Myanmar News latest RSS headlines - Myanmar News.Net Provides the latest RSS feeds for Myanmar News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Myanmar News.Net http://www.myanmarnews.net/ en-us Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:19:02 -0400 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:19:02 -0400 30 Bush off to Beijing with a Myanmar mission US President George W. Bush Thursday chided China for its human rights record and called on the communist country to help pressure Myanmar's military leaders before departing Bangkok Thursday for Beijing. http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/391367 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:02:14 -0400 Myanmar News.Net http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/391367 US President to discuss Myanmar with China US President George W. Bush said Thursday that he would take up the Myanmar problem with China, one of the few countries that has any influence over the cloistered military state, dissidents said. http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/391331 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:00:19 -0400 Myanmar News.Net http://www.myanmarnews.net/story/391331 ABFSU calls for a new uprising – Khin Hnin Htet The ABFSU in central Burma made the call in a message yesterday. “It has been 20 years since the 8.8.88 uprising and we would like to urge students, youths, monks and the people to bring down t... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739630&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:54 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739630&cat=c3891022f175b678 UN Envoy Receives The United Nations human rights envoy for Burma says he received "good signs" that the ruling junta accepted his need to investigate allegations of abuse. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737432&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:44:26 -0400 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737432&cat=c3891022f175b678 Suu Kyi’s continued detention is rights violation, NLD says The junta’s ruling in May to extend Suu Kyi’s detention by one year sparked international outrage and Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party denounced the extension as illegal... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739628&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:53 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739628&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma comic charged over aid runs One of Burma’s most popular comedians has been charged with several offences, after he defied the military by giving aid to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739631&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:51 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739631&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar stresses breast feeding for boosting health status A Myanmar high-ranking health official has stressed the implementation of breast feeding project as a prime task in boosting health status of women and babies. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739634&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:48 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739634&cat=c3891022f175b678 Two drug smugglers arrested with 4000 WY tablets in Maungdaw On August 2, two drug smugglers were arrested along with 4,000 WY tablets by Maungdaw district police in Maungdaw Township in Arakan State , according to a police source in Maungdaw Town. They were le... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739633&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:46 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739633&cat=c3891022f175b678 Top UN relief official draws lessons from Myanmar cyclone aid effort All nations need outside help when faced by a major natural disaster, according to the United Nations' top humanitarian official, commenting today on the relief operations following Cyclone Nargis in ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739639&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:44 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739639&cat=c3891022f175b678 U.N. human rights envoy wraps up Myanmar visit+ YANGON, Aug. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, wrapped up his first mission to the country Thursday, saying he received "... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737431&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:04:51 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737431&cat=c3891022f175b678 Severe food shortages in Chin state focus of WFP meeting The severe food crisis in Chin state of Burma was the focus of the meeting of international and domestic non government organizations held at the World Food Program’s (WFP) head-office in Rangoo... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739632&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:52 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739632&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush spotlights Myanmar repression Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej regards himself as a friend of Myanmar's generals. Myanmar, also known as Burma, marks the 20th anniversary of a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy activists on Friday.T... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737428&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:53:21 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737428&cat=c3891022f175b678 Twenty years on, Burma’s opposition lacks unity – Htet Aung Kyaw Last year students and monks led a peaceful demonstration against fuel-price hikes which lead to September’s “saffron revolution”, and many Burmese activists around the globe plan to... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739638&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:42 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739638&cat=c3891022f175b678 Understanding the Bush interest in Burma – Sein Win “President George Bush will meet Burmese activists during Thailand trip” – dominated headlines among Burma’s exile community. It appeared to offer new hope after but the latest epi... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739641&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:41 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739641&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush, Beijing and Burma – Aung Din One day before the Beijing Olympics begin, President George W Bush and first lady Laura Bush meet with Burmese democracy activists in Thailand. The trip rightly draws attention to a matter China prefe... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739640&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:43 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739640&cat=c3891022f175b678 Arroyo urged to push for democratic reforms in Myanmar – TJ Burgonio President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should push for the inclusion of democratic reforms in Burma in a future dialogue between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a self-exiled Burmese ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739636&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:44 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739636&cat=c3891022f175b678 Laura Bush tours camp to lift pressure on Myanmar – Jeremy Pelofsky U.S. First Lady Laura Bush tried to boost pressure on the Myanmar government to accept democratic reforms when she visited a large refugee camp in Thailand just a few miles from the border on Thursday... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739635&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:50 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739635&cat=c3891022f175b678 Laura Bush visits refugees on Thai-Myanmar border THA SONG YANG, Thailand (AP) — First lady Laura Bush, meeting with refugees who fled a brutal campaign by Myanmar's military junta, urged China and other countries on Thursday to join the U.S. ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16736444&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:56:36 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16736444&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush warm, knowledgeable on Burma, say activists – Wai Moe US President George W Bush traded ideas about US economic sanctions on Burma, humanitarian aid after Cyclone Nargis and Chinese foreign policy during a private lunch with nine Burmese activists in Ban... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739637&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:45 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739637&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma beefs up border troops – Subin Khuenkaew The Burmese government has reinforced its troops along the border with Thailand to beef up security in the run-up to the 20th anniversary of Burma’s pro-democracy uprising, said a border source.... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739629&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:36:49 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16739629&cat=c3891022f175b678 Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed A Cyclone Nargis victim fixes a tarpaulin that serves as a roof for his house in an area outside of Yangon, Myanmar. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE YANGON, Myanmar - A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Ir... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737429&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:57:49 -0400 C News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16737429&cat=c3891022f175b678 Laura Bush urges China to act on Burma Laura Bush, the US first lady, urged China to join other countries in putting pressure on Burma's military junta to loosen its vice-like grip on its people on Thursday.Her call added to criticisms of ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16736377&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:48 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16736377&cat=c3891022f175b678 Beijing holds key to change in Burma As the Chinese exult in the opening of an Olympic Games aimed at showing off their nation's ascent under Communist rule, the population of neighbouring Burma is marking a more sombre occasion: the 20t... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16736499&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:18:45 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16736499&cat=c3891022f175b678 US First Lady Tours Refugee Camp on Thai-Burma Border For U.S. first lady Laura Bush, the plight of the Burmese people is both a cause and a calling. Throughout her husband's presidency she has spoken out on their behalf, urging the world to take a str... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16730212&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:29:44 -0400 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16730212&cat=c3891022f175b678 Twenty years after 8888 Uprising, local media continue to defy military regime, shows SEAPA report (SEAPA/IFEX) - The following is a 6 August 2008 SEAPA capsule report: A review of Burma's media struggle on the 20th Anniversary of 8888 August 8, 2008, marks the 20th anniversary of an importan... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16731286&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:27:40 -0400 IFEX http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16731286&cat=c3891022f175b678 Emergency relief still a far cry for many cyclone survivors New Delhi – Three months after the killer Cyclone Nargis ravaged Burma's coastal region, emergency relief and early recovery assistance is still a far cry in many places, the United Nations said. ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16733028&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:20:26 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16733028&cat=c3891022f175b678 Laura Bush talks with refugees at Thai border who fled brutal campaign by Myanmar THA SONG YANG, Thailand (AP) _ First lady Laura Bush, meeting with refugees who fled a brutal campaign by Myanmar's military junta, urged China and other countries on Thursday to join the U.S. in impo... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16730209&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:12:33 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16730209&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burmese remain prisoners in their own country Since the cyclone devastated large parts of the country, international aid workers have not been allowed into the former Burma. The borders remain closed. If the outside world kicks up enough fuss,... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16731375&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:47:59 -0400 Radio Netherlands http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16731375&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush walks Burmese tightrope in Bangkok Bangkok – U.S. President George Bush's much anticipated meeting with a group of Burmese dissidents this afternoon left those in attendance with little doubt as to his sincerity, but also uncertain a... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16733029&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:20:29 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16733029&cat=c3891022f175b678 No hearing today in Zarganar case Chiang Mai – Though comedian actor Zarganar appeared before the court today, there was no hearing. August 14 was fixed for the next hearing, as the court has not yet granted criminal power to the de... