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• Japan pledges over 500 billion yen in aid to Mekong states over 3 years

  
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  MCOT English News (from Thai News Agency) : Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday that Japan will provide over 500 billion yen in official development assistance to five Mekong countries in Southeast Asia over the next three years. Hatoyama made the commitment at the first summit meeting involving the leaders of ...
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• Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll (Reuters)

  
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  Reuters – Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year’s election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced. Originally posted here:  (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi ...
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• Scot Marciel: Q+A – Burma Policy Review

  
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• Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll

  
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  Source: Reuters By Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Japan urged Myanmar on Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next years election, adding it was ready to provide more aid ...
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• Mahtu Naw, leader of Burma’s ethnic Kachin ceasefire group the Kachin Defense Army (KDA) is in a critical condition in Mandalay hospital

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Written by KNG Saturday, 07 November 2009 Mahtu Naw, leader of Burma’s ethnic Kachin ceasefire group the Kachin Defense Army (KDA) is in a critical condition in Mandalay hospital, said hospital sources. Mahtu Naw, over 60 underwent a surgery recently in Mandalay public hospital after suffering a brain hemorrhage. ...
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• Riot police deployed in lieu of 2010 elections

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Nov 7, 2009 (DVB)–Scores of police from central Burma have been transferred to Rangoon and Mandalay in an alleged attempt to contain possible protests before elections next year. Police sources have said that since October at least 74 people from 10 townships in Bago division have been redeployed to police ...
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• GETTING AN EARLY START: THEFTS BY CHILDREN INCREASING AT CAMP

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Feature – KIC REPORT BY KIC STAFF TUESDAY, 03 NOVEMBER 2009 16:46 Umphiem Mai-Grandpa Saw Pho De is worried when he sees his six year old granddaughter and 11 year old grandson bring things like plastic jewelry into the house he knows they can’t afford to buy. That’s because there has been a sharp increase in ...
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• Ko Nyunt Maung Released

  
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  11/6/2009 Maungdaw: Ko Nyunt Maung, who was sentenced to one year in prison in Burma for sending information to exiled media, was released from Buthidaung prison on 30 October, said a close friend. “I met him after his release but his health is not very good. He needs to check his health,” the friend added. Ko ...
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• True reconciliation needed before sanctions are lifted

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Re: Sanctions to stay until Burma reforms: US, National Affairs, yesterday At this point, keeping sanctions in place is the only reasonable stance the US could take. Like US Ambassador for Asean Affairs Scot Marciel said, without a fully inclusive process, which includes the party that won by a landslide in the ...
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• The combined forces of the Burmese Army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) have seized control of the annual Deik Htan Aung pagoda festival in Myawaddy,

  
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  Vehicle Drivers forced to by concert tickets in Myawaddy Fri 06 Nov 2009, Asah The combined forces of the Burmese Army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) have seized control of the annual Deik Htan Aung pagoda festival in Myawaddy, and have compelled vehicle drivers in the city to purchase tickets to the ...
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• Increase in crime spreads unease in Mon state

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Fri 06 Nov 2009, IMNA Migrant workers from upper Burma are at the heart of a perceived increase in thefts in Mon state villages, according to residents. Some area residents who say they have paid attention to regional politics have also claimed that this increased spate of thefts is the result of Burmese army efforts ...
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• khitpyaingnews photo_week Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

  
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• Japan steps up ties with Mekong region at summit

  
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  Source: Reuters By Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Japan stressed on Saturday the development needs of the resource-rich Mekong River region where Japan, China and the United States are competing for ...
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• Foreign Affairs Roundup — Friday, November 6, 2009

  
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  This Week’s Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:Like Him or Not, Karzai’s the Man in AfghanistanSI Analysis: After opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah withdrew from the election in protest that voting officials suspected of fraud during the first round would not be replaced, Hamid Karzai was officially attributed ...
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• World focus on Burma (6-11-2009)

  
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  . After High-Level Trip to Burma, US Seeks to Lower Expectations truthout - Simon Montlake - Burma (Myanmar) should take steps toward reform such as allowing Aung San Suu Kyi to enter 2010 elections, … US Engagement No ‘Magic Bullet’ in Burma World Politics Review - ‎ ...
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• DVD Review: Dhamma Dana

  
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  Dhamma Dana Low Pressure Films/ Theodore Martland Dhamma Dana is an extraordinary look into a culture that is hidden under a governmental shroud. Rarely are we giving a glimpse into such a serene lifestyle. Theravada Buddhism, which is on of the two main branches of Buddhism, is considered the “Doctrine of the ...
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• SPDC Ministry/Army

  
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• A Rebel Stronghold in Myanmar on Alert

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  MONG HPEN, Myanmar — 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 as “an unpenetrated enclave of savage hills.” Inhabited by the Wa, an ethnic group once notorious for headhunting, neither ...
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• Rangoon-Mandalay highway toll tax doubled

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Mizzima News REPORT BY SALAI HANTHAR SAN THURSDAY, 05 NOVEMBER 2009 13:50 New Delhi (Mizzima) – Mounting maintenance costs have pushed up the toll tax on the Rangoon-Mandalay highway twofold, representatives of two companies responsible for the upkeep of part of the road said. Shwe Thanlwin and Olympic Companies ...
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• Extortion From Car Owners On Border Trade Route

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Written by KNG Friday, 06 November 2009 16:05 In a bid at extortion, seven passenger cars were stopped and fined heavily this week on the Myitkyina-Laiza border trade route in Burma’s northern Kachin State by Burmese Army soldiers. The practice had stopped on the route for over two months, said local sources. All ...
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