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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

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Burma Update: August 12, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Two NLD representatives arrested
Democratic Voice of Burma: HRDP to hire out help to farmers
Democratic Voice of Burma: Floods in Bago threaten towns
Mizzima News: Minister refuses to accept censor chief's resignation
Mizzima News: First fund raising Music album for Nargis released
Kachin News Group: Hill tribes in Thailand celebrate Her Majesty's birthday
Khonumgthung News Group: Rats devastate farms in Sagaing division
Narinjara News: BDR and Nasaka Hold Flag Meeting in Maungdaw
Narinjara News: Family Anxious Over Arrest of Ma Ni Ni May Myint
Shan Herald Agency for News: Former ceasefire group to form political party for 2010 election
Independent Mon News Agency: Tornado damages plantations worth 200 million Kyat
Independent Mon News Agency: Mother and daughter electrocuted in flood waters


Opinion/Other

Mizzima News: Dialogue demands a common vernacular [Commentary]
The New York Times: Justice for Myanmar [Letter to the Editor]
Business Week: Engagement vs. Divestment [View Point] - Alyson Warhurst
The Prague Post: State of play: Beijing Olympics 2008

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