member-countries o read more
Joe Biden and Burma
Precious Metal: the blog | August 30th 2008 by Nathan DeMontigny
From Irrawaddy By Wai Moe The Democratic Party senator from Delaware, Joseph R. Biden, has been under the glare of the international media spotlight this week after being nominated as US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s running mate for the US read more
Disaster Radio
Radio 2020 | August 29th 2008
Three years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall at 7am and all hell broke loose on the Gulf Coast. It was a time when my radio and my laptop were the only real lifelines I had to my rapidly submerging home. Both then and upon my return to the Cresc read more
Myanmar and the dangerous dengue
UNICEF Fieldnotes | August 28th 2008
Something I've heard again and again from UNICEF staff who have spent a lot of time in the field: the truly tough work of emergency response often begins weeks and even months after the immediate emergency is over. This is partly because media attent read more
Jim Rogers Talks About Investment Potential Of Several Asian Coun…
Investorazzi.com | August 28th 2008 by Christopher E. Hill
Tom Dyson, contributing editor to DailyWealth, a free investment newsletter that uses contrarian investment strategies, talked about his recent meeting with legendary investor Jim Rogers in the August 25 issue of the publication. Dyson wrote: Last we read more
Helping Burma’s nonviolent struggle
Precious Metal: the blog | August 28th 2008 by Nathan DeMontigny
From Miami Herald By Frida Ghitis Once again, the news from Burma rings with echoes of despair. The latest mission from the international community has ended in embarrassment — not for the despotic generals who rule Burma (renamed Myanmar by it read more
Brad Pitt and George Clooney Walk Red Carpet for Charity
Healthy Hollywood | August 27th 2008 by Cynthia
Brad Pitt and George Clooney appeared on the red carpet Tuesday night to bring awareness to their charity, Not On Our Watch. The charity, which was launched last year by the stars and some of their Ocean's Thirteen colleagues, uses their star appeal read more
Navy Arrives in Georgia
Extra Content | August 27th 2008 by Andrew Taylor
The USS McFaul(DDG-74),an Arleigh Burke class destroyer,has arrived off the Black Sea coast of Georgia with aid supplies.The McFaul was the first of five ships slated to bring humanitarian aid to the mountainous country this week.She was carrying 72 read more
Suu Kyi ‘on hunger strike’
Precious Metal: the blog | August 27th 2008 by Nathan DeMontigny
From The Independent By Andrew Buncombe Supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi believe the imprisoned Burmese democracy leader may have launched a hunger strike over the military regime’s refusal to hold talks about democratic reforms. Members of read more
Free AirAsia tickets!
Simply Jean | August 26th 2008 by Simply Jean
I noticed that quite a number of people had been searching for “free air asia tickets” and had been directed to my older posts. So, instead of letting people hit the wall when they reach here, I thought I’d just do something nice - read more
Beacons of hope & exemplars of the soul’s triumph
UP Ibalon Bicol | August 25th 2008 by andygimpaya
, The pessimists in us are not happy about 15 Filipino athletes coming to the Beijing Olympic Games. They think it’s a waste of time, money and effort sending the delegation with a dismal chance of... You are part of the growing UP Ibalon Web Com read more
Daniel Craig Makes Sizeable Donation to Disaaster victims
Disaster Victims Blog | August 25th 2008 by Chris McElroy
The new James Bond (Daniel Craig ) is helping a group of Diasaster Victims in Pyin-kha-yaing town a small fishing village in the country of Myanmar, with fishing boats after they where destroyed by... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs read more
Burma Junta watch as Chins starve to death
Sinlung Nation | August 25th 2008
Aizawl, Aug 25 : If Mautam (or gregarious bamboo flowering) famine-affected people in Mizoram have been receiving aids from various sources, Chin people in the neighbouring Burma are suffering from the same catastrophe without any help in sight. “M read more
ျမန္မာဝီကီေတြ
My Soul` | August 23rd 2008 by soulho
ျမန္မာ၀ီကီ ပိဒိယ ေတြနဲ႔ ပတ္သက္ၿပီး အဆိုးျမင္သမားေတြကေတာ႔ ေျပာခ်င္ ၾကေတာ႔မွာပဲ၊( ယူနီကုတ္ read more
UN envoy, shunned by the ruling military, extends Myanmar mission
DivineDiary.com - The Golden Blog by Vincent | August 22nd 2008 by Vincent
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari held a second meeting with top leaders of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party Friday, but again failed to meet her or senior military leaders. Five leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD) met read more
Burma monk disrobed over street protests
Precious Metal: the blog | August 22nd 2008 by Nathan DeMontigny
From The Independent by Andrew Buncombe The Burmese monk who helped organise the huge street demonstrations against the country’s military rulers has been disrobed by the authorities in contravention of Buddhist traditions. Ashin Gambira, who w read more
Habeas corpus returns to Burma?
Rule of Lords | August 22nd 2008 by Awzar Thi
It is really impossible to say anything about the new constitution of Burma, which passed through a farcical referendum and into law amid the cyclone chaos this May, without suspending a large amount of disbelief. That the current regime, like its pr read more
Churachandpur vows to fight Mautam on its own
Sinlung Nation | August 21st 2008
Imphal, Aug 21 : With no form of Government relief anywhere in sight, despite the wide media coverage and the uproar raised by civil society organisations, the people of Churachandpur have now decided to take the fight on their own. “The theme read more
No decision yet on Bnei Menashe
Sinlung Nation | August 21st 2008
By Haviv Rettig Government officials tried to dampen expectations Wednesday, following a report that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had given final approval to bring the 7,232 members of the Bnei Menashe tribe of northern India to Israel. A Bnei Menashe read more
The Voice of Hope: Aung San Suu Kyi, Conversations with Alan Clem…
Feminist Review | August 17th 2008 by Ama Lee
By Alan ClementsSeven Stories PressInitially published in 1996, this updated and revised edition of The Voice of Hope presents the story of Myanmar (Burma), a troubled but spiritually charged country. Reading the conversations held between author Ala read more
Guess Everything’s Going Well In Myanmar
Down With Everybody | August 15th 2008
Myanmar? What’s Myanmar? Hell with it, let’s slam the UK. [Associated Press] The U.N. Human Rights Committee is criticizing Britain over its tough counterterrorism laws, legislation that limits free speech and the use of an Indian Ocean t read more
Beijing Olympics: China using Myanmar ‘Blood Jade’?
Sinlung Nation | August 15th 2008
By Shyamal Sarkar Jade from Myanmar’s Phakant mines in Kachin State are believed to be in use in decorating medals for the Beijing Olympic Games. Democracy activists from Myanmar had appealed to visitors and athletes to shun what has been dub read more
Sichuan, China Quake Response and the Chinese Government
The Asian Economist | August 14th 2008 by nhuong
On May 12, 2008 at 2:28pm, the worst earthquake to hit China in three decades tore the small town of Wenchuan and surrounding cities down. Death toll multiplied overnight, even as rescue workers responded immediately to the disaster. The earthqua read more
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