Burma Update: August 9, 2008

Highlight

Xinhua: Beijing Olympics draws much concern of Myanmar people

News from Burmese Media

Mizzima News: Burmese activists and supporters remember '8.8.88' protests
Mizzima News: Security beefed up in Rakhine State capital city
Mizzima News: Apprehensive of protests, junta tightens security in Rangoon
Khonumthung News: Indo-Burma relations dominate conference on 8.8.88 in New Delhi
Khonumthung News: Bus mishap kills three and injures three
Narinjara News: Arakan State Faces Unrest
Narinjara News: Police Raid Two Monasteries in Sittwe
Independent Mon News Agency: Tropical storm hits Mon State, dozens of houses destroyed
Independent Mon News Agency: Moulmein students mark 20th anniversary of 8888 uprising
Burma News International: Child soldiers: A boy afraid of his future

News from Regional/International Media

The Guardian: Myanmar frees most detained "8-8-88" marchers
AP: Myanmar anniversary demonstrators freed
The Wall Street Journal: Myanmar Faces More Food Shortages
UN News Center: Top UN relief official draws lessons from Myanmar cyclone aid effort
The Straits Times: Prominent Myanmar human rights activist arrested
Kuwait News Agency: Kuwait expresses to Myanmar desire to launch long-term joint ventures
Kuwait News Agency: Kuwait, Myanmar sign MOU on commercial cooperation
AJC.Com: Myanmar junta on high alert
Amnesty International: No moving backwards for Myanmar

Opinion/Other

Kaowao News Group: Men of Conscience should Raise Human Rights Issue at Beijing Olympics [Online Commentary] - Prof. Kanbawza Win

Multimedia

NPR: Looking Back On Myanmar 20 Years Later [Audio] - 4min 22 Sec

Report/Briefer

Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 313 (2 – 8 August 2008)