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U Gambira to serve total of 68 years in prison
Mizzima News
Friday, 21 November 2008
The Burmese military junta's vendetta against monks came to the fore with U Gambira, a monk leader being sentenced to another 56 years in prison, totaling 68 years, by a Special Court sitting in session inside Insein prison today...
 
Comedian Zarganar handed 45-year prison term
Mizzima News
Friday, 21 November 2008
Famous comedian and film director Zarganar, held in Insein prison, was sentenced to 45 years in jail today by the prison court. The court held the trial inside Insein prison and sentenced him on three counts ...
 
At the mercy of Mother Nature and Burma's generals
Mizzima News
Friday, 21 November 2008
Famine forces thousands to do whatever they can to survive in Chin state ... On the surface, things can seem brighter than usual for villagers from Matupi in Southern Chin state of Western Burma, home to some 500,000 people ...
 
Investment in orange trees fail
Kachin News Group
Friday, 21 November 2008
Businessmen who own orange groves in Garayang villages on the Sino-Burma border trade route in Kachin State, northern Burma are disappointed over investing in the orange business this year, a source said...
 
Starving Chin people in need of food
Khonumthung News
Friday, 21 November 2008
Because of the Burmese military junta's ignorance Chin people are still under famine like conditions and struggling for survival, said Mr. Manglai of Chin Public Affairs Committee (CPAC). Though they are receiving some aid from Chin ...
 
Indo-Burma border road will be closed till December
Khonumthung News
Friday, 21 November 2008
The road that links Manipur state in northeast India and Chin state's Tonzang Township in Burma on the border will be closed by the Indian Army till the end of this year...
 
FEC slumps in Burma
Mizzima News
Friday, 21 November 2008
The price of Foreign Exchange Certificates (FEC) slumped sharply by Kyat 40 in Rangoon. During last month's trading, one unit of FEC could fetch Kyat 1,230 in Burma's black market. Today it fell to Kyat 1,190. Economist U Khin Maung Nyo ...
 
Fake Ampicillin medicines found in Burma
Kantarawaddy Times
Friday, 21 November 2008
The Burmese Ministry of Health has released a statement that fake Ampicillins - antibiotic medicines, have been found at a medicine market in Burma after Interpol launched an operation against fake medicines in Southeast Asia...
 
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At the mercy of Mother Nature and Burma's generals

Famine forces thousands to do whatever they can to survive in Chin state ... On the surface, things can seem brighter than usual for villagers from Matupi in Southern Chin state of Western Burma, home to some 500,000 people ...

Stitching together a life

On virtually any given morning, as the first rays of sun break through tropical foliage and illuminate the factory walls and gates of Rangoon's Hlaing Tharyar industrial zones, a familiar sight can be seen...

Burmese People Carry Yoke Of Junta's Survival

In Burma democracy has been taboo for the military junta. On the contrary pragmatically Burmese citizens have never dared to seriously aspire for civilian rule regardless of useless sanctions and pressure on the regime for nearly half a century...

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Head held high Ashin Gambira will never bow to junta

Ashin Gambira, the leading monk of the saffron revolution and a leader in 'All Burma Monks Alliance' (ABMA), has been under detention for one year as on November 4 this year...

Burma's economy: Does sanctions hinder development?

Poverty and the slow-pace of economic development in Burma, which was once known as the 'Rice Bowl' of Southeast Asia, is not the result of the current economic sanctions imposed by western nations ...

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Salt producing village in Panga in Thanpyuzart Township and television cameras installed at the Rangoon City Hall (Mizzima)

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SEAPA Alert: Thai opposition lawmakers propose new bill on lese majeste online

A draft legislation aimed at penalizing people making online defamatory remarks against the monarchy has been proposed by a group of MPs from the opposition Democrat Party on November 18, media reports said...

SEAPA Alerts: Indonesian film maker refused permission to shoot in central Java

Local officials of Karanganyar District in Surakarta, a city in Java, Indonesia refused to allow a film director from shooting a movie and even issued threats against the crew over accusation  that the movie's script is filled with communist ideas...

SEAPA Alert: Filipino broadcaster shot dead over critical reports

A broadcaster was shot dead November 17 by a gunman onboard a motorcycle in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, a province about 785 kilometers south of Manila in the Philippines. He was the fifth Filipino journalist killed in the line ...

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