| Tue 16 Mar 2010 |
N200b aviation fund: bail out or poisoned chalice
Business Day Online The federal government's decision to dedicate N200 billion for the revival of the aviation sector has brought into public domain again the discussion as to what the role of government should be in the Nigerian economic system. | Should the government... |
China offers to develop Chittagong port
The Hindu | Ananth Krishnan | Dhaka allays New Delhi's concerns over ties with Beijing | China for greater access to Indian Ocean ports | Access for northeastern states also, says Dhaka | BEIJING: China will offer its support to Bangladesh to develop its strat... |
Stop influx of foreigners
The Star | THERE was a feeling of helplessness and despair when I read the recent article in The Star titled "Foreigners take over Klang alleys". | I have a gnawing fear that our federal as well as state governments have lost their direction in controlling th... |
Mayor Invites Burmese To Meet With Him
MSNBC updated 7:21 p.m. ET March 15, 2010 | FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) --- Mayor Tom Henry chose a late-in-the-day email press release rather than a statement before the press to invite Burmese leaders to meet with him. He responded to a weeke... |
Myanmar elections "not credible" - U.N. envoy
The Star | GENEVA (Reuters) - Elections planned for this year by Myanmar's military junta will lack credibility as regulations for the polls breach basic human rights, a United Nations envoy said on Monday. Tomas Ojea Quintana, United Nations Special Rapporte... |
| Mon 15 Mar 2010 |
Keep the army out of Bangkok
The Guardian | It's not hard to identify the man at the centre of Thailand's latest political upheavals. Influential sections of Thai society, generally identified as the wealthy urban elite, the military and royalists, have been trying to get rid of Thaksin Shin... |
Myanmar right violations may be crimes against humanity: U.N.+
Breitbart GENEVA, March 16 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Gross and systematic human rights violations by Myanmar may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the country said on Monday. | "My assessment is that som... |
The Larger Truth
The Telegraph India To return from a neighbouring country and read the newspapers of the past four days is enough to make you ill. To read about Lalu Prasad swearing to pull down the United Progressive Alliance government and Prakash Karat committing to do the same, alt... |
Burma and N Korea slam UN reports
BBC News | Burma and North Korea have rejected UN condemnation of human rights abuses at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. | Recommendations by the UN special envoy to Burma "violated the right of a sovereign state", Burma's UN envoy told the U... |
No indication Myanmar will release prisoners ahead of elections - UN rights expert
United Nations | Special Rapporteur Tomás Ojea Quintana, (back row, right) with children in Myanmar on a previous visit15 March 2010 – An independent United Nations human rights expert who recently visited Myanmar said today that there is no indication that the Gov... |
Myanmar slams call for 'crimes against humanity' probe
Yahoo Daily News | GENEVA (AFP) – Myanmar on Monday condemned a UN expert's finding that human rights violations in the Southeast Asian country may amount to crimes against humanity and could warrant a UN inquiry. | "We strongly condemn and reject thes... |
Myanmar slams call for 'crimes against humanity' probe
The Himalayan | GENEVA: Myanmar on Monday condemned a UN expert's finding that human rights violations in the Southeast Asian country may amount to crimes against humanity and could warrant a UN inquiry. | "We strongly condemn and reject these recommendations... |
UN expert: No sign Myanmar to release prisoners ahead of elections
m&c | Geneva - A United Nations human rights experts said Monday that there was no sign Myanmar's government would release political prisoners ahead of the upcoming elections. | 'I see no indication that the government is willing to release all prisoners... |
Election will exclude Aung San Suu Kyi - the person most Burmese want
The Times | The Burmese junta is notorious for being one of the meanest, most oppressive and intractable regimes in the world - so when it behaves oppressively, meanly and intractably, it should come as no surprise. | The news that new election laws will exclu... |
Burmese Residents Rally Against Discrimination
MSNBC updated 11:01 a.m. ET March 15, 2010 | FORT WAYNE, IND. (Indiana's Newscenter) -- Burmese residents in Fort Wayne rallied over the weekend, against what they feel was a case of discrimination at a local business. | A group protested on the allen coun... |
Low level of Mekong raises concerns over water management
m&c | Bangkok - The Mekong River, South-East Asia's longest waterway, is at its lowest level in 50 years, raising questions about who is to blame - mankind or Mother Nature - for the region's diminishing water supply. | &nbs... |
East, South-East Asia left high and dry this hot season
m&c | Great swaths of South-East and East Asia are suffering from their worst dry-season drought in decades, and the monsoon is still months away. Worse still, the seasonal rains might be postponed by the El Nino phenomenon, experts sai... |
The 'Jewel of Muscat' comes calling at Kochi port
Samachaar Kochi: The 'Jewel of Muscat' - a replica of a ninth century merchant sailing vessel (dhow) - arrived here Monday morning. | The vessel left the shores of Oman Feb 16 and is a gift from Sultan Qaboos, the Sultan of Oman, to Singapore. &nbs... |
Experts to Hasina: balance ties with Delhi, Beijing
Samachaar Dhaka: Experts from various fields have advised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who embarks on her Beijing visit Wednesday, to "balance" ties with larger neighbours India and China. | One regional power should be a "counterwei... |
Balance ties with Delhi, Beijing: Experts to B'desh PM
Zeenews Dhaka: Experts from various fields have advised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who embarks on her Beijing visit on Wednesday, to "balance" ties with larger neighbours India and China. | One regional power should be a "counterweight", even a... |
PM Lt. General Thein Sein to Visit Northern Arakan
Narinjara | Buthidaung: Burma's Prime Minister, Lt. General Thein Sein, is reportedly visiting northern Arakan on 16 March, although details on the reason of his visit to the area remain unknown, said a government official on the condition of anonymity. | Howe... |
Burmese Military Intelligence Office Burns in Northern Arakan
Narinjara | By Min Aung, Buthidaung: | An office of Burmese military intelligence, Sarafa in Burmese, located in Arakan State's Buthidaung Township burned down in a fire that broke out in the early morning hours of Saturday, report several witnesses. | The bla... |
Chinese dams blamed for Mekong's dwindling flows and fish stocks
Canada Dot Com    | Something is wrong with the mighty Mekong River, which frames the lives of 250 million people in six countries of Southeast Asia through which it flows and on which 60 million people depend directly for their livelihoods. | But there are wid... |
A fraud of an election
The Hindu | The Political Parties Registration Law, enacted by the military junta in Myanmar ahead of general elections to be held later this year, is aimed at keeping the popular leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi out of the electoral process. Only po... |
Singapore yanks welcome mat for foreign workers
Inquirer | SINGAPORE—Hotel staff from the Philippines, construction workers from Bangladesh, waitresses from China, shipyard welders from Burma (Myanmar), technology professionals from India—Singapore has them all. | For years, the rich but worker-starved cit... |
Rights prize for Myanmar, anti-pollution films
Inquirer | GENEVA—Films about dissident journalists in Myanmar and dangerous river pollution in French Guiana won the top prizes at a human rights film festival and forum in Geneva, organizers said on Sunday. | Danish director Anders Hogsbro Ostergaard won th... |
| Sun 14 Mar 2010 |
Timeout
The Telegraph India Colours of life When Dr Farida Zaman paints a picture, she first thinks of its intended atmosphere, which then suggests the colours. She does not add colour to her works through any conscious, predetermined decision; they come to her naturally once s... |
Spate of Myanmar privatisations raises questions
The Himalayan | BANGKOK: Myanmar's junta has embarked on a flurry of privatisations of state firms, raising questions about whether it is reforming the economy or trying to take profits before 2010 elections. | The military government, which faces strict Western s... |
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