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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Explaining India's Silence Over Burma (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India has been slow to break its silence over street protests across Burma this month even though it has strong geographical, political and strategic links with its eastern neighbour.
- Us, Eu Want India To Put Pressure On Myanmar (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The US and European Union are piling on pressure on India and China to use their leverage on the military rulers in Myanmar to refrain from violence.
- India On Myanmar (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 28, 2007)
INDIA’S official reaction to the most serious challenge to the military rule in Myanmar after the failed 1988 uprising appears too restrained in view of the developing situation there.
- Myanmar Junta Crushes Dissent With Deaths (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Soldiers fired on anti-government demonstrators today as tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters in Myanmar’s main city braved a crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint by the ruling military junta.
- Pakistan On The Brink Again (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 28, 2007)
Two decisions to be made today may decide which way Pakistan is likely to go in the days to come.
- Red Cross Staff Seized, Danish Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Four Red Cross staff, two of them foreigners, were held by unknown kidnappers on Thursday as military officials announced two Danish soldiers were killed in a new attack by extremist Taliban fighters.
- Japanese Photographer, 8 Others Killed In Myanmar Crackdown (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
At least nine people, including a Japanese national, were killed and 11 injured on Thursday as soldiers in Myanmar opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters who defied a government crackdown, the Myanmar government said.
- Isro Plans Manned Mission In 8 Yrs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Almost a quarter of a century after it sent its first man into space, India is getting ready to put another person into a spacecraft—this time on its own.
- Arjun Vs Autonomy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2007)
The HRD minister has evidently had enough of the IIM talking back to him. There has been a series of faceoffs between the ministry and the IIMs, and the former has not always been able to bend the latter satisfactorily to its will.
- Moving With Monks (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 28, 2007)
Burma’s generals must know this well. There can possibly be nothing more moving than the sight of hundreds and thousands of red-robed monks facing off against tanks and soldiers in riot gear.
- When The Monks March (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 28, 2007)
The passive, otherworldly image of Buddhism can be misleading.
- Cpi For Return Of Democracy In Myanmar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The Communist Party of India on Thursday condemned the attack by military forces on a large number of protesters, including Buddhist monks and nuns, in Myanmar and demanded restoration of democracy in that country.
- Myanmar Burning, Mea Told Deora: We Need To Visit But Keep It Low-Key (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India may have lost Myanmar gas to China but intends to continue its engagement with the military junta there despite the ongoing protests against the regime.
- Myanmar Intensifies Crackdown, 9 Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Security forces swept through Myanmar's main city on Thursday, killing nine people in a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.
- Tackling Myanmar’S Junta (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 28, 2007)
With several people including Buddhist monks and a Japanese journalist killed, scores brutally set upon by security forces, and many others arrested in overnight raids on monasteries, Myanmar is into an unprecedented time of troubles.
- Undertake Political Reforms: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has urged the Myanmar government to undertake political reforms and expedite the process of national reconciliation of sections that have been left out of the ruling structure.
- Cpi Backs Democracy Stir In Myanmar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The CPI on Thursday day called for the return of peace while reminding all that the party has supported the movement for democracy in Myanmar. But, the CPI(M) will react only after its Politburo meeting, which begins in Kolkata on Friday.
- Security Council Urges Myanmar To Show Restraint (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Expresses concern over crackdown, to send envoy.
- “Myanmar, Very Corrupt Nation” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Myanmar was named one of the most corrupt countries in the world in a league table published by an international anti-bribery group.
- Singapore: Myanmar Situation “Very Grave” (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 28, 2007)
In a politically significant intervention, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who chairs the Association of South East Asian Nations that includes Myanmar, described the unfolding situation there as “very grave” indeed. Mr. Lee began. . .
- Myanmar Steps Up Crackdown (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 28, 2007)
Myanmar’s military junta on Thursday intensified its crackdown on protesters.
- Bullets Vs Bytes (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2007)
Cell phones and the Internet are playing a crucial role in telling the world about Myanmar's pro-democracy protests, with video footage sometimes transmitted one frame at a time.
- India Breaks Silence On Myanmar, Hedges Its Bets (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India may have broken its silence on Myanmar with a carefully nuanced call for political reform, but New Delhi has shown little sign of abandoning the military regime despite growing pressure and protests.
- Burma's Saffron Army (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2007)
Monks command such respect in Burma because some 80 to 90 per cent of the country's population is Buddhist, and even those who do not choose to become a 'career monk' usually enter the orders for short periods of their lives, giving the . . . .
- Soldiers Open Fire On Protesters (