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Secret court may jail Burma comic Maung Thura for helping Cyclone Nargis victims
Burma's most popular comedian, Maung Thura who is well known as Zarganar faces 20 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison for helping Cyclone Nargis victims in the Irrawaddy delta " The repressive and... Blast hits pro-junta office in Myanmar
Offices of the pro Junta activists have been bombed today early morning. The group helps Burmese militia with its social welfare programme. " An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been...Clooney and Pitt launch Myanmar ad campaign
""Burma's neighbours have the power to help victims who remain desperately in need," said the advertisement, signed by former and current regional leaders and Nobel laureates, referring to Myanmar by its previous name.Signatories included former Philippine president Corazon... Bloggers Writing Scared in Zimbabwe
More and more bloggers are adding their voices to the chorus of confusion and unease in Zimbabwe, as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced his withdrawal from the presidential run-off from the safety of the... Burma junta gang hits Suu Kyi birthday rally
Worst birthday ever: it's bad enough that Burma's elected leader. Aung San Suu Kyi, has been under house arrest for 13 years, but to attack a rally on her birthday?"At least six truckloads of Swan-Arr-Shin, or...Junta’s Delays in Myanmar Are Less Costly Than Feared
"Myanmar — More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and arousing international sympathy that... Myanmar arrests activist as U.S. aid ships leave
It's been more than a month since the cyclone that devastated burma hit, and the government has still not allowed the US and French military ships with aid docked just outside to come in. Now the US ship is leaving, and the Myanmar government has arrested yet another... US May Withdraw Navy Aid Mission from Burma
The US Navy may remove its ships from Myanmar's coast as the military junta continues to stonewall aid efforts."Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday he will make a decision within "a matter of days" to withdraw... Activists send female underwear to Burmese embassies
Allrighty then..." Activists exasperated at the failure of diplomacy to apply pressure on Burma's military regime are resorting to a new means of protest against the regime's recent crackdown: sending female... Burma: Cyclone Victims told "Eat Frogs"!
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe military Junta relocating cyclone victims out of their refugee camps and sending them back to their devastated villages, further adds insult to injury by telling the... Burmese Evicted from Relief Centres
Conditions in storm-ravaged Myanmar (Burma) have gone from bad to worse. Thousands of Burmese families affected by Cyclone Nargis have not only failed to receive any aid, from either national or international relief... "Cyclone victims do not need 'chocolate bars'" - Myanmar junta
Myanmar's military rulers have recently let foreign aid workers in to the country, and then this..." MYANMAR’S ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need supplies of... Indonesia diplores extension of Aung San Suu Kyi`s house arrest
" Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda deplores the Myanmar`s military junta`s decision to extend the house arrest of their country`s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, a foreign ministry spokesman said.Even though differences of view are okay, the (junta`s) decision runs...Candian College Students Take Aim Myanmar Junta, Send Panties
Canadian students, in a rush to make sure that no one thinks they are not crazier than Sharon Stone came up with this."Toronto:Canadian women have launched a Panties for Peace! campaign to sendtheir undergarments to the Myanmar military junta to frighten it intoending...More Relief Flights Reach Burma; U.S. Assets Stand By
" WASHINGTON, May 27, 2008 – The Air Force has flown 70 humanitarian missions to Burma in support of the relief effort for Cyclone Nargis victims, Defense officials said here today. Over Memorial Day weekend, five C-130 flights per day arrived at Rangoon...
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