Burma Update: September 18, 2008

News from Burmese Media

• Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD youth members to quit over committee reform
  
• Narinjara News: Authority Threatens People in Sittwe with Army Training Exercise
• Narinjara News: CNA Ambushes SPDC Troops
• Narinjara News: Burmese Rice and Peas Exported to Bangladesh
• Narinjara News: Shrimp Farm Owners Suffer Extortion
• Kaladan Press Network: Protests on 20th anniversary of seizure of power by Burmese junta
  
• Kaladan Press Network: Rohingya fishermen missing in Bay of Bengal
  
• Kaladan Press Network: NGOs distribute rice to unregistered refugees
• Kachin News Group: Abnormal weather changes make children ill in Myitkyina
• Kachin News Group: Anti-regime posters mark 20th anniversary of coup
  
• Kaowao News Group: Biggest factory in Sankhalaburi raided by Thai police
• Mizzima News: SEAPA Alert: On eve of Saffron Revolution anniversary, Burma's exiled news sites attacked
• The Irrawaddy: Red Alert in Rangoon
• The Irrawaddy: Food Shortage Forces 2,000 Chin into India
• The Irrawaddy: Burmese Public Unaware of Dangerous Chinese Milk Formula
• The Irrawaddy: Buddhist Monk Makes Suicide Bid at Shwedagon
• The Irrawaddy: Dialogue, Not Elections: CRPP
• The Irrawaddy: Kuwait, Iraq Boost Burmese Fishery, Agricultural Sectors
• The Irrawaddy: Thai Mobile Phone Company Offers Burmese Music Dial Tones
• Mizzima News: Another student activist sentenced to two years in prison
  
• Mizzima News: Haul Generals before the ICC: rights groups
  

News from Regional/International Media

• Christian Today: Charity auction wins World Emergency Relief £7,000 for Burma work
• China Daily: Japan offers aid to Myanmar to fight malaria
• Reuters: India to import 1 mln tonnes lentils from Myanmar
• The Straits Times: Myanmar activists defies laws
  
• Inspire Magazine: Campaign calls for lasting change for Burma
  

Opinion/Other

• The Irrawaddy: A Day of Shame and a Day of Hope [Editorial]
  
• The Irrawaddy: The Burmese Regime’s Cyber Offensive - [Commentary] - Aung Zaw
• UPI Asia Online: Rangoon rent-a-witness [Commentary] - Awzar Thi
  

Statement/Press Release

• Free Burma Coalition (Philippines): Burma watchers to Burmese junta: Democratize or face more protest
  

Report/Briefer




Karen Human Rights Group: Daily demands and exploitation: Life under the control of SPDC and DKBA forces in Pa'an District

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The Irrawaddy: The Than Shwe Virus - Harn Lay