Burma Update: November 1, 2008

News from Burmese Media

• Mizzima News: NLD members discuss party reform
• Mizzima News: Burma's foreign earnings to decline
• Kaladan Press Network: Authorities attack religious ceremony in Maungdaw
  
• Kaladan Press Network: Campaign for de-worming begins in Nayapara Refugee camp
• Kachin News Group: Junta sends prisoners in short-term sentences to Hard Labour camps
  

News from Regional/International Media

• UN News Centre: UNICEF appeals for support six months after cyclone devastates Myanmar
• Bernama: UN Wants India To Assist Myanmar Reform
• International Herald Tribune: New Myanmar constitution published in English
• Xinhura Online: FAO donate 100 more draught cattle to Myanmar cyclone-hit area
  
• Relief Web: Welcome to Prague: First Myanmar refugees resettle in Czech Republic (UNHCR)
  
• Xinhura Online: Myanmar allots land for more local, foreign IT companies to work in cyber city
  

Opinion/Other

• The Jakarta Post: Min Zin: Burmese activist crosses boundaries - Moch. N. Kurniawan
  

Statement/Press Release

• UNIC Yangon: Six months after Cyclone Nargis- Continued need for relief and long term support
  

Report/Briefer

• Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma: ALTSEAN Burma Bulletin October 2008
  
  • Cyclone Nargis cleanup
  • Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Arbitrary arrests and imprisonment
  • Attacks and displacement in Eastern Burma
  • UN frustrated
  • Business deals
  • Other Burma news
  • List of Reports
• Shan Herald Agency for News: Weekly Diary, No. 325 (25 – 31 October 2008)
  
  • Asian Stocks Recover!
  • Nargis Survivors Face New Threat, Water!
  • Than Shwe's Daughter Wins Headlines Again!
  • Rats in Arakan!