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Myanmar stories: 137 news summaries

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Indonesia Rescues 200 Boat People Thais 'Left to Die'

Refugees say Thai military towed them to sea, set them adrift

Feb 3, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - The Indonesian navy has rescued 200 more Burmese refugees who say the Thai military abandoned them to die at sea three weeks ago, the Daily Telegraph reports. The refugees, from Burma's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority, say their motorless wooden boat was part of a flotilla of nine, containing more than... More »

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Indonesia • Thailand • refugee • Myanmar • Burma • Aceh

Groups Say Thailand Sends Refugees to Sea

Hundreds missing
after being left with
little food or water

Jan 24, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Human rights groups say the Thai military is effectively sentencing refugees to death by herding them out to sea on boats with little food or water. Hundreds of Muslim refugees from Burma are missing, they say. Last month, 1,000 were detained on a remote island, then towed to sea... More »

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Thailand • refugee • Myanmar • Burma

ANALYSIS

 Suu Kyi's Silence 
 Troubles Followers 

Nobel peace prize winner doing nothing as country slides further into squalor

Nov 11, 08 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi, who’s spent 20 years under house arrest, is an almost sainted symbol of democracy to the people of Burma, the Guardian writes. But since 2003, the Nobel Peace Prize winner has  offered no practical leadership for her party, the National League for Democracy, and has... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • political prisoner • Aung San Suu Kyi • junta • military junta

(Newser) - A closed-door court in Burma has sentenced 14 members of a noted pro-democracy organization to 65 years each. Family members and defense lawyers were not permitted at the trial, and relatives only heard of the sentence from prison officials. The activists were members of 88 Generation Students, a group formed... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Burma protest • junta

 Burma Still 
 Cleaning Up 
 6 Months Later 

Cyclone killed more than 80,000, with more than 50,000 others listed as missing

Nov 2, 08 7:18 PM CST
(AP) - Six months after Cyclone Nargis smashed into Burma's coastline, killing tens of thousands of people, aid groups say once-lagging relief efforts have picked up pace but the task of rebuilding and recovery is far from finished, the AP reports. Foreign aid staffers were initially barred from cyclone-affected areas and the... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • disaster recovery • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta • Ban Ki-Moon

Young Burmese Monks
Ready to Take Up Arms

Buddhist movement gets bolder; some suggest stockpiling weapons

Sep 20, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - After seeing nonviolent protesters killed or detained in last year’s protests against the ruling junta, younger segments of Burma’s Buddhist monks are becoming more radical, embracing armed resistance and overt dissent, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "We need weapons,” one young monk said. “That is... More »

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revolution • political activism • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • Buddhism • monks • junta • repression

Suu Kyi Rejects Food Deliveries, Sparks Rumors of Hunger Strike

Burma leader frustrated with UN, aides say

Aug 26, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused food deliveries to her house for two weeks, prompting speculation that she is on a hunger strike against the government, the AP reports. Supporters say she's grown increasingly frustrated with the UN's failure to intervene in the junta-ruled nation—the... More »

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United Nations • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi • Ibrahim Gambari

Glossies

Out of the Cyclone, Seeds
of Change in Burma


Aug 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of the ruling junta's efforts to waylay foreign aid following May's Cyclone Nargis, Burmese citizens—including former political prisoners—created a grass-roots relief effort to help the embattled populace. In doing so, writes George Packer in the New Yorker, they may have created the catalyst for long-awaited... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • political prisoner • Burma protest • Democratic Voice of Burma • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

Burma Indicts Dissident Comedian

Leading opposition figure faces prison for aiding cyclone victims

Aug 7, 08 9:54 AM CDT
(AP) - A popular comedian who became one of the most prominent critics of Burma's military government has been formally charged with several political offenses. Zarganar, who had been leading a citizen effort to aid victims of Cyclone Nargis, has been indicted on five counts, including unlawful association and creating public unrest. More »

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cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • dissidents • military junta • Cyclone Nargis • Zarganar

 Burma Aid Delays
 Less Deadly Than Feared 

Villagers tough it out through cyclone's aftermath

Jun 18, 08 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Delays in getting help to cyclone survivors in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta have not caused the catastrophe initially feared, according to aid workers. Hardy villagers have managed to survive on fish and coconuts, helped by aid from private Burmese citizens and monks, reports the New York Times. Expected massive outbreaks of... More »

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cyclone • aid • Myanmar • Burma • Doctors Without Borders • junta • disaster zones • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

opinion

Albright: Burmese Paying
for Bush's Failed Policies

US blunder has weakened the case for global intervention

Jun 11, 08 7:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Myanmar junta’s shameful cyclone response illustrates some global truths we must face, writes Madeleine Albright in the New York Times. Among them: President Bush's ill-advised attack of Iraq has made it all the more difficult for the international community to intervene in the world's trouble spots. Instead, the... More »

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Darfur • Sudan • Myanmar • Burma • Madeleine Albright • Iraq war • George W. Bush

 Activist Suu Kyi
 Should be Flogged:
 Burma Junta
 

Official media threatens democracy leader with violence

Jun 11, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Official media controlled by Burma's junta said today that Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy leader and Nobel laureate, deserves to be flogged "as in the case of naughty children." Editorials in several Burmese newspapers accused Suu Kyi of being in the pay of rebel guerrillas and foreign... More »

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Burmese Comedian Bust Not Funny: UN

Popular funnyman had criticized junta and led team in relief effort

Jun 10, 08 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN's human rights official in Burma expressed concern over the arrest of a popular Burmese comedian who’d been helping cyclone survivors, the AP reports. The comedian, known as Zarganar, was nabbed Wednesday by authorities after traveling to the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta to donate supplies, a relative said. He... More »

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Myanmar • Burma • junta • comedian • United Nations Human Rights Council • Cyclone Nargis

Burma Arrests Activist Linked to Cyclone Aid

Dissident comedian Zarganar taken away
by secret police

Jun 5, 08 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese junta has arrested a leading activist who led a private aid program for victims of last month's Cyclone Nargis. Zarganar, a top comedian in Burma who was also arrested during September's protests, was taken away by secret police last night, Reuters reports. The junta continues to block aid... More »

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cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Cyclone Nargis • emergency aid

Blocked US Ships Will Abandon Myanmar Aid

Junta refuses aid 15 times

Jun 4, 08 6:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - US warships laden with aid for Burmese cyclone survivors will sail out of the region tomorrow still carrying their loads, Reuters reports. Burma's military junta has refused 15 requests to allow American forces to deliver aid supplies to the disaster zone, according to the admiral in charge of the operation. More »

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aid • relief • Myanmar • Burma • military junta • disaster zones • warship • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

 Monks Provide Myanmar Relief 

They offer comfort to 2.4 million struggling to survive

May 31, 08 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of Burma’s cyclone, Buddhist monks have become the only source of comfort—both “material” and “spiritual”—for many thousands of homeless and destitute who have been abandoned by the government, the New York Times reports. “Monks are like parents to us. The... More »

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homeless • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • survivors • Cyclone Nargis • emergency aid

 Gates: Junta Aid
 Delays Killed Thousands

Defense Secretary slams 'deaf and dumb' Burmese rulers

May 31, 08 6:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of Burmese have died because of their government's refusal to allow in foreign aid after Cyclone Nargis, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. Gates accused the military leaders of being "deaf and dumb" to the plight of their people, Reuters reports. American ships in the region... More »

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Robert Gates • cyclone • aid • Myanmar • Burma • junta • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

 Junta Closing Cyclone Shelters 

UN official denounces coerced moves

May 30, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese junta has reportedly begun closing shelters and telling cyclone victims to return to their decimated villages, a move that drew strong condemnation from a UN official, the BBC reports. Military leaders, apparently worried that the camps will become permanent aid centers, have given victims tents and bamboo poles... More »

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homeless • shelter • natural disaster • Myanmar • Burma • junta • military junta • Cyclone Nargis

 Burma Rips 'Chocolate Bar' Aid; US Ships Threaten to Sail

Junta rails on stingy pace of int'l donations

May 29, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burma's military junta ripped international cyclone relief efforts today, slamming demands for access to the disaster zone and proclaiming "The people from Irrawaddy can survive without chocolate bars donated by foreign countries," Reuters reports. The slam comes a day after a US admiral threatened to yank warships from... More »

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cyclone • relief • Myanmar • Burma • military junta • disaster zones • Cyclone Nargis • Irrawaddy Delta

Canadians Bully Burmese Junta With... Panties?

Women mail skivvies
to embassy to spook superstitious tyrants

May 28, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - When international pressure fails, try… underwear? Canadian women think they can change the Myanmar junta’s ways by mailing a steady stream of panties to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa, Sify reports. The military dictators apparently harbor a superstitious fear that touching a woman’s undergarment will “rob them... More »

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Canada • protests • Myanmar • Burma • superstition • military junta • underwear

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