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http://thecasualtruth.com/node/77 Yesterday, East Timor (the official name is ‘Timor-Leste’) marked a decade since it voted to end Indonesia’s long, brutal and illegal occupation. It is sure to be an emotional…
http://www.ncregister.com/daily/cardinal_zen_interview/ This exclusive interview with Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen will appear in the Sept. 6 print issue of the Register: Cardinal Zen on China and Christianity Cardinal Joseph Zen is…
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KH18Ae02.html BANGKOK – Despite some buffeting by the global economic downturn, revenues from gas, oil, hardwood and gemstones continue to flow into Myanmar’s coffers, helping junta leader Senior General Than…
http://www.irrawaddymedia.com/article.php?art_id=16582 BANGKOK—The fallout from US Senator Jim Webb’s controversial engagement with the Burmese junta continues. Today, Webb fuelled speculation that Aung San Suu Kyi favors the removal of some of…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/14/severity-masks-weakness/ BANGKOK – It must be one of literary history’s deep ironies. George Orwell spent some of his formative years serving king and empire as a colonial policeman in resource-laden…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16554 As Aung San Suu Kyi returns to face another 18 months of house arrest, regional and global reactions have followed, highlighting a lack of international unity on her conviction…
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=104421 As expected, Tuesday saw Aung San Suu Kyi found guilty of violating her house arrest terms by the Burmese authorities. The show trial will prevent the iconic dissident from…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16519 While there is no hard evidence to demonstrate that the Burmese regime in Naypyidaw has been seeking to acquire or develop nuclear weapons, the circumstantial evidence is worrying when…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/09/myanmars-ties-to-n-korea-escape-scrutiny/ BANGKOK | Governments and international bodies have been slow to act over the possibility that two of the world’s most repressive regimes – North Korea and Myanmar – are…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16469 Although Burma signed an energy agreement with its Southeast Asian neighbors last week—and despite a stern warning from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton—there are clear danger signs that…