Myanmar to hold Barons Cup 2010 horse racing event
Friday, 12 February 2010 00:00 | 
Written by People's Daily Online | 
The Baron's Cup 2010 horse racing event, co-organized by the Myanmar Equestrian Federation (MEF) and Myanmar Brewery Ltd, will be held this month to boost the country's equestrian sport, according to the MEF Friday.
As Myanmar Torches Karen Villages, Who If Anyone At UN Is Watching Is UNclear, No Nargis Follow Up AllegedThursday, 11 February 2010 00:00 | Written by Inner City Press |
By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, February 11 -- On Myanmar, the UN has yet to name a replacement for its previous envoy, Ibrahim Gambari. Amid reports of government soldiers torching villages and targeting medical workers in the Karen minority regions, Inner City Press on February 11 asked UN spokesman Martin Nesirky is the UN was aware of these reports, and what it was doing. PTT prepares for Yadana shutdownFriday, 12 February 2010 00:00 | Written by The Nation |
Published on Fri, February 12, 2010 PTT is asking the operators of all natural gas fields in the Gulf of Thailand to pump up gas at their full capacity late March, when Yadana gas field in Burma will be shut down for two weeks. |
ENVIRONMENT: World Bank Faces Tiger Trap in BurmaFriday, 12 February 2010 00:00 | Written by IPS |
By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK, Feb 12, 2010 (IPS) - As the World Bank embarks on its latest foray to protect Asian forests that are home to wild tigers, one of the continent’s iconic predators, a visible trap looms in military-ruled Burma. World must not be misled by Burma's sham electionsSaturday, 13 February 2010 00:00 | Written by The Nation |
By NAW ZIPPORAH SEIN THIS WEEK in 1947, our ethnic leaders signed the historic Panglong Agreement, which envisioned a free Burma in which our people could live together in peace. Within a year, Burma gained its independence from the British. Yet, half a century later, Burma is still not free. Successive military regimes have, over the past 50 years, attempted to achieve "unity", not through dialogue, but with the barrel of a gun. This year, while preparing for the 2010 elections, the junta is trying to achieve a sham democracy through force. |