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Legalized gambling against the odds in Myanmar – Asia Gambling Brief

http://www.asiagamblingbrief.com/component/k2/945-legalized-gambling-against-the-odds-in-myanmar.html Tourism master plan proposes discussions on how legalized gambling could bring in much needed revenue but more pressing...

Thailand floods: The straw that broke the broker’s back – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22371 Former Burmese migrant ‘broker’ unloads on shakedown of poor migrants fleeing Thailand floods BANGKOK – “They are using...

Still on the Run: Trafficked Burmese Recount Murder at Sea – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21824 PATHUMTHANI, Thailand – As the wind-whipped rain made its staccato finger-drum rattle on the shack’s tin roof, *Saw...

Sri Lanka Connection Key as Ethnic War Fears Grow – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20209 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\11\30\story_30-11-2010_pg14_10 With one thousand refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Burma into Thailand’s Tak Province over the weekend, fears...

New Burmese Government in 3 months, says Abhisit – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddymedia.com/article.php?art_id=20026 Concerns raised about refugee repatriation amid more fighting inside Burma BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajjiva believes...

Makeovers and Takeovers in Burma – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888caa0-b3db-1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4&lng=en&id=115893 Burma’s military elites are ditching their uniforms so they can run as civilians in elections scheduled for later...

Safe for Refugees to Return: Thai Gov’t – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17779 At a forum involving various Thai government ministries and agencies, along with representatives of the military and international...

Former Foreign Minister reviews Thai-Burmese relations – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17775&Submit=Submit Former Thai foreign minister Dr Surakiart Sathirathai said that Thailand’s relations with Burma have deteriorated since the 2006...

Thai Govt Responds to Karen Landmine Fears – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17752 BANGKOK—Acting Thai government spokesperson Dr. Panitan Wattanayagorn has told The Irrawaddy that the Thai authorities have been assured...

Forced Repatriation of Karen Refugees to Start – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17743&Submit=Submit Thai authorities will start deporting 3,000 Karen refugees living in Tha Song Yang camp back to Burma on...