Asean day dreaming II

Asean day dreaming II There was much enthusiasm over the establishment of the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines – East Asean Growth Area (Bimp-Eaga) – back in the early 1990s, which was touted as the most promising growth triangle in Southeast Asia. However, it has since come to nothing. The 1997 Asian financial crisis practically took [...]

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Dreams from the Barack Obama’s grandfather

 Dreams from the  Barack Obama’s grandfather Beatings and abuse made Barack Obama’s grandfather loathe the British The President-elect’s relatives have told how the family was a victim of the Mau Mau revolt Ben Macintyre and Paul Orengoh Mr Onyango served with the British Army in Burma during the Second World War and, like many army veterans, [...]

Asean’s day dream or nightmare

Asean’s day dream or nightmare Malaysiakini’s article by Josh Hong  Extracts only At an academic conference some years ago in Seoul, South Korea, Chua Beng Huat, a sociology professor at the National University of Singapore, remarked that Asean as a regional grouping had achieved nothing over the last few decades.

Irrawaddy:Junta Orders Major Air Force Base Relocated

By:MINN LWIN The chief Air Force base in Burma, Mingalardon Air Force Base, has been ordered to relocate to Seikpyingone in Meiktila Township in central Burma, according to sources at Mingalardon Air Force Base.  “We got the order in late November to relocate to the new Air Force base from the military office in Naypyidaw,” [...]

AP:Journalists caught in crackdown by Myanmar junta

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A court in military-controlled Myanmar has imprisoned two journalists for seven years each for undermining the country’s ruling generals after being caught with a U.N. human rights report. The court in a northeastern suburb of Yangon on Friday sentenced Thet Zin, editor of the local Myanmar-language journal Myanmar Nation, and Sein [...]

Housemanship can drive you crazy

COMMENT: Many consultants are arrogant and used to bully the housemen. Consultants, esp. in third word countries like Malaysia, almost always used to bully housemen till they are almost crazy. Instead of current 36 ++hour duty, should consider shift duties. Some consultants are lazy and their super ego drive them to shout and blame the younger doctors. Look even last health [...]

BBC:Laughter defying Burma’s junta

Andrew Harding reflects on his friendship with Burmese comedian Zarganar who, despite repeated imprisonment, continues to make jokes about the country’s military rule. It has been an unusually busy few weeks in the Burmese gulag. A sudden flurry of show-trials. A brisk and generous apportioning of life sentences. And now the prison vans have begun [...]

I Look I See by Yusuf Islam

Land Called Paradise by Kareem Salama

Land Called Paradise by Kareem Salama  

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HAPPY EID AL ADHA

Eid al-Adha

From:wikipedia Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īd ul-’Aḍḥā, Urdu: بقرعید) or the Festival of Sacrifice is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims and Druze worldwide in commemoration of the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah. The devil tempted Ibrahim by saying he should disobey Allah and [...]

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