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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2012/0731/UN-envoy-visits-Myanmar-as-ethnic-clashes-test-reforms BANGKOK – As a UN human rights envoy visits the troubled western Myanmar state of Rakhine, recent ethnic fighting there and the government’s response to it could raise doubts…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/9883 With Burma’s reforms making media headlines around the world, the talk is that the long-time former military dictatorship is on the road to real change. President Thein Sein recently…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/9767 BANGKOK – In his first visit to next-door Thailand as President, Thein Sein today signed three MOUs aimed at tightening the growing economic links between the two countries. The…
BANGKOK -- Thailand’s political temperature has cooled somewhat after the country's Constitutional Court declined Friday to outlaw another yet surrogate political party for fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in…
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/0712/US-eases-sanctions-on-Myanmar-in-rare-difference-with-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi BANGKOK – In a rare snub by American lawmakers for Myanmar parliamentarian and long-time detainee Aung San Suu Kyi, the United States on Wednesday gave a go-ahead for American…
DILI -- The party of East Timor’s prime minister won the majority of seats this weekend in peaceful parliamentary elections, paving the way for him to form another coalition government…
http://www.irishexaminer.com/world/east-timor-can-finally-look-forward-to-a-bright-new-dawn-after-its-historic-election-200144.html Outgoing PM and independence icon most likely candidate to lead next government DILI, EAST TIMOR – Saturnina da Silva doesn’t have a name for her baby boy yet, born…
http://www.rte.ie/news/player/world-report/2012/0708/ – radio here, needs realplayer Tiny East Timor is just a decade old, but already its people are well-used to elections. Saturday was its third parliamentary vote since independence…
http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/voting-to-escape-the-past-199814.html A decade after independence and with the UN mission in-country coming to an end, East Timor goes to the polls on Saturday AILEU, EAST TIMOR – IN a decade-old…
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Special-Feature/Detail?lng=en&id=144931&contextid774=144931&contextid775=144579&tabid=1452453318 China’s growing regional presence – not to mention its territorial claims – is prompting many Southeast Asian states to reinvigorate their ties with the United States. However, the West’s…