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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website. We hope it will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world.

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In Solidarity,

Burma Partnership Secretariat

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Burma Update: November 8, 2007








Photos: Demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 7


Latest News from Burmese Media


Irrawaddy/AP: Gambari Meets Suu Kyi
Irrawaddy: Small 'Panty' Demonstration Held in Rangoon; Anti-junta Pamphlets, Posters Distributed
Irrawaddy: Tycoons with an Influential Father
Irrawaddy: Monk from Karen State Flees to Thai Border
Irrawaddy: Exiled Media Essential to Reporting Events in Burma, Say Journalists
Irrawaddy: Exiled Activists Call for Asean to Reject Junta’s Constitution
Irrawaddy: Burmese Woman’s Freedom Leap Highlights Malaysian Abuses
Irrawaddy: Burma PM Visits Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam - AP
Mizzima: Top military leader shelves two disobedient commanders
Mizzima: NLD leaders to meet Gambari
Mizzima: A return to status quo is unacceptable: U.N.
DVB: Ko Htin Kyaw held at Insein prison

DVB:
Monk arrested in South Dagon
DVB:
EU appoints special envoy for Burma
DVB: Army officer flees under threat of arrest
DVB: Human rights activists jailed in Prome
SHAN: Followers honor departed Wa leader
KNG: Chinese businessmen hire locals for opium fields in Kachin State
NLM: Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Mr Ibrahim Agboola Gambari ... Special Adviser meets with heads of missions, resident representatives of UN agencies


Latest News from Global Media

Don't Klingon to power, Trek star tells Burma junta Reuters.co.uk
UN says envoy made progress in promoting dialogue between Myanmar military and opposition International Herald Tribune
Generals reject UN proposal for Suu Kyi talks Hong Kong Standard
Official: Myanmar liaison minister to meet Aung San Suu Kyi again Xinhua Online
Policies help keep Myanmar traditional medicine alive Channel NewsAsia
ASEAN not to impose sanction on Myanmar Xinhua Online


Multimedia



Video: Myanmar activists on the run - Aljazeera


Opinion/Other

Mizzima: The Fate of Burma Hangs In Balance (Commentary) - Myat Thu Pan
SHAN: Burma: Perspective of the Ethnic Nationalities - Harn Yaunghwe
MichNews.com: Burma - Could there be Freedom in her Future? (Commentary) - Sandra Carney


Statement/Press Release

New Zealand National Party: Burma petition presented


Solidarity Action

*Burma Campaign UK: The Lady of Burma ... See Details ...
* Burma Rally Sydney: Australian Idol Host’s personal pain at Human Rights Abuses in Burma
Date: Saturday 10 November 2007
Time: 12 noon
Place: Sydney Town Hall






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