 | 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Asia Times | By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. A... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) | |
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 | US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise Asia Times | By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US intere... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus) | |
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200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days The Daily Mail | Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200mph rail line through Europe, ... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000) |
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Burma publishes new election laws The Times | Burma's military junta revealed the details of its new election laws today, paving the way for the country's first polls since 1990. | However the government indicated it would pick all members of t... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath) |
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Bangladesh 'ignoring plight' of starving Burma refugees BBC News | An American medical charity has warned that thousands of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh are facing starvation. | Physicians for Human Rights said government authorities... (photo: AP / Royal Thai Navy) |
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Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees Newsvine | BOSTON — Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are being forced into makeshift camps in Bangladesh and face widespread starvation unless they receive more humanit... (photo: AP / Binsar Bakkara) |
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Details Near on Long-Awaited Burmese Election The New York Times | YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar said Monday that a long-awaited election law was complete, paving the way for the country’s first elections in two decades, a majo... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath) |
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Burma military passes key election laws BBC News | Burma's military government has passed long-awaited election laws which pave the way for polls expected this year. | Details of the laws have not yet been revealed but ... (photo: AP / Stan Honda, Pool) |
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Myanmar enacts election laws, paving way for polls The Press Democrat | State radio and television said the news laws would be published in state newspapers beginning Tuesday; it gave no details about them. | Myanmar's military government a... (photo: Creative Commons / Gerd Eichmann) |
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Bangladesh to Import 25,000 Tons of Rice from Burma Narinjara | Dhaka : Bangladesh will import 25,000 metric tons of sunned rice from Burma in order to meet domestic demands for the staple, according to a report published by Banglad... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) |
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