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February 2008
- Burma's Pens Mightier Than Censors
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Feb 13, 08 1:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Never shy about censorship, Burma has cracked down even more since September's monk uprising—no small event in a country that ranks 164th out of 168 on the Press Freedom Index. But information-starved citizens are finding creative ways to circumvent an extreme government that bans even benign news about soccer team losses, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More »
- Burma Pledges Free Elections in 2010
  
  Reuters | Feb 9, 08 4:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The military junta in Burma said today the nation will have multiparty, democratic elections in 2010, Reuters reports. Opposition leaders greeted the decision with a heavy dose of skepticism and charged that even if the vote goes through, the military will not release its grip on power. The regime has been under heavy international pressure for reform since its violent crackdown on protesters in the fall. More »
January 2008
- Latest Rambo a Bloody Mess
  
  Rotten Tomatoes | Jan 25, 08 10:55 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sylvester Stallone's latest, and last, film about Vietnam vet/mercenary John Rambo isn't short on violence. "Body parts go flying, blood gets applied with a fire hose, spleens decorate the trees," writes Andrew Wright of the Portland-Mercury. Unfortunately, the movie is short on everything else. "One would be hard-pressed to imagine a conventional narrative being any thinner than the one in Rambo ," says Dustin Putnam of MovieBoy.com. More »
- Burma Horrors 'Continue in Secret'
  
  Associated Press | Jan 4, 08 5:56 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tensions have eased in Burma's cities since the September crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, but aid groups and rebels say brutal atrocities continue in remote areas far from media scrutiny, AP reports. Government forces are murdering, raping and burning their way through ethnic minority areas, according to reports. Villages have been destroyed and many thousands of people displaced. More »
December 2007
- Gems That Bankroll Burma Junta Remain on Sale in US
  
  New Republic | Dec 18, 07 7:24 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Congress is moving to close a loophole in a law that forbids the sale of rubies from Burma, but the measure comes too late for the holiday shopping season, writes Marin Cogan of the New Republic . That means US shoppers—unless they take pains to question their jewelry shop's policy—will be helping prop up the military junta that only months ago brutally cracked down on protesting monks. More »
- Burmese Junta Downplays Protest Death Toll: Report
  
  CNN | Dec 7, 07 1:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The quashing of pro-democracy demonstrations in September was significantly bloodier than the Burmese junta claims, says a Human Rights Watch report released today. Although the government acknowledges only 10 deaths during the suppression of the protests, 20 killings have been verified by eyewitnesses in Yangon alone, and the rights group projects a much higher total, CNN reports. More »
- Burma Frees Thousands in Nod to United Nations
  
  Associated Press | Dec 4, 07 3:29 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Burma's military junta has freed 8,585 prisoners but it's not clear if any of those arrested in September's crackdown are among them, AP reports. Burmese state media said the amnesty was to mark progress on drafting a new constitution, and a gesture to the United Nations. Similar amnesties in the past have freed common criminals rather than political prisoners. More »
November 2007
- UN Visitor Not Keeping Burma From Arrests
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 14, 07 2:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Burma's military junta has continued to detain protesters even as a UN human-rights investigator visits to probe September's crushed uprising, the Guardian reports. Three men distributing pro-democracy leaflets in a Rangoon market were arrested today; a leading female activist was detained yesterday as she posted fliers near the investigator's hotel—raising doubts about progress reported by a previous UN visitor. More »
- UN Inspector Vows to Tally Burma's Dead
  
  Associated Press | Nov 11, 07 6:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A UN inspector landed in Burma today to tally the junta's detained and dead protesters, the AP reports. And he vowed to leave if officials don't give him "full cooperation." So far, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro has met with officials and visited a town where the junta targeted monks in its September crackdown. He also plans to visit prisons and detention centers in his first visit to Burma in four years. More »
- Suu Kyi Sees Hope for Burma Peace
  
  AFP | Nov 9, 07 9:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi expressed hope for a peaceful end to Burma's strife today after meeting with her party for the first time in 3 years and with a representative of the ruling junta, AFP reports. Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years, says it is time for the "healing process" to begin, according to a party spokesman. More »
- Suu Kyi: 'I Stand Ready to Cooperate'
  
  Associated Press | Nov 8, 07 12:07 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Burma's military rulers, UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari announced today, reading a statement from the long-imprisoned opposition leader. “I stand ready to cooperate with the government in order to make this process of dialogue a success,” she wrote after the government said it would allow her a rare meeting with her party. More »
- Burma Junta Nixes Talks With UN, Dissident
  
  AFP | Nov 7, 07 3:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The junta ruling Myanmar—formerly Burma—today rejected a UN proposal for three-way talks that would have included detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Agence France-Presse reports. It is the latest disappointment to mar the visit of UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, in which he has been denied an audience with top general Than Shwe and admonished for UN "interference" in state affairs. More »
- Suu Kyi Health Declining, Backers Say
  
  Guardian (UK) | Nov 6, 07 8:31 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The UN's special envoy to Burma has returned to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi, writes the Guardian , amid reports she is being treated for an unspecified illness. Ibrahim Gambari held talks with senior members of the military junta—though not its top general, who refused to meet him—in their isolated new capital, Naypyitaw. Gambari is en route to Rangoon today to meet the leader of the democratic opposition. More »
October 2007
- Burmese Monks Back in Streets
  
  BBC | Oct 31, 07 8:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Picking up their quashed demands, more than 100 Burmese monks marched in defiance of the military junta today in the first marches since the government crackdown on pro-democracy protests late last month. "This is very significant... we are very encouraged to see the monks taking up action," one Burmese human rights watcher told the BBC. More »
- Suu Kyi Meets With Junta Liaison
  
  Guardian (UK) |