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Thailand sentences American to prison for insulting king – Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-thailand-american-20111209,0,607185.story By Simon Roughneen and Mark Magnier. Reporting from Bangkok, Thailand, and New Delhi, India A U.S. citizen Thursday received...

Vietnam Pushes Facebook Clone – PBS Mediashift

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/12/vietnam-pushes-facebook-clone-to-control-online-speech355.html HANOI, VIETNAM – Inside one of Hanoi’s more than 3,000 online gaming houses, gamers clad in coats and...

On a (cyber) war footing – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddymedia.com/article.php?art_id=19872 As Burma’s Nov. 7 election draws near, The Irrawaddy and other Burmese exile media are on something akin...

US’s Burma Policy Seems to be Floundering- The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=19039 Despite the US Senate vote to renew sanctions, America’s Burma policy seems to be floundering as Washington tries...

No textual healing for Thailand – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=119092 Two months after Thailand’s army routed the anti-Government redshirt protest movement from central Bangkok, sixteen provinces including Bangkok...

Amid debate in Burma, US calls for electoral law changes – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18095 An official at the US embassy in Bangkok has said that Burma’s recently announced election law must be...

Ramos-Horta Launches Burma Petition – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17987 Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta has launched a worldwide petition for democracy in Burma, which also calls for the...

Nobel Laureates Urge Inquiry into Junta Crimes – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17937 After hearing testimony from 12 women who outlined abuses they suffered at the hands of the Burmese army...

Judgment Day in Thailand – ISN/The Irrawaddy

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=113108 http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=17892 Politically troubled Thailand faces “Judgment Day” on Friday when the country’s Supreme Court rules on what to...

Bangladesh Pressures Rohingya after EU Visit – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17867 The Bangladesh authorities have renewed arrests and pushback of Rohingya refugees in the days following the departure of...