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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Burma Update: September 4, 2008

Highlight

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus: Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus
: Letter to ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan

News from Burmese Media

Democratic Voice of Burma: Hmawbi residents forced to work on road construction
Narinjara News: Monks Warn USDA and Swan Ar Shin Against Disturbing Protests
Independent Mon News Agency: VPDCs collect money for 13th football tournament
Independent Mon News Agency: Cyclone Nargis refugees restricted from crossing into Thailand at Three Pagoda Pass
Shan Herald Agency for News: Pundit: Ethnicity and democratization can go together
Kachin News Group: Stilwell Road collapses due to heavy rain, two die
Kaladan Press Network: 3.5 million Kyat Iftar items seized by Nasaka in Maungdaw
Mizzima News: Junta arrests two more activists
Mizzima News: Actress and singer of yesteryear Daw May Shin dead
Mizzima News: Gambira produced in court, 88 generation vows to continue struggle
The Irrawaddy: AIPMC Appeals to Surin, Ban Ki-moon to Visit Suu Kyi
The Irrawaddy: Journalist's Arrest Triggers Regime Warning to Editors
The Irrawaddy: Illegal Timber Crossing Thai-Burmese Border


Multimedia



Al Jazeera: Cleaning-up after Cyclone Nargis




Opinion/Other

The Times of India: Time For A Revision [Editorial]
Independent Mon News Agency: UN's failed mission: Dialogue in deadlock [Editorial]
OpEdNews: What is Aung San Suu Kyi refusing? - Ashin Mettacara


Interview


The Irrawaddy: Training Eyes on the Junta [Interview with Brad Adams, the Asia Director of New York-based Human Rights Watch]




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