Pressure and pragmatism in Burma – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/26405 SINGAPORE — Under increasing international criticism over the civil war in Kachin State, Burma’s government has sought to...
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Burmese royal wedding invite irks activists – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21209&Submit=Submit Although an invitation to the British royal wedding for the Syrian ambassador to the UK was withdrawn, it...
Burma-Timor Leste Forge Closer Ties – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19279 Burma Foreign Minister Nyan Win concluded a three-day goodwill visit to Timor Leste on Sunday, after being met...
EU Sanctions on Tay Za’s Son Upheld – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=18909 In a May 19 court judgment that went almost unnoticed, Pye Phyo Tay Za, the son of junta-linked...
Thai-Burma Relations through the Thaksin Prism – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=18672 BANGKOK — After the crackdown on the two-month-long Redshirt protest in Bangkok, ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra remains a...
After renewing sanctions, EU seeks face-time with junta – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18327 European Union (EU) foreign ministers have renewed the bloc’s “Common Position” on Burma, extending existing sanctions until April...
Czech support for UN War Crimes Inquiry on Burma – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18242&Submit=Submit The Czech Republic has become the third country to back the recommendation made by UN human rights Special...
Burma election leaves opposition divided – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18138 Burma’s military government has pledged to hold elections sometime in 2010. But far from energizing the long-oppressed opposition...
Quintana recommends war crimes commission on Burma – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18013 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has recommended that the UN...