U Hla Htway (Nikei Newspaper)
Is there prospect of the negotiation between NLD led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the government or is there any progress for the negotiation?
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Myanmar Government really desires democracy

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Military-ruled Myanmar on Monday brushed off mass pro-democracy protests as “trivial” and refused to include detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in its own plodding reform plans.
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Charles Petrie, the United Nations in-country coordinator in Burma, will leave the Southeast Asian nation on Tuesday after the ruling junta refused to renew his accreditation last month, a UN official in Rangoon said.
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Burma is a Buddhist country. But, under this military government, it no longer offers a place or security for Buddhist monks.
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Authorities in Moegok township, Mandalay division, tightened security around a local monastery and pagoda out of concern that a gathering of monks for a food offering could turn into another protest.
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Farmers in Mandalay and Magwe divisions have been faced with rising debts and failed harvests after local authorities forced them to grow particular crops.
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The Burmese military junta will soon confiscate houses near the eastern gate of Burma’s most famous Buddhist shrine, Shwedagon Pagoda, and relocate residents, a monk in Rangoon said.
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Japan Arrests Burmese ‘Bankers;’ Remittance Scheme Exposed
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Tourism industry workers in Burma have noted a significant drop in the number of tourists visiting the country this year following the government’s crackdown on protests in September.
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China National Petroleum Corp, the country’s biggest oil and gas producer, has signed an agreement with the southwestern province of Yunnan to cooperate in oil refining, a step toward building a pipeline to neighboring Burma.
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The Three-Disease (3-D) Fund will provide Myanmar with 5.7 million U.S. dollars to fight three diseases of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in the 2008-09 fiscal year beginning next March, a local news journal reported Monday.
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An ailing opposition party spokesperson, U Myint Thein, will soon undergo surgery to address a case of acute gastritis, family members said.
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A petition signed by more than 50,000 people and 24 international organizations has been sent to the Chinese government calling for a halt to the construction of dam projects in Burma to allow full inquiries to first of all take place.
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Burma and the efforts initiated by the special UN envoy for the country, Ibrahim Gambari, will be one of the major items on the agenda of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon when he meets with Southeast Asia leaders during the Bali meeting on climate change.
Ban is expected to use the opportunity to discuss Burma with regional leaders and the recent efforts to establish democracy, ensure human rights and speed the release of political prisoners including the democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Just two months ago, the world was shocked and outraged by the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations that took place in Burma. The images may have vanished from our screens, but we cannot and will not forget the plight of the Burmese people.
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With the opposition subdued and the authorities vigorously hunting down the organizers of the September demonstrations – and the international community held at bay with promises of more ineffectual talks mediated by United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari – Myanmar’s ruling junta has put back on track its so-called “Seven-point Road Map” which it says will lead the country towards “national reconsolidation”.
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In Singapore last week, incoming Asean secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan made his first comments on Burma following the endorsement of the Asean Charter at the Singapore Summit.
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The Burmese generals have accused Aung San Suu Kyi of being a puppet of the CIA and of MI-6. She was called names like “kalar mayar”, which means wife of a white. The ruling generals used to say a government formed by her party members would be a puppet regime wanted by the U.S. Government. These accusations have now become cynical jokes which nobody believes and what goes around has now come around. (more…)

We, Global Alliance of Burmese Students, condemned Burmese junta’s atrocious action to crack down to Maggin Monastry, in Thin Gan Gyun Township, Yangon, which is actively helping the people living with HIV/AIDS by providing food, shelter, and care with great compassion . (more…)