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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

Monday, May 19, 2008

Burma Update: May 19, 2008

Highlight

Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Chairman's Statement

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Farmers in Need of Urgent Assistance after Cyclone
Democratic Voice of Burma: Villager Describes Situation in Kunchangone
Narinjara News: Two Smugglers Killed in Clash with BDR
Kaowao News Group: Trafficking Narcotic Smuggling on Thai-Burma Border Towns
Khonumthung News: Chin National Council Rejects Junta's Poll Result
Kaladan Press Network: Two Rakhine Youths Arrested for Disrupting Referendum
Kaladan Press Network: Turkish Media and Muslim Aids ( UK ) Visit Makeshift Camp
Kaladan Press Network: Monks Hold Special Prayer for Cyclone Nargis Victims
The Irrawaddy: Asean to Handle Foreign Aid for Burma
The Irrawaddy: UN Chief to Visit Burma
The Irrawaddy: Than Shwe Makes First Visit to Relief Camp
The Irrawaddy: Save the Children Warns of Starvation in Burma



Opinion/Other

Mizzima News: Than Shwe Must Go and Now [Editorial]
Mizzima News: A Tale of Two Disasters: Cyclone Nargis in Burma, Quake in China [Commentary]
Bangkok Post: Responses to Two Tragedies [Editorial]
The Nation: Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis: Can ASEAN Pull It Off? [Regional Perspective] - Kavi Chongkittavorn
International Herald Tribune: Send in the Latrines - Rose George
Monstars and Critics: Loyalty of Myanmar Troops Doubted after Cyclone Disaster [Analysis]


Report/Briefer

UNIC Yangon: OCHA Situation Report No. 14

Interview

The Irrawaddy: A Shattered Rice Bowl [Burma specialist Sean Turnell of Macquarie University in Australia]

Cartoon



Bangkok Post: Responses to Two Tragedies [Editorial]






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