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- More Uncertainty Lies Ahead
- WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (IPS) - Burma is in the middle of a national convention that its military leaders claim is the first step in a sevenfold path toward democracy. But what mix of toughness and engagement the international community should use on the country remains an open question, one that has drawn some comparison with North Korea. Written by John Feffer in http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35412
- In the Shadows of the Thai-Burma Border: East Asia's Foremost Refugee Crisis
- Dr Hazel Lang, Griffith University, writes about the refugee crisis on the Thai-Burma Border.
- Burma’s Inle Lake under Threat, Ecologists Warn
- An article by Violet Cho in The Irrawady, July 11 2007, highlights both ecological and health concerns about the effects of pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers used in the water gardens that line the Inle Lake.
- Burma junta fuels poverty, claims UN
- By Amy Kazmin in Bangkok, Published: Financial Times, July 12 2007
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- Humanitarian aid not enough for Myanmar's poor
- Karin Eberhardt writes in the Bangor Daily News on 15 November, 2007 looking at a range of options for alleviating the conflict and poverty present in Burma. Ederhardt criticises broad stroke sanctions which will backfire on the poor and praises increased and continued humanitarian assistance.
- What Burma wants from the world
- Kate McGeown reports on the BBC News website about her recent travels to Burma. This article reflects on the Burmese peoples desire for peace above all else and their call for the international community to take steps towards resolving the human rights crisis in Burma.
- Burma seeks emergency aid as cyclone kills at least 10,000
- Ian MacKinnon, south-east Asia correspondent and Julian Borger, diplomatic editor The Guardian, Tuesday May 6 2008