Governments across Europe tremble as angry people take to the streets

   Governments across Europe tremble
as angry people take to the streets 
LONDON, Jan 31 — France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battle field. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level ever against the euro, as the unemployment figure rises. Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria [...]

It’s a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain

   It’s a catastrophe for the apostrophe in Britain 

 
 
“Apostrophes denote possessions that are no longer accurate, and are not needed,” he said. “More importantly, they confuse people. If I want to go to a restaurant, I don’t want to have an A-level (high school diploma) in English to find it.”
But grammarians say apostrophes enrich the [...]

Human Rights Watch, World Report 2009 – Burma

Human Rights Watch, World Report 2009 – Burma
 

Events of 2008
Burma’s already dismal human rights record worsened following the devastation of cyclone Nargis in early May 2008. The ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) blocked international assistance while pushing through a constitutional referendum in which basic freedoms were denied.
The ruling junta systematically denies citizens basic freedoms, [...]

French Muslims should make friendship with French Jews to pressure Israel to agree for the formation of free Palestine State

French Muslims should make friendship with French Jews to pressure Israel to agree for the formation of free Palestine State 
 
PARIS (Reuters) – An umbrella group of Jewish groups sought assurances on Friday from French President Nicolas Sarkozy that authorities would do more to stem a rise in anti-Jewish crime due to the war in the Gaza [...]

Priests’ comments on Jews, Muslims embarrass Pope

Priests’ comments on Jews, Muslims embarrass Pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Outbursts about Jews and Muslims by Italian leaders of an ultra-traditionalist Roman Catholic group show the challenge facing Pope Benedict as he tries to bring them back into the Church.
 
 
The same day Abrahamowicz made his comments about the gas chambers, Father Pierpaolo Petrucci, head of [...]

No one wants to live under Thai colonial rule

   No one wants to live under Thai colonial rule 
 
BANGKOK, Jan 24 — The Thai Foreign Ministry should be commended for making the problems in the deep South one of its top priorities.

Rohingya refugee issue needs a holistic approach – The Nation

   Rohingya refugee issue needs a holistic approach – The Nation 
 
JAN 27 – Thailand’s call for a conference in Bangkok of a focus group on the Rohingya issue is a good initiative.
All the stakeholders could meet and work out practicable and durable solutions on a trans-national issue that increasingly needs a comprehensive and multilateral approach.

Desperate plight of the forgotten Rohingya

   Desperate plight of the forgotten Rohingya 
 
BANGKOK, Jan 30 — Around early December, in Eastern Bangladesh, hundreds of people boarded a few rickety wooden boats and embarked on a journey they thought would convey them to a better life. They would land perhaps on Thailand’s southwestern coast and then seek work there or in the [...]

Iraq Inaugurates Monument of Shoe Thrown at President Bush

A giant replica of the shoe tossed by a journalist at President Bush during his December trip to Iraq has been unveiled in a ceremony in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, CNN reports.
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Myanmar official indirectly confirmed that Rohingyas are POLITICAL MIGRANTS and not economic migrants and all the ASEAN leaders are just ignoring the truth as a lame excuse for not accepting them

COMMENT: SHAME TO YOU ALL THE ASEAN LEADERS. YOU ALL SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR LIES. ESPECIALLY THE MUSLIM LEADERS WHO IGNORED THE ROHINGYAS SHOULD NOW ACCEPT THEIR BROTHER-IN-ASEAN HAD CONFIRMED INDIRECTLY THAT THEY HAVE EVEN REFUSED TO ACCEPT THAT ROHINGYAS ARE THEIR CITIZENS.
If denied of citizenship, what left for them?
Even to study at their ARAKAN [...]

Reuters:Turkish PM returns to hero’s welcome after Gaza row

 
By Paul de BendernISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan received a hero’s welcome on his return to Istanbul on Friday after accusing Israel of “knowing very well how to kill” during a heated debate at the World Economic Forum.
 
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Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations and the Stateless Rohingyas

Bangladesh-Myanmar Relations and the Stateless Rohingyas
I have lately been disturbed by two developments. Firstly, at the very moment when ‘realism’ has lost its post-Westphalian glories and is suffering from disrepute, the stateless people continue to be at the mercy of the state. In the case of the Rohingyas it is even more pathetic for their refuge [...]

AFP:Thailand grants UN access to Myanmar boat people

BANGKOK (AFP) — The UN refugee agency said Thursday it had visited 12 teenage migrants from Myanmar after Thai authorities finally granted access to some of the Rohingya boat people washing up on its shores.
Thailand has recently been accused of cruelty toward the Muslim-majority group, including beating new arrivals and sending them back to sea [...]

Turkish PM admonishes Israel president over Gaza

AP Photo

DAVOS, Jan 30 — Turkey’s prime minister stalked off the stage at the World Economic Forum red-faced yesterday after reproaching Israel’s president over the Gaza offensive by saying “You kill people.”
The packed audience, which included President Barack Obama’s close adviser Valerie Jarrett, appeared stunned as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President [...]