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<title>Ban convenes Group of Friends&apos; meeting on Myanmar</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180007567</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:37 GMT</pubDate>
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... Ban convenes Group of Friends meeting on Myanmar 24.07.08 - 08:36:58 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today  ...  in Myanmar forcefully cracked down on peaceful protesters. According to the Secretary-Generals spokesperson, Australia, China,  ...
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<title>- Ban discusses Myanmar with &quot;friends&quot; of the country</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180002262</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  has held discussions over the situation in Myanmar with a &quot;group of friends&quot; of the  ...  in Myanmar forcefully cracked down on peaceful protesters. According to Secretary-General&apos;s spokesperson, Australia, China, France,  ...
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<title>Letter to Donors on Reconstruction after Cyclone Nargis</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179988541</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  support the continued efforts by international and Burmese organizations and individuals to respond to the  ...  security problem instead of a natural disaster, demonstrating the shocking disregard that Burmas ruling generals  ...  Watch has long supported humanitarian aid to Burma so long as it is provided in  ...
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<title>Asia-Pacific nations discuss plan for disaster relief drills</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179974865</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  each other during disasters such as the Myanmar cyclone, the China quake and Philippines ferry  ...  for an actual drill, called the voluntary demonstration of response in disaster relief (VDR). The  ...
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<title>Trust vote lifted India&apos;s democratic image - B.R. Shetty</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179974162</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  such a favourable vote in order to demonstrate that it enjoys the confidence of the  ...  disagreements, including Indian policy on Iran and Myanmar.&quot; &quot;India may be &apos;emerging,&apos; but it will  ...
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<title>US lawmakers consider Olympic rights message to China</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179972971</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  support for tainted governments in Sudan and Myanmar in line with &quot;Olympic traditions of freedom  ...  support for the governments of Sudan and Burma (Myanmar).&quot; This, it added, was &quot;to ensure  ...  He also cited China&apos;s deadly crackdown on protests in Tibet in March and the arrest  ...
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<title>Beijing clears image hurdles</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179971731</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Negative. * International torch relay, with pro-Tibet demonstrations arousing a fierce Chinese nationalist response at  ...  by the contrast with that of the Burmese military regime to cyclone Nargis. Positive. *  ...  extraordinary nature of the security clampdown makes protests unlikely. But if they do take place,  ...
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<title>Critical spirit at the Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179964265</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Nyunt, who claimed that 1988 reports of Burmese soldiers shooting thousands of protesters in the streets of Rangoon were the  ...  Zimbabwe&apos;s Robert Mugabe, the military junta in Burma and the genocidal rulers of Sudan. Clark  ...
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<title>Sri Lanka : US Tamils Commemorates 25th Year of Black July with rally and vigil</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179920755</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 19:32 GMT</pubDate>
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... Black July Flier (Courtesy: PEARLaction.org)US Campaign for Burma is also joining the rally to remember the victims of the Burmese uprising on 8-8-88. The joint rally will protest China against its military support to Sri Lanka and Burma whose governments are accused  ...
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<title>US lawmakers accuse China of reneging on Olympic promises</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179914122</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 18:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  He also cited China&apos;s deadly crackdown on protests in March and the arrest in December  ...  &quot;ardent&quot; support for governments in Sudan and Myanmar despite their rights records. Beijing&apos;s support for  ...
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<title>Open China&apos;s great firewall</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179898977</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 17:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  restricting online freedoms. Egypt, Syria, Russia, and Burma (Myanmar) are among those countries known to crack  ...  on citizens who use the Internet to protest. But when the world&apos;s largest country with  ...
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<title>US removes oil company Chevron from Burma sanctions</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179892262</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chevron will continue to do business in Burma after a provision to stop it operating  ...  the White House, prevents the sale of Burmese gems and timber in the US via  ...  non-binding recommendation for divestment after the company protested. The US stake in Yadana would be  ...
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<title>Chevron removed from Burma sanctions</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179885617</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 15:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chevron will continue to do business in Burma after a provision to stop it operating  ...  the White House, prevents the sale of Burmese gems and timber in the US via  ...  non-binding recommendation for divestment after the company protested. The US stake in Yadana would be  ...
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<title>Asia-Pacific nations plan disaster drills</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179879682</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 15:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  each other during disasters such as the Myanmar cyclone, the China quake and Philippines ferry  ...  for an actual drill, called the voluntary demonstration of response in disaster relief (VDR). The  ...
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<title>US removes oil giant from Burma sanctions</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179876222</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 14:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chevron will continue to do business in Burma after a provision to stop it operating  ...  the White House, prevents the sale of Burmese gems and timber in the US via  ...  non-binding recommendation for divestment after the company protested. The US stake in Yadana would be  ...
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