Burma Update: August 16, 2008

Highlight

Press Release: Philippine Parliamentarians take strong position against ruling junta in Burma - August 14, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Mizzima News: University student killed by police in upper Burma
Kachin News Network: Army officer takes rapist soldiers from Nam Sai post to Bhamo
Khonumthung News Group: Anti-alcohol campaign intensifies in Thangtlang town

News from Regional/International Media

ABC: UN envoy to visit Myanmar on five-day mission
AP: 5 Myanmar activists sentenced for marking uprising
Xinhua: Bronze Age ancient artifacts unearthed in Myanmar
The Jakarta Post: RI told to reject Myanmar roadmap
The Chicago Tribune: Family of Myanmar refugees reunites after 3 years apart and much hardship
CNN: Floods hit cyclone ravaged Myanmar
NST Online: Thaung Htun: 888 has dark significance in Yangon

Opinion/Other

Mizzima News: Obama or McCain? For Burma more of the same [Commentary]
The Irrawaddy: ‘Revolution is Our School, Our University’ [Beyond 1988 - Reflection] - Aung Naing Oo
The Washington Post: In Broken Economy, Burmese Improvise or Flee

Report/Briefer

The Irrawaddy: Business Round-up (August 16, 2008) - William Boot
Maxims News Network: United Nations Briefing and TV: Friday, 15/08/2008