http://www.newstin.com/us/THAN_SHWE Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76367011 Political tensions are running high in Thailand, with demonstrators from the People’s Alliance for Democracy calling for the resignation of the government led by Samak Sundaravej. While the likely outcome of the protests... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:24:55 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76367011 2008-09-05T18:24:55Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76135181 YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to meet with the junta's liaison officer and declined a visit from her personal physician, state media said Wednesday. The Nobel Peace Prize... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:52:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76135181 2008-09-03T07:52:56Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76158035 by Informed Comment Global Affairs (reposted) Wednesday Sep 3rd, 2008 7:30 AM From a Wednesday, September 3, 2008 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:30:49 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76158035 2008-09-03T14:30:49Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76105577 Having left Burma six days about, after not seeing either Aung San Suu Kyi or General Than Shwe, UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari still had no comment about what if anything his trip had accomplished, despite critical words so far... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:34:45 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76105577 2008-09-02T17:34:45Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75837684 Twenty seven Burmese children fell ill from food poisoning after eating physic nuts in 2007, a Rangoon based weekly journal reported. Dr. Kyi Kyi Thin from the Institute of Medicine 1 (IM 1) revealed this in a lecture on... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:14:34 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75837684 2008-08-29T15:14:34Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75748415 Burmese military authorities have stepped in to prevent hordes of local people rushing to a remote village in central Burma in search of diamonds following the rumored discovery there of a valuable gemstone. An estimated... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:19:37 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75748415 2008-08-28T18:19:37Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75654798 Editorial, the Washington Post | August 27, 2008 It’s been almost a year since Burmese people were violently crushed as they publicly demanded freedom and the international community has still not achieved anything. ++ As... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:38:59 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75654798 2008-08-27T16:38:59Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75831506 The twentieth anniversary of the Burma uprising of 8 August 1988 was marked with a degree of attention around the world, but far less than might have been expected thanks to the coincidence of the opening of the Olympic... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:17:23 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75831506 2008-08-27T14:17:23Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75558573 The Myanmar Airways International, one of the few international airlines in Burma will hire a Fokker-100 aircraft from AirBagan, another airline, for its Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur flights. MAI’s Marketing executive in Rangoon... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:55:16 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75558573 2008-08-26T16:55:16Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75531196 Suu Kyi Fails to Pick up Delivered Food; Myanmar Opposition Unsure if She's on a Hunger Strike YANGON, Myanmar August 26, 2008 (AP) Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed to retrieve food delivered... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:19:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/75531196 2008-08-26T10:19:56Z