Provides the latest RSS feeds for Myanmar News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Myanmar News.Net http://www.myanmarnews.net/ en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 30 A Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) in June by the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean), the UN and the Burmese government, revealed a significant number of households reporting inadequa... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16402834&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:35:19 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16402834&cat=c3891022f175b678 New Delhi — The United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday convened a meeting of the 'Group of Friends' to review the situation in Burma and to discuss the ensuing visit of his specia... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16401380&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:34:43 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16401380&cat=c3891022f175b678 New Delhi - Incessant rain on Wednesday inundated the basement of Mandalay international airport and caused disturbances in telephone lines. Despite the lower level of the airport being flooded, wh... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16401379&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:34:41 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16401379&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mimi (Nagaland), July 24: For over half a dozen villages, scattered on a mountainous terrain and cut off from the rest of the world in the absence of motorable road, villages in Myanmar just across th... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16400155&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:40:12 -0400 Express India http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16400155&cat=c3891022f175b678 While details were not available, the upcoming visit of Ban's special adviser Ibrahim Gambari, is believed to have been discussed apparently in the context of his failure so far to persuade the milita... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16400154&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:34:33 -0400 Business Standard http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16400154&cat=c3891022f175b678 Speaking after meeting foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations, Rice said ASEAN especially needs to push Burma to release political prisoners, including Nobel laur... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16399255&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:16:08 -0400 The Epoch Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16399255&cat=c3891022f175b678 U.S. lawmakers have been commenting on the situation in Burma as the U.S. Congress advanced legislation to strengthen and renew unilateral U.S. economic sanctions against the Burmese military governme... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16396098&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:47:53 -0400 Chosun http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16396098&cat=c3891022f175b678 said that for the time being, all eyes are on Xiao Ming-lien, the UWSA deputy chairman, as the most likely candidate to replace Bao Yuxiang. He is said to be respected by Wa troops, but he is not seen... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16398358&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:32:37 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16398358&cat=c3891022f175b678 With some 4,000 troops massed along the Thai-Cambodian border, UN Security Council members say they will try to stop the military standoff from escalating into war. Diplomats said on Wednesday they ex... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16398357&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:32:07 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16398357&cat=c3891022f175b678 The Secretary-General convened, today, a meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Myanmar to discuss the upcoming visit of his Special Adviser, http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16390872&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:03:43 -0400 United Nations http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16390872&cat=c3891022f175b678 Exactly one week after the United States House of Representatives passed the Block Burmese Jade Act, the Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the bill, which blocks American companies from importing... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386903&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:03 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386903&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thet Naing, Managing Director of the BME (1) club, has connections with some leaders of a ceasefire ethnic armed group, the United Wa State Army (UWSA). Mizzima will continue reporting details of the... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386912&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:00 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386912&cat=c3891022f175b678 Discrimination is evident in distribution of aid, with many victims of Cyclone Nargis still not getting adequate relief material being disbursed by international aid groups including the United Nation... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386914&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:05 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386914&cat=c3891022f175b678 After visiting cyclone-hit areas of Burma's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, John Holmes, the United Nations' chief humanitarian relief official, said that aid efforts must now shift their focus to more is... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386901&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:05 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386901&cat=c3891022f175b678 A number of Burmese cartoons were censored by the authorities this morning for allegedly violating policy. The cartoons were exhibited for a fund raising drive in an exhibition entitled ‘Wakeup ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386902&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:03 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386902&cat=c3891022f175b678 The Malaysian police arrested a Burmese national following a failed attempt at committing suicide outside the Burmese embassy in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, a Burmese activist, quoting police sources sai... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386910&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:59 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386910&cat=c3891022f175b678 Cyclone Nargis struck the Southeast Asian country on May 2, killing 84,500 people and left 54,000 missing. The United Nations estimates 2.4 million people were severely affected, most of them in the I... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386909&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:58 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386909&cat=c3891022f175b678 The US oil giant Chevron will continue to do business in Burma after a provision to stop it operating there was removed from the latest round of US sanctions on the country. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386915&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:02 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386915&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burmese rights activists have welcomed Burma's ratification of the ASEAN charter but urged that public education and an enforcement mechanism are key to the protection of human rights in the country. