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More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy that turned to anguish as the military government...
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Conquering armies of centuries past avoided this remote, mountainous area along the present-day border with China, a place once described by a British colonial official...
made popular Nov 6 2009
Previewing the new US Burma policy with the 17-member UN Group of Friends on Burma in New York, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US will pursue a policy of...
made popular Sep 24 2009
Virginia’s senior Senator Jim Webb, a fmr. Secretary of the Navy, has secured the release of an American, John Yettaw, held in Myanmar by the ruling junta.
Mr....
made popular Aug 17 2009
Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was Tuesday ordered to serve another 18 months under house arrest after a court convicted the Nobel laureate at the end of her...
made popular Aug 11 2009
The Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing an almost certain criminal conviction and a sentence of up to five years in prison when a Rangoon court delivers...
made popular Jul 29 2009
As the clock ticks towards noon, the Sky Cafe in Rangoon’s shabby Daubon Township starts to fill up. Young women carrying babies, men from the bicycle repair shop...
made popular Jul 22 2009
The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world’s poorest...
made popular Jul 21 2009
US President Barack Obama has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In a written statement,...
made popular May 27 2009
There is an uproar in the world over indicting Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, nine Nobel peace prize recipients are bearing the torch...
made popular May 19 2009
Isn’t it ridiculous that the world lauds and celebrates the awarding of the Nobel Pace Prizes, but at what cost and what commitment?
Aung San Suu Kyi Has spent the...
made popular May 12 2009
By Ashin Metacarra
The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful...
made popular Jun 20 2008
Tens of thousands of people killed in last month’s cyclone may never be identified because their bodies have decomposed so badly and many ended up far from home,...
made popular Jun 8 2008
Women around the world have launched an ambitious international program entitled \’Panties for Peace\’ in which they would donate panties to the Burmese...
made popular May 31 2008
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week to try to speed up troubled cyclone relief, his spokeswoman said on Sunday, as signs mounted of a...
made popular May 19 2008
The world has seen some major disasters over last few weeks. First was the cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (I don’t really know why do they come up with sweet feminine...
made popular May 17 2008
A new constitution proposed by Burma’s military rulers has been overwhelmingly approved in a referendum, according to the country’s state-run media.
The...
made popular May 16 2008
Cyclone survivors in Burma are still begging for help. The international community cannot expect anything positive from a government that failed to even warn its...
made popular May 16 2008
It is a disaster still shrouded in secrecy. The world is growing accustomed to seeing images of devastation, from earthquakes or calamitous storms, as they unfold. Here...
made popular May 15 2008
What is happening in Burma is unconscionable! Cyclone Nargis made landfall on May 2, carving a path of destruction throughout the country, and yet here we are 13 days...
made popular May 15 2008
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