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16733027&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:20:27 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16733027&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush meets with Myanmar activists U.S. President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush and their daughter Barbara Bush arrive at Seoul Military Airport on August 5, 2008 in Sungnam, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun, Getty Images) BANGKO... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16724912&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:40:15 -0400 Fox 23 http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16724912&cat=c3891022f175b678 Security Tight on Anniversary of Burma Uprising Photo dated August 1988 shows demonstrators gathering in central Rangoon to protest against the government. As China celebrates the start of the Olympics on Friday with much fanfare, activists in neig... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16728600&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:42:09 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16728600&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush Calls On Myanmar, China To Respect Rights During a stop in Bangkok on an Asian tour, U.S. President George W. Bush assailed the military regime in Myanmar and highlighted Washington's solidarity with the Burmese people.For years, the United S... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16723467&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:58:11 -0400 Radio Free Europe http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16723467&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thailand trip turns heat on Myanmar BANGKOK (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush flew into Bangkok on Wednesday on the latest leg of a pre-Olympics Asian tour, although his focus in Thailand is mainly on the "outpost of tyranny" ju... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16724095&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:11:49 -0400 Reuters Asia http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16724095&cat=c3891022f175b678 Exiles try to rekindle hopes for change in Myanmar – Seth Mydans Twenty years ago this month, pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Burma, now known as Myanmar. Protesters, like those at left in September 1988, filled the streets of Rangoon, now known as Yangon, ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714764&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:49 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714764&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burmese still struggling after cyclone – Nga Pham On a covert trip to the Irrawaddy Delta region, I found many of the survivors still in need, and the regime still suspicious of foreigners. Recently, the government started letting aid workers in, bu... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714765&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:48 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714765&cat=c3891022f175b678 Malaria no cause for concern in the delta – Ni Ni Myint “We have conducted surveys in Bogale, Labutta and Ngapudaw townships and found that the numbers of malaria cases were no higher than what would normally be expected this time of year,” sai... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714768&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:51 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714768&cat=c3891022f175b678 An auspicious, bloodstained day – Ko Bo Kyi Since eight is a lucky number in much of Asia, the Burmese people chose the auspicious 8.8.88 for their uprising, just as China decided to open the Olympic Games on 8.8.08. But while the eights still ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714767&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:47 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714767&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma’s social volcano ready to erupt – Larry Jagan     Since then, there seems to have been very little movement towards genuine political change. Many Burmese believed that with 20 years of no progress, Burma is destined to remain under a militar... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714763&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:46 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714763&cat=c3891022f175b678 Kuwaiti Prime Minister on official visit Kuwait’s Prime Minister, Sheik Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Wednesday paid an official visit to Burma at the invitation of its premier, Gen. Thein Sein. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714771&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:52 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714771&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burmese junta fulfilled its obligations, time for international community to do the same – Brian Adeba As country director for Save the Children in Burma, which the ruling military junta calls Myanmar, Mr. Kirkwood was at the forefront of organizing the charity’s relief work in the aftermath of t... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714762&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:49 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714762&cat=c3891022f175b678 Kuwait strengthens economic ties with Myanmar Yangon - Oil-rich Kuwait has signed two economic agreements with gas-rich Myanmar as part of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's tour of the region, state med... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707024&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:37:23 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707024&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar CPI up 33% for past year The increase of 32.93 was higher than that for 2006-2007, when the CPI registered a 26.33 increase, according to the figures from the Central Statistical Organization of the Ministry of National Plann... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714769&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:52 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714769&cat=c3891022f175b678 UN envoy in Burma meets opposition parties – Phanida Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights on Wednesday met senior members of Burma’s main opposition party - National League for Democracy - and another major party - Natio... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714775&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:56 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714775&cat=c3891022f175b678 Detained sport editor allowed a rare meeting with family – Phanida Sports columnist Zaw Thet Htwe, who was arrested for assisting cyclone victims in Burma ’s Irrawaddy delta, was finally allowed to meet his family at notorious Insein prison on Tuesday. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714774&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:55 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16714774&cat=c3891022f175b678 America seeks an end to tyranny in Burma United States President George W. Bush has vowed to "seek an end to tyranny" in Burma and called on the regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a copy of a speech he will delive... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707239&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:37:14 -0400 Bangkok Post http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707239&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush to criticize Myanmar during his tour across Asia U.S. President George W. Bush is set to deliver a thumping broadside against Myanmar and meet with Burmese dissidents who have heaped praise on his tough policy toward its military rulers. First lady ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16703500&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:45:44 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16703500&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush in Thailand for Foreign Policy Speech, Meetings on Burma U.S. President George Bush is using his visit to Thailand to focus attention on the situation in neighboring Burma and to access U.S. relations with the region. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wol... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16706617&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:34:11 -0400 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16706617&cat=c3891022f175b678 Exiles to ask Bush to engage Myanmar In the past few months the junta has bared its teeth, first with a violent suppression of a peaceful uprising led by monks last September, and more recently by restricting foreign aid to victims of Cy... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707240&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:47:24 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707240&cat=c3891022f175b678 In shadow of Olympics, Myanmar mourns failed BANGKOK (AFP) - As China celebrates the start of the Olympics on Friday with much fanfare, activists in neighbouring Myanmar will silently mourn the bloody end of an uprising that crushed their dream... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16708461&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:15:23 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16708461&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bush vows to end Myanmar US President George W. Bush vowed to "seek an end to tyranny" in Myanmar and called on the regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a copy of a speech he is expected to deliver t... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707238&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:48:29 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707238&cat=c3891022f175b678 Twenty Years of military rule, the youth and alternative approach to democracy By Zaw Nay Aung Burmese across the world will celebrate their 20th anniversary cries for freedom on 8th August which is also the first day of China's Olympics. 1988 popular uprising of Burma widely k... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707235&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:36:41 -0400 Asian Tribune http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16707235&cat=c3891022f175b678 More than Myanmar, it is the ground which is troubling Houghton Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) More than opponents Myanmar, it is the turf at the Gachibowli Stadium that has pre-occupied chief coach Bob Houghton's mind on the eve of India's semi-final clash in th... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16708466&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:15:13 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16708466&cat=c3891022f175b678 Confident India ready for Myanmar in AFC Challenge semis Hyderabad, Aug 6 (IANS) There is a certain air of confidence in the Indian team. They can sniff something big but are keeping their feet firmly on the ground on the eve of their semi-final clash again... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16708467&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:15:10 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16708467&cat=c3891022f175b678 US President Bush in Bangkok but with Myanmar in his sights Bangkok - US President George W Bush arrived in Thailand Wednesday for a two-day visit that will highlight the two countries' 175 years of friendly relations and Washington's much less amicable ties w... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16702812&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:48:23 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16702812&cat=c3891022f175b678 Cyclone Aid Delivery Still a Challenge in Burma A United Nations official says that three months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma's Irrawaddy delta, aid workers still face a challenge in delivering enough relief supplies to survivors.The U.N... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16691339&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:31:07 -0400 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16691339&cat=c3891022f175b678 20 killed in Myanmar mine landslide Wednesday, August 06, 2008 YANGON: At least 20 people were killed when the slag heap from a jade mine in military-ruled Myanmar collapsed late last month after torrential rain, industry sources said... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16691338&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:24:58 -0400 The News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16691338&cat=c3891022f175b678 Increase in Kachin women trafficking to China: KWAT The economic slump in Burma coupled with human rights violations by the Burmese military regime has led to Burmese women being trafficked to neighbouring countries like China. The trafficking is incre... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688217&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:40 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688217&cat=c3891022f175b678 Security beefed up in Sittwe after anti-government posters appear The Burmese junta authorities in Sittwe have beefed up security after anti-government posters appeared calling on people to fight the junta for democracy on the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 protests... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688216&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:39 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688216&cat=c3891022f175b678 Meeting on food crisis in Chin state to be held in Rangoon The first ever meeting to discuss the food crisis in Chin state in Burma is going to be held in the World Food Program (WFP) head-office in Rangoon, former capital of Burma on Wednesday. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688219&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:38 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688219&cat=c3891022f175b678 Women enslaved due to economic hardships Chiang Mai - Economic hardship and poverty have caused several young women in Burma, particularly in regions where ethnic minorities are residing, to be an easy prey of human trafficking, an ethnic Ka... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16687775&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:36 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16687775&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burmese activists urge UN Rights Rapporteur to meet detainees - Solomon The UN human rights Rapporteur, during his visit to Burma should meet political prisoners, independent organizations and listen to the people in order to understand the nature of the ongoing human rig... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688211&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:41 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688211&cat=c3891022f175b678 UN says 51 mln dlrs needed for Myanmar’s rice paddies Restoring fallow rice paddies to provide food for the 2.4 million affected people in Myanmar’s southwest delta will require another 51 million dollars, a UN statement said. “While agricul... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688222&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:36 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688222&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma - Detained comedian, sports columnist both charged with "disturbing public order" (Mizzima/IFEX) - Lawyer Aung Thein reports that sports columnist Zaw Thet Htwe and comedian Zarganar ("Tweezers") were brought before court on 30 July 2008 and charged under section 505(b) of the Crim... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16685673&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:33:53 -0400 IFEX http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16685673&cat=c3891022f175b678 Number of HIV-infected people drop in Myanmar The number of people infected with HIV dropped to 240,000 in 2007 from 300,000 in 2001, the local Newsweek journal quoted a recent report of the UNAIDS as saying Tuesday. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688223&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:35 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688223&cat=c3891022f175b678 Police arrest 200 illegal Myanmar workers in Mae Sot Thai police have arrested about 200 illegal Myanmar workers in this Thai-Myanmar border province ahead of this week’s US presidential visit to Thailand. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688220&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:37 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688220&cat=c3891022f175b678 Logging ban flouted: criminal activity strips forests A ban on illegal logging by Naypidaw, Burma’s capital on the Three Pagodas Pass border, in a remote region on the Thai Burma border, has proven to be highly lucrative for the Burmese Army comman... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688221&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:36 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688221&cat=c3891022f175b678 China urged to change Burma policy before Olympics New Delhi - China has been urged to use its leverage on Burma's military rulers and to facilitate democratic reforms in the troubled Southeast Asian nation. The appeal was made by several Burmese acti... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16687774&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:38 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16687774&cat=c3891022f175b678 An Olympian question of legitimacy for Burma’s generals - May Ng The army announced four “duties” under SLORC Declaration No.1/88 that included the “holding of a multiparty General Election.” And SLORC Law No.14/89, “Pyithu Hluttaw (As... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688212&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:33 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688212&cat=c3891022f175b678 Can the 2010 election change Burma - Naing Ko Ko Prior to the referendum to approve the constitution, the ministers of the junta’s war office worked rapidly in both rural and urban areas of Burma, using populist appeals and fear-mongering, to ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688213&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:27:33 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16688213&cat=c3891022f175b678 US$ 51m needed for Myanmar Three months after much of Myanmar's fertile land was washed away by a devastating cyclone, a rescue effort remains critically underfunded, the United Nations said yesterday.Restoring fallow rice fiel... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16686350&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:38:10 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16686350&cat=c3891022f175b678 Amnesty urges Burma to release 2,000 political prisoners Twenty years after Burma's military crushed a national pro-democracy uprising, Amnesty International has urged the junta to release more than 2,000 political prisoners it says remain jailed. The Lond... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16676638&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:25:50 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16676638&cat=c3891022f175b678 UN envoy visits cyclone-hit region in Myanmar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YANGON, Myanmar -- A United Nations human rights envoy left Tuesday to inspect the devastation from the cyclone that struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy river delta three months ago. T... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16676640&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:51:22 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16676640&cat=c3891022f175b678 Activists Urge Olympic Boycott of Chinese Jade Burmese pro-democracy activists are calling for a boycott of jade during the Olympic Games in Beijing, claiming the event could boost demand for stones mined in Burma.Cristina Moon, an activist for th... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16674624&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:13:06 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16674624&cat=c3891022f175b678