Two days after French oil giant Total made a 5.2 million euros (US $6.12 million) out-of-court settlement to end a suit by 12 Burmese accusing the company of involvement in forced labor to build a natural gas pipeline, a Total executive explained why his company agreed to settle. (more…)

Published November 25, 2005

Amidst disputes on controversial political issues, one hundred and twenty legislators from various political persuasions resound the call for the Philippine government to urge the ASEAN to support the growing demand from the international community for the UN Security Council to include Myanmar on its agenda as manifested in House Resolution 996.
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In 1995, Aung San Suu Kyi, then just freed from a first six-year term under house arrest, called on the international community to press Burma’s military junta to honour the results of the 1990 election, in which her National League for Democracy won a landslide victory.
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Members of Arakan League for Democracy (Japan Branch) participated in a demonstration that was led by the Shan National for Democracy (SND-Japan) in Tokyo, Japan on 27 November, demanding the release of Shan leaders who have received long imprisonment sentences by the Burma Junta recently.
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The United States delayed until Friday its push to get the UN Security Council to put military-ruled Myanmar on its agenda for the first time, because of questions raised by China, Russia, Japan and other members.
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Myanmar has been extending the cultivation of beans and pulses year by year with the crop’s cultivated area reaching 3.4 million hectares in the fiscal year 2004-05 which ended in March, according to a state-run newspaper Thursday.
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The Cabinet yesterday heard a progress report on contract farming with Myanmar in which the neighbouring country agreed to reserve seven million hectares, or about 44 million rai, for the purpose.
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The Asian Development Bank says the incidence of AIDS in Burma threatens the country’s economy by cutting labor productivity, slowing population growth and slashing the people’s ability to save money.
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Rangoon’s police force today launched a new initiative-Crime Free Week-which introduced a curfew that was intended to reduce crime on the streets of the capital.
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