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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Burma Update: May 24, 2008

Highlight

Members of Parliament Union (Burma): Time to Release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

US Department of State
: Secretary Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband [Interview by BBC]



Opinion/Other

The Irrawaddy: Don’t Hold Your Breath [Commentary] - Yeni
The Irrawaddy: Why the Burmese Junta Failed to Respond to Cyclone Nargis [Contributor] - Ko Ko Maung and Saya San
The Nation: Accountability Vital in Providing Aid to Burma [Editorials]
The Nation: An Aid Impasse in Burma
The Sydney Morning Herald: Rotten General Must be Brought to Justice for Crime Against Humanity - Mike Carlton
Arab News: Aid to Myanmar [Editorial]
Kaowao News Group: There’s a Little Bit of the Burmese General in All of Us - Lita Davidson

Report/Briefer

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus: Myanmar/Burma News Update (edition 90)

The Irrawaddy
: Weekly Business Roundup (May 24, 2008) - William Boot
  • Burma Junta Owes World Bank-IMF US $3.5 Billion
  • Aid Donors Faced with ‘Failed State’ Accountability Report
  • Burma Bids for South Asian Economic Group Membership
  • Third Burma-Thailand Gas Pipeline Decision Expected
Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 302 (18–23 May 2008)
  • Did Ban Really Make a Breakthrough
  • Junta Upset by China's Taking the Lead in Mourning!
  • Will there be Famine in Burma?
  • Nothing Matters to the Generals Except the Referendum!
BBC News: UN Burma Visit: Reporter's Diary - Laura Trevelyan


Interview

The Irrawaddy: Don’t Waste Time or Money on the Junta [Interview with Jeremy Woodrum, co-founder of the US Campaign for Burma]

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