worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A senior figure in Myanmar’s military junta has suggested that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed from house … Go to news source
News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
(Kyodo) _ ASEAN foreign ministers urged Myanmar’s military government to free all political detainees in a joint communique issued at their meeting here Monday, mentioning detained……Read more
Cry Beloved Zimbabwe (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I am skeptical about the talks that are set to resume between our MDC and the Zanu PF in South Africa today. My main worry is the motive of the dictator and his military junta? What do they hope to achieve by the talks? Because surely they can not suddenly claim a heartfelt need to solve the political crisis in Zimbabwe that has been going on for over 10 years now. The events in Zimbabwe speak for...
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday | World
Can democracy be protected by the court-ordered closing of a political party, and possibly even by a coup d'etat? If democracy is simply head-counting, as Hugh Fitzgerald puts it, then no, it cannot. But Turkey faces the possibility that its...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008 | Politics
Although it appears most of Berlin is heading to Obama's speech today, US Foreign Service personnel will be banned from the event. And they are not happy. The American Foreign Service Association, a union of Foreign Service workers are opposing the rule. Read more from The Washington Post . And watch the speech live here . The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
SINGAPORE (AP) — Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar’s May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human rights….
Afrigator (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Izzy MutanhaurwaI am skeptical about the talks that are set to resume between our MDC and the Zanu PF in South Africa today. My main worry is the motive of the dictator and his military junta. What do they hope to achieve by the talks? Because surely they can not suddenly claim a heartfelt need to solve the political crisis in Zimbabwe that has been going on for over 10 years now. The events in...
Later On (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Mike Lillis in the Washington Independent: Caving to big oil demands, the Senate on Tuesday approved a plan that intensifies trade sanctions against Burma’s military regime but abandons an earlier push to penalize Chevron, the last major U.S. company propping up the repressive junta. The move marks a departure from an earlier House-passed proposal that would [...]
AbsolutelyThailand.blogspot.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Shoot on Sight The Ongoing military junta Offensive Against Civilians in Eastern Burma Partner: Peace Way Foundation (Burma Issues) (BI) Background: Since August 19, 2007 there has been a series of peaceful protests across Burma as monks, activists and ordinary citizens challenge misrule and repression. On September 26, the Burmese military government responded with violence. Thousands of protestors...
News & Information (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Myanmar’s military junta has indicated to its Southeast Asian neighbors that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed from house arrest in about six months, Singapore’s foreign……Read more
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Burma's military regime has ratified the charter of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)and vowed to uphold its democratic ideals. The country became the seventh of the 10-member regional grouping to ratify the document. The announcement came as foreign ministers attended the ASEAN Ministers Meeting in Singapore. In a final communique ministers called for the release of all political...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
SINGAPORE (AP) — Myanmar’s military junta has indicated to its Southeast Asian neighbors that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed from house arrest in about six months, Singapore’s foreign minister said Sunday….
billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Cyclone Nargis made international headlines when it swept through Myanmar on May 3. The devastation remained in the forefront as people around the world worried about how surviving residents would ever recover. The country is ruled by a military junta ...
Dialog International (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Former Senator Phil Gramm resigned as Vice Chairman of John McCain's presidential campaign, ostensibly for making dumb comments about how the bad economic times were just a problem of mental perception by "whining" Americans. But the resignation came just in...
Enclave (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Richard Clarke tells a conference of lefty bloggers that we should worry over the junta of military intelligence and private defense contractors running this country's homeland security apparatus: [He had] sharp words for the Department of Homeland Security, which he cited as lacking transparency and oversight from Congress. “Congress has done a horrible job of overseeing Homeland Security,” he said....
