Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
There is no hope to solve the Palestine refugees,
Burmese refugees and various refugees’ problems around the world
According to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, “a refugee is a person, who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
GAZA WAR NEWS
Jewish Voice for Peace
U.S. Jewish group condemns attacks on Gaza
(Dec. 28) Jewish Voice for Peace joins millions around the world, including the 1,000 Israelis who protested in the streets of Tel Aviv this weekend, in condemning ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza. We call for an immediate end to attacks on all civilians, whether [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Thai Government Freeze on Myanmar Migrant Registration
A Thai government decision to suspend registration of new migrants for one year has come under fire from Thai non-government organizations. Sompong Srakaew, a director of the Labor Rights Promotion Network (LPN), based in Mahachai, Samut Sakhon province said the decision, prompted by rising unemployment in Thailand, was discriminatory.
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Palestinians and Arabs need clarity of mind about how to get peace
Please read these for update on 12.01.2009._
Palestinians and Arabs need clarity and transparency in The Malaysian Insider
‘Disproportionate force’ always ruled the day
Westerners have been fooled by Israel
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Europe to ban Giant energy-guzzling flat screens
LONDON, Jan 12 – The plasma screen television is set to become the next victim of the battle against climate change.
Giant energy-guzzling flat screens are expected to be banned under legislation on TV energy use expected to be agreed by the EU this spring.
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by tunaung
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaza (Arabic: غزة transliteration: Ġazza, Hebrew: עַזָּה, ʕazzā) is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Territories. It has a population of approximately 410,000 in the inner city and 1.5 million people in the metropolitan area.[1] The word “Gaza” is often used to refer to the entire Gaza [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by tunaung
ERUSALEM (AP) — Human Rights Watch said Sunday that Israel’s military has fired artillery shells with the incendiary agent white phosphorus into Gaza and a doctor there said the chemical was suspected in the case of 10 burn victims who had skin peeling off their faces and bodies.
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
New Era College senate head punched at convocation
KAJANG: What started out as a happy event turned chaotic at the New Era College convocation.
A man went up to the stage as college senate chairman Dr Yap Sin Tian was giving a speech and punched him in the face in front of 500 people, including students, parents and [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Secular just Rule of Law is the best for all
JAN 12 – I am sympathetic to the Pakatan Rakyat. I helped one of their candidates during the last general elections and I often hang around with people from Pakatan. That does not mean, however, that I need to agree with every little thing the component [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by tunaung
SINGAPORE, Jan 11 – A phone text message making its rounds among Singaporeans has been calling for the boycott of McDonald’s fast-food outlets and the Starbucks coffee chain, claiming the two American companies are financially supporting the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Furore continues despite Harry’s ‘sorry’
Comment: We need to praise the Royalties, British government and police for the professionally handling the case. In some democratically immature ASEAN countries, the typical response to this kind of exposure may be totally different. Police and top politicians will threaten the person, whistle blower with the intimidating words. They [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Thailand treating Rohingya Burmese Muslim refugees inhumanely
BANGKOK, Jan 12 – Thailand’s army is secretly detaining boatpeople on an island in the Andaman Sea, before towing them into international waters and abandoning them with only paddles, sources involved in the process said.
The army officially denies holding any Rohingya – Muslims who come from the border areas [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by sanooaung
Like Gaza and the plights of Muslim minorities around the world;
Chechnya, Xinjiang Uygurs, Yunnan Muslims, Kashmiers, Burmese Muslims
and Rohingyas, Muslim World Won’t also Help Pakistan When India Attacks.
BROTHERS IN ISLAM
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
ETC ARE ONLY HOLLOW RHETORIC S ONLY
All the Muslim leaders, OIC leaders are useless.
Gaza is burning and Gazans are dying, 99% of them Muslims. Egypt keeps its’ blockage of [...]
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