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Junta's drug control claim irrelevant to ground situation: Researcher |
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Written by Mizzima News
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 00:00 |
By Mungpi
New Delhi – The Burmese military junta has claimed that its drug eradication campaign has brought about a drastic decline in opium cultivation in the country. It has decreased from 140,000 hectares to 27,700 hectares within a decade.
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Cyclone victims must be left to die |
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Written by The Nation
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 00:00 |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Why did the Burmese generals refuse desperately needed aid that was offered for the victims of Cyclone Nargis from American, British and French warships anchored just inside territorial waters off Rangoon?
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Zarganar still under detention |
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Written by Mizzima News
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 00:00 |
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 ( Interview with his mother-in-law Daw Kyi Kyi Soe )
News circulated some corners in Rangoon that famous comedian and actor Zarganar (tweezers) was released from detention on Monday and is now under house arrest. He conducted relief efforts actively providing relief supplies to cyclone victims. |
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Asean members have a duty to protect migrants |
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Written by The Nation
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Monday, 09 June 2008 00:00 |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Cyclone Nargis has put many homeless and hapless ethnic Burmese, Mon and Karen migrants - desperate to escape the horrendous calamity, hunger, poverty, unhealthy conditions and associated human misery predicaments - in limbo. |
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A death sentence and the prolongation of misery |
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Written by The Nation
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Friday, 06 June 2008 00:00 |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Adjectives and terms such as "truly unfortunate", "regrettable", "saddened and frustrated", pepper the comments of aid-agency officials and others, but reading between the lines, you realise that their blood is either boiling or cold as ice because they know full well the awful consequences of the Burmese junta's stone-walling. |
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