Burma Update: August 17, 2008

Highlight

International Herald Tribune: Myanmar opposition hopes UN envoy's visit will spur talks

News from Burmese Media

Mizzima News: Gambari begins a five-day visit to Burma
Narinjara News: Wife of Solo Protester Arrested in Arakan
Narinjara News: Five NLD Youths Sentenced to Prison

News from Regional/International Media

Monsters and Critics: Detained Suu Kyi meets lawyer as release speculation grows
AFP: Myanmar jails five activists for '88 memorial march: opposition
Xinhua: UNDP provides loans to Myanmar cyclone-affected farmers
Xinhua: UNDP helps cyclone survivors in Myanmar to rebuild houses
International Herald Tribune: Myanmar party hopes envoy visit will revive talks

Opinion/Other

The Star Online: Through the eyes of babes - Elizabeth Looi
Asian Tribune: What Lessons do we get from Georgia in the Burmese Context? - Prof. Kanbawza Win
Asian Tribune: 8888: A Grisly Episode of an Epic Struggle - Ahmedur Rahman Farooq
The Sydney Morning Herald: On the way to Mandalay [Travel]

Cartoon


Shan Herald Agency for News: Time for the World to Tip the Scales

Report/Briefer

Kaladan Press Network: Rohingya Nation: Contemporary Problems and Making Certain of the Uncertain Future (A working paper on the Rohingya people) - Abid Bahar Ph.D.
Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 314 (8 – 15 August 2008)