Friday 16 November 2012

Thursday 15 November 2012

Full text of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Full-text-of-Suu-Kyi-s-Jawaharlal-Nehru-Memorial-Lecture/Article1-959856.aspx

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Sunday 11 November 2012

Wednesday 7 November 2012

Educate yourself on line - A History of Burma from Wikipedia -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Burma

Major land-grabbing in Burma: Bad examples from other countries in transition -

http://www.dvb.no/interview/scott-leckie-%E2%80%98burma-could-very-easily-become-the-displacement-capital-of-asia%E2%80%99/24607

Mrs O blog - clothes and style

http://mrs-o.com/

Meet the Obamas - from CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/07/politics/photos-meet-the-obamas/index.html

USA- President Obama's victory speech -

http://www.cnn.com/#

America the Beautiful - from sea to shining sea - election day pics

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/06/politics/gallery/election-best/index.html?hpt=hp_t2_6

USA - Obama wins second term, Romney concedes election -

http://www.cnn.com/

Burma's so-called reformist Presdt Thein Sein pressed on Rohingya citizenship issue at ASEM meet in Laos

http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/18151

Sunday 4 November 2012

Presdt Thein Sein's assistant was one who first posted the photos of alleged rape victim in June

http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/17968 There's reason to believe this is all an elaborate set up by regime. A few days ago - one of Arakanese monks when speaking to reporters, pulled out a whole stack of color photos of the alleged rape victim of June, and other photos. How did he get them and why is a monk keeping them? --***

Saturday 3 November 2012

Burmese Border Minister says will stick to 1982 law

law "to resolve Arakan Conflict" http://www.rfa.org/burmese/ in Burmese - in text, news summaries on left. 1982 law says you must prove your ancestors were in Burma before the first Anglo-Burmese War of 1924. Since few records exist in Burma, this is going to lead to threats by authorities, graft and more corruption. Increasingly, it looks like this "fire in the eves" in the Arakan region, will spread to the main house, and derail the so-far phony "reforms". kmk

Friday 2 November 2012

From Wall Street Journal - Glory days of Rangoon Univ & F for Myanmar schools -

http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2012/11/02/glory-days-at-myanmar-school-clouded/ Ne Win did not get to univ. only 5th grade in school or so. Aung San Suu Kyi recently said "Our people are barely educated" stressed need for primary education, while stress now is on post grad education and even said "If my (deputies) were better educated, they could write some of my speeches for me." Another version here: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203937004578076751448524708-lMyQjAxMTAyMDAwMjEwNDIyWj.html?mod=wsj_valetleft_email