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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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Burma Partnership Secretariat

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Burma Update: July 8, 2008

Highlight

Burma Partnership Weekly Briefer: People Still Await Promised Signs of Progress [Briefer 30th June – 6th July]

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: ABFSU urges flexibility for late university admissions
Democratic Voice of Burma: Rangoon school charges additional fees
Democratic Voice of Burma: Su Su Nway held in isolation
Democratic Voice of Burma: Families still waiting for news of detained relatives
Narinjara News: Six Burmese Nationals Held in Bangladesh with Yaba
Narinjara News: BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting Held in Dhaka Today
Narinjara News: Forced Labor Widely Used in Road Construction
Shan Herald Agency for News: Villages deserted as residents flee to border to escape military persecution
Shan Herald Agency for News: Mongla sticks to its guns
Mizzima News: Karenni refugees flee to Thai-Burma border
Mizzima News: Prosecution alters charge against blogger
Mizzima News: Flood causes evacuees to shelter in public buildings
Kachin News Group: Former Kachin state commander destroys documents of his tenure
The Irrawaddy: Junta Profits from Growing Gap in Value of Cash and FECs
The Irrawaddy: Most Ceasefire Groups Undecided on 2010 Election
The Irrawaddy: Regime Says It Granted Visas to 1,670 Relief Workers, Officials
The Irrawaddy: Cyclone Orphans Take Low-Paid Work to Survive



Opinion/Other

The Irrawaddy: Why the Generals are Winning [Commentary] - Kyaw Zwa Moe
Asia Times: Asia's angry monk syndrome - Megawati Wijaya
Laredo Morning Times: Months later, pain still felt - Tricia Cortez
The Washington Times: Some Myanmar survivors now cringe at wind, rain


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