DPNS: Daily News by Burma...
Tuesday 06th of January 2009 {08:26:43 PM}
Yahoo! Burmese News
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- Mission of Burma coming to Somerville, aiding Armory (Somerville Journal)
- The Center for Arts at the Armory, located at 191 Highland Ave., is a new nonprofit organization whose purpose is to transform an historic armory into a community arts center.
- Burma junta marks independence day (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
- Burma has marked the 61st anniversary of its independence with pomp and defiance, as the military junta called on citizens to support 2010 elections.
- Christian group condemns Burma human rights violations (Christian Today)
- Christian Solidarity Worldwide says the recent rape and murder of a sevenyearold girl demonstrates the culture of impunity reigning throughout Burmas military regime
- Burma Blacklists U.S. Artist (Radio Free Asia)
- An American academic couple abandons a visit to Burma because one of them is blacklisted.
- Burma junta marks independence day (The West Australian)
- Burma has marked the 61st anniversary of its independence with pomp and defiance, as the military junta called on citizens to support 2010 elections derided as a sham by democracy campaigners.
- Why Democracy Is Struggling in Asia (Time Magazine)
- Most Asian nations now hold elections, yet true democracy still eludes the region. Here's why, and what needs to be done
- What Obama's Pick of Leon Panetta May Signal About the CIA (US News & World Report)
- The respected Washington figure would bring new oversight and might smooth relations with Congress.
- Burma Sends North Koreans to Thailand (Radio Free Asia)
- Burma sends 19 North Korean would-be defectors across the border into Thailand, four weeks after they were arrested.
- Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in good health (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
- Rangoon - Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was allowed a New Year's Day visit Thursday by her personal doctor and she was in good health, officials said. Doctor Tin Myo Win visited Suu Kyi at her lakeside home - where the Nobel laureate has been kept under detention in near complete isolation since mid-2003 - briefly on Thursday afternoon, a government official confirmed. "This ...
- Burma Junta marks independence day (Independent Online)
- Defiant military Junta has called on citizens to support 2010 elections derided as a sham by democracy campaigners.
Source: Yahoo! News
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