Burma Update: August 3, 2008

Highlight

The Washington Post: Burma's Prisons a Caldron of Protest Fury

News from Burmese Media

Kachin News Group: Myitkyina hospital full of Dengue patients
Kaladan Press Network: Maungdaw income tax officer arrested
Independent Mon News Agency: Police soldiers target youths for bomb blast
Independent Mon News Agency: Kumai villagers forced to guard at night and work by day at army base
Independent Mon News Agency: At least nine youths arrested after bomb explosion in telecom office

News from Regional/International Media

Khaleej Times: New UN rights envoy on first mission to Myanmar
Khaleej Times: Myanmar aid scheme sows new fears among cyclone survivors
Telegraph: Troops on standby in Burma for massacre anniversary
Xinhua: New UN human rights envoy visits Myanmar
Xinhua: Myanmar lifts ban on operation of motor cycles in Yangon
Xinhua: Kuwaiti PM to visit Myanmar
Xinhua: Myanmar-Chinese business leader wishes Beijing Olympics great success
International Herald Tribune: Envoy expected to meet Myanmar democracy activists
The National: Myanmar survivors to pay for aid
AFP: Myanmar Muslims stay put despite Bangladesh misery
The Hindu: Myanmar puts it across Sri Lanka
Deepikaglobal: Myanmar keeps alive semis chances in AFC Challenger
Daily Yomiyuri Online: Myanmar's rice bowl recovering from Nargis
India Times: DPR Korea, Myanmar progress to AFC Cup semis
Thaindian News: Myanmar, North Korea move into AFC Challenge Cup semis (Lead)

Opinion/Other

Mizzima News: 8888 spirit [Editorial]

Multimedia

Kachin News Group: Beijing Olympic Games & Jade [Photo]