Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968), Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more [...]

One Blood, One Voice, One Command

By Wai Moe Friday,June 27,2008 The June 20 shakeup in the Burmese armed forces has raised the question of whether the top military leaders are at loggerheads. Though not confirmed officially, as many as 150 military officers were reportedly reassigned in last week’s reshuffle. In addition, four lieutenant-generals who headed the bureaus of special operations [...]

Lt-Gen Myint Swe: Future No 2?

By Min Lwin Friday,June 27,2008 Amid recent reshuffling of key military posts in Burma, military observers and exiled dissidents are focusing their attention on Lt-Gen Myint Swe, who some say is slated to replace Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye as the ruling regime’s second-most powerful figure. Myint Swe, the chief of the Bureau of Special Operations [...]

Sign up or shut up

Behind the Headlines By BUNN NAGARA The Asean charter is too important to have some member countries dither over pet words. MORE than six months after the Asean charter was signed in Singapore, nearly half the 10 member countries have still to ratify it. Initial enthusiasm over the only document to give Asean a legal [...]

Private and public health can grow in tandem

Q&A: Private and public health can grow in tandem Malaysiakini Andrew Ong | Jun 28, 08 Nutritionist turned politician Liow Tiong Lai was appointed the new health minister after the March election and he has been a busy man since. However, he still obliged to a 70-minute long interview with Malaysiakini at his office in [...]

Blog standard: Politics on the web. Authoritarian governments can lock up bloggers. It is harder to outwit them

Blog standard: Politics on the web Malaysia Today Friday, 27 June 2008 Authoritarian governments can lock up bloggers. It is harder to outwit them From Egypt to Malaysia to Saudi Arabia to Singapore, bloggers have in recent months found themselves behind bars for posting materials that those in power dislike. The most recent Worldwide Press [...]

Suu Kyi Manga Released in English

By THE IRRAWADDY Friday,June 27,2008 In the 20 years since Aung San Suu Kyi first emerged as the leader of Burma’s pro-democracy movement, she has inspired admiration in people around the world. She has also captured the imagination of artists, filmmakers and songwriters, making her not only a political but also a cultural icon. In [...]

Thugs castrated the UNSC

    Impotent and Paralyzed UNSC can only ‘regret’ Zimbabwe vote, because Thugs castrated the UNSC   The Australian THE UN security council failed to agree on declaring Zimbabwe’s run-off election illegitimate today in the face of South African opposition. Instead, it merely issued an oral statement of regret over the one-candidate presidential vote. US [...]

Congratulations, Obama, Clinton, Mandela, Daw Suu, Mugabe and Than Shwe

 Happy Union of Future Presidents    Happy Birthday two Noble Prize winners       Congratulations Reincarnated-Devil Twin Dictators for successfully DODGED the UNSC  

Muslim World Almanac 2008

Muslim World Almanac 2008: An encyclopedic endeavor ARAB NEWS The Middle East’s Leading English Language Daily Shaheen Nazar | shaheen.nazar@arabnews.com The section “Current Muslim Issues” deals with_ The plight of Muslim minorities in Myanmar, southern Philippines, southern Thailand and India’s Gujarat. Three separate articles on America’s Guantanamo, Iraq’s Abu Ghraib and Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base [...]

Govt Urged To Recognise Realities Faced By Asylum Seekers

Govt Urged To Recognise Realities Faced By Asylum Seekers Bernama June 20, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) — The Migration Working Group (MWG) has appealed to the government to recognise the realities faced by asylum seekers, 90 per cent of whom are from Myanmar. It also urges the government to meet its international obligations [...]

Boy Raises RM25,000 To Aid Victims Of Cyclone Nargis

Boy Raises RM25,000 To Aid Victims Of Cyclone Nargis Bernama.com, June 27, 2008 By Chan Siang Ling & Vega Aulia Pradipta KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) — The affable demeanour of the people of Myanmar during a trip to the country left a lasting impression on teenager Tristan Lim Yang Jun. And when ‘Cyclone Nargis’ [...]

Walking with refugees

Walking with refugees By Jeremy Lim TO US, IT was just a simple meal of boiled chicken, rice, carrots and ikan bilis. To them, it was probably a feast. As part of our mission to serve the refugees, 10 volunteers from the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Singapore were sharing lunch with them at their makeshift [...]

Burmese Refugees in America

Refugees in America <!– –> The U.S. resettles more refugees than any other nation. They hail from Russia and the Baltic states as well as from Iran and Somalia. The State Department assigns them to cities across the country where they have relatives or job opportunities. In the last two years, some 20,000 refugees have [...]