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386911&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:59 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386911&cat=c3891022f175b678 At least 3,000 people have been infected with dengue fever in Myanmar so far this year, the local 7-Day news journal reported Wednesday without specifying the number of deaths caused by the disease. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386913&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:01 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386913&cat=c3891022f175b678 Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura pressed Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win on Tuesday for a thorough investigation into the September slaying of a Japanese journalist in Yangon and also urged the junt... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386905&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:56 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386905&cat=c3891022f175b678 Where do we go from here, Burma, is the question all peoples of Burma are at present asking because they have had enough of the present illegal dictatorial government. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386906&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:55 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386906&cat=c3891022f175b678 The UN has directed hundred of millions of dollars into Myanmar since Cyclone Nargis hit, and on July 10 asked for $300 million more. But it has now emerged that the UN has lost some twenty percent of... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386904&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:49:55 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16386904&cat=c3891022f175b678 The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Myanmar next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to get vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head said yesterday.The U.N.'s ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16384337&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:50:21 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16384337&cat=c3891022f175b678 New Delhi - For the first time, Britain's Prince Charles on Wednesday met students, alumni and staff from Prospect Burma, an educational trust that funds the education of young Burmese students. Pr... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16380167&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:02 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16380167&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar's military government has said it will oppose any move to invest a new South-East Asian human rights body with investigative and monitoring powers. Diplomats attending the annual Association ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16377633&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:29:54 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16377633&cat=c3891022f175b678 SINGAPORE -- Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar's May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human righ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16377643&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:35 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16377643&cat=c3891022f175b678 Thailand has opposed a Cambodian suggestion to have Asean mediate in the land dispute surrounding Preah Vihear temple on the border between the two countries.Thailand has proposed that the two countri... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16376434&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:00:32 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16376434&cat=c3891022f175b678 AUSTRALIA has repeated its call for Burma to hold free and fair elections and release Aung San Suu Kyi after the junta ratified an ASEAN charter setting principles of human rights. Foreign Minister ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16373440&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:45:23 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16373440&cat=c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON: The US Congress on Tuesday sent legislation to President George W. Bush seeking to block import of gems from Myanmar, in a move to deprive its ruling government of hundreds of millions of ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16373444&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:32:38 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16373444&cat=c3891022f175b678 (07-23 15:11) The United Nations is to stop flying in aid to Burma next month, forcing relief agencies to find another way to bring in vital supplies to cyclone survivors, its logistics head said. ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16373442&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:25:56 -0400 The Standard http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16373442&cat=c3891022f175b678 Australia has committed an extra 30 million dollars (USD 29 million) to Myanmar cyclone relief, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Wednesday.The pledge almost doubles the funds Australia has provi... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16368301&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:36:29 -0400 NDTV http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16368301&cat=c3891022f175b678 (1 hr 7 mins ago) Australia has reiterated calls for Myanmar to release Aung San Suu Kyi after the junta ratified an ASEAN charter setting principles of human rights, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16368302&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:56:02 -0400 The Standard http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16368302&cat=c3891022f175b678 Australia has boosted its funding to Cyclone Nargis-ravaged Burma by $30 million, the government has announced. The increase brings Australia's total contribution to $55 million, making it one of the... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16362190&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:13:49 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16362190&cat=c3891022f175b678 MORE than $US5.8 million ($5.94 million) in emergency aid for victims of Burma's cyclone Nargis is still to be released by donor countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said today. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16363160&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:13:26 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16363160&cat=c3891022f175b678 The World Health Organization says it will help the government of Burma rebuild and re-equip health facilities, which had been destroyed and damaged by Cyclone Nargis, the worst storm to hit the cou... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16357178&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:59:40 -0400 VOA http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16357178&cat=c3891022f175b678 A prominent Burmese political activist Naw Ohn Hla was severely injured in a car accident on Monday afternoon and is admitted to the Rangoon General Hospital (RGH) Emergency Ward, a fellow activist sa... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359788&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:48 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359788&cat=c3891022f175b678 John Holmes, United Nations Humanitarian relief chief, on Tuesday arrived in Rangoon and immediately left for Bogale town in cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta to survey post-cyclone humanitarian assistance,... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359789&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:48 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359789&cat=c3891022f175b678 A high-level panel of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations started work Monday to set up the rights body. The panel will lay down the body’s future makeup, role and powers, which will be p... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359782&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:42 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359782&cat=c3891022f175b678 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams met a group of women from Burma as well as from various ethnic groups in this northern province yesterday to gather information about their plight. ‘&#82... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359783&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:46 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359783&cat=c3891022f175b678 The Chin National Front claims it has blocked access to the India-Burma trade route (2) between Rid town in Chin state and the Indian border state of Mizoram, halting the flow of trade. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359784&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:44 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359784&cat=c3891022f175b678 “The announcement of the ratification by Myanmar of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) charter which commits member countries to respect human rights and democratic conduct is a ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359778&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:40 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359778&cat=c3891022f175b678 Nyan Win, Myanmar’s foreign minister, said his statement about Aung San Suu Kyi’s freedom had been misunderstood by his counterparts at the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) meeting... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359779&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:43 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359779&cat=c3891022f175b678 In Rangoon, low quality, broken pieces of charcoal now sell for 500 kyat a viss (equivalent to 1.63 kilograms), 600 kyat for medium-grade quality and 800 kyat for high quality. About 1,155 kyat equals... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359786&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:44 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359786&cat=c3891022f175b678 An insurance company will initially pay 35,000 baht ($1,044) to relatives of each Burmese migrant worker who died from suffocation in the back of a seafood truck in southern Ranong province, a senior ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359781&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:42 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359781&cat=c3891022f175b678 A new charter for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was signed on July 21 with much flourish and a promise to “strengthen democracy, enhance good governance and the rule of law,... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359775&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:38 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359775&cat=c3891022f175b678 The foreseeable future for Burma is clear: there will be no opposition to worry the junta. What is emerging from the Asean ministerial meeting is an indication that Burma has again outwitted its fello... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359774&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:38 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359774&cat=c3891022f175b678 It was awkward to see the Burmese junta, the worst human rights violator in Southeast Asia, sign the new Asean charter on Monday, which includes a human rights charter. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359773&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:37 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359773&cat=c3891022f175b678 Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today joined representatives of Burma's democracy movement in calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to increase pressure on the military regime, as the UN Se... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359772&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:36 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359772&cat=c3891022f175b678 The World Food Program (WFP) has been distributing rice and salt to pregnant women, infants and children, who are under five years and malnourished in Maungdaw Township since yesterday, said a village... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359785&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:47 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359785&cat=c3891022f175b678 This order was issued by the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No 587 based in Aru-taung village Ye Township. The army officers removed cultivated paddy plants without telling the owners. Nai Kyaw Hein ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359787&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:46 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16359787&cat=c3891022f175b678 Washington -- Against a backdrop of growing regional political and economic cooperation, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will discuss the challenges of Burma and North Korea as she meets with lead... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16356897&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:46:25 -0400 America.org http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16356897&cat=c3891022f175b678 BANGKOK, 22 July 2008 (IRIN) - Cyclone Nargis, which battered Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta on 2 and 3 May, left an estimated US$4 billion worth of damage, on a par with the devastation caused by the 200... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16351657&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:56:10 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16351657&cat=c3891022f175b678 SINGAPORE -- Survivors of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless relief efforts receive an influx of $1 billion in international aid over the next three years, according to the firs... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16351656&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:39:25 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16351656&cat=c3891022f175b678 Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police killed a suspected leader of a gang of Myanmar nationals in a shootout after a high-speed chase in Kuala Lumpur, a news report said Tuesday. When cornered by the police... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16346669&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:40:45 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16346669&cat=c3891022f175b678 Survivors of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless relief efforts receive an influx of $1 billion in international aid over the next three years, according to the first full assess... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16346776&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:28 -0400 Baltimore Sun http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16346776&cat=c3891022f175b678 Southeast Asian nations failed to make progress during a hastily arranged lunch meeting Tuesday to help end a simmering border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.Thailand and Cambodia are locked in... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16345825&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:40:59 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16345825&cat=c3891022f175b678 , said the comment was the latest in a series of jabs that Asean has made at the regime over the past two years. Asean "is coming out strongly" over rights in http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16345827&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:55:09 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16345827&cat=c3891022f175b678 Singapore -- Myanmar needs at least $1-billion over the next three years to put survivors of cyclone Nargis back on their feet, a United Nations-led report said yesterday in the first comprehensive as... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16346773&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:49:55 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16346773&cat=c3891022f175b678 democratization+ (AP) - SINGAPORE, July 22 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH KOMURA-YEO TALKS IN 4TH GRAF FROM BOTTOM) Japan pledged Tuesday to give an additional $21 million in reconstruction aid to c... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16341916&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:53:28 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16341916&cat=c3891022f175b678 SURVIVORS of Burma's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless $US1 billion ($A1.02 billion) in international aid is provided over the next three years, according to the first full assessment of... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16342825&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:56:22 -0400 The Australian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16342825&cat=c3891022f175b678 Singapore, July 22 (ap) - (kyodo)—(eds: Updating With Start Of Asean+3 Talks, Confirmed Date Of 6-way Meeting In 1st-3rd Grafs) Food And Energy Security, Economic Conditions And Political Concern... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16341887&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:53:11 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16341887&cat=c3891022f175b678 United Nations, July 22: Myanmar will need at least USD one billion over three years for recovery programmes after the deadly Cyclone Nargis devastated the country three months ago, the United Nations... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16342828&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:34:53 -0400 Express India http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16342828&cat=c3891022f175b678 Singapore, 22 July, (Asiantribune.com): For the first time in its long history the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has taken a leading role in responding to a natural disaster affectin... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16341896&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:29:01 -0400 Asian Tribune http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16341896&cat=c3891022f175b678 Singapore - Officials from an international humanitarian task force were hopeful the release of a comprehensive assessment report on relief operations in cyclone-stricken Myanmar would allay the trans... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16338915&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:29:44 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16338915&cat=c3891022f175b678 SINGAPORE, July 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura met Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win bilaterally on Tuesday to press for thorough investigations into the September sh... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16338774&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:19 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16338774&cat=c3891022f175b678 Burma cyclone caused $4bn in damage, UN report says By Raphael Minder in Singapore and Amy Kazmin in New,Delhi Published: July 22 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 22 2008 03:00 http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16338912&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:26:45 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16338912&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar is appealing for more foreign aid to help victims of Cyclone Nargis.Foreign Minister Nyan Win said more assistance would shorten his nation's recovery time, but didn't say how much money was n... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16334089&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:58:52 -0400 Herald-Leader http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16334089&cat=c3891022f175b678 Several local press photographers were prevented by police and security guards from taking pictures of an official ceremony in Rangoon marking this year's Martyrs' Day. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330968&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:36 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330968&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar has delivered a total of 21,183.85 tons of rice for the relief of cyclone victims in the post-storm period as of July 14, official media reported Monday. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330966&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:34 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330966&cat=c3891022f175b678 Seven National League for Democracy members who were arrested prior to Martyrs’ Day have been released now that the day has passed, according to one of those held. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330969&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:37 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330969&cat=c3891022f175b678 If one gets arrested, another steps forward. “I feel like the last man standing. All the responsibility is on my shoulders. . . . There is no turning back. If I turn back, I betray all my comra... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330962&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:35 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330962&cat=c3891022f175b678 Three more Burmese Rohingya refugees in the unofficial Lada camp died of starvation in July 2 to 19. They have been facing severe food crisis because incessant heavy rain and consequent lack of work t... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330964&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:33 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330964&cat=c3891022f175b678 Cyclone Nargis that lashed Burma’s southwestern coastal divisions on May 2 and 3 has resulted in damage to the tune of an estimated US $ 4 billion, according to a new report by the UN and Southe... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330963&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:32 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330963&cat=c3891022f175b678 Political prisoner Ko Khin Maung Tint has died aged 46 in Mandalay prison after suffering from tuberculosis, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330967&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:37 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330967&cat=c3891022f175b678 New York-based Human Rights Watch yesterday blasted Thailand for forcing 52 Karen refugees to return to a conflict zone in Burma on Asarnha Bucha Day. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330965&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:33 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330965&cat=c3891022f175b678 Sixty one years after Burmese General Aung San’s assassination opinion is still divided among ethnic Kachin leaders on autonomy arrived at by Gen. Aung San before Burma’s independence. Jul... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330974&cat=c3891022f175b678 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:27 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=16330974&cat=c3891022f175b678