Burma Update: November 30, 2007

Highlight

*Public Hearing: After the Saffron Revolution: Religion, Repression, and the U.S. Policy Options for Burma - US Commission on International Religious Freedom Read »


News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Ferry sinks in Bangladeshi waters
Democratic Voice of Burma: Small farmers hurt by bird flu measures
Mizzima News: Pinheiro challenges international community
Mizzima News: Burma need gradual approach to democracy: Cambodia FM
Narinjara News: Arakan State NLD Chairman Rearrested
Narinjara News: Storm Drives 69 Bangladesh Fishermen to Arakan Coast
Narinjara News: 17 Former Rebels Surrender to Junta
Narinjara News: Sittwe Security Forces Replaced
Irrawaddy Magazine: World AIDS Day Means Little in Burma
Irrawaddy Magazine: Monastery Closure Makes Mockery of Junta’s Buddhist Claims
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burmese Army Reinforces Troops for Dry Season Military Offensives
Irrawaddy Magazine: Suu Kyi Must Be Released, Gambari Says
Irrawaddy Magazine: Burma Crackdown Rekindles Boycott Debate


News from Global Media

UN News Centre: Myanmar crisis tops talks between UN envoy and Cambodian Foreign Minister
VOA News: UN Envoy Demands Release of Burmese Democracy Leader
The Earth Times: Authorities discover bird-flu outbreak in Myanmar
The Straits Times: 2 Myanmar nationals nabbed trying to smuggle out of S'pore
The Times of India: Two dead, monk wounded in Myanmar rebel attack
Terra Net: Total plans work on installations in Myanmar
Asian Tribune: United States Reiterates Opposition to Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists in Burma
The Post and Courier, South Carolina: Moral debate over business in Myanmar
People's Daily: China, Myanmar sign MoU on science, technology co-o


Opinion/Other

Irrawaddy Magazine: The Latest Crime of a Callous Regime [Editorial]
World Press Review: Deuces High: How the U.S. Can Bring an End to Myanmar's Crackdown on Democracy [Opinion]
Associated Press: Myanmar Investment: Right or Wrong? - Thomas Hogue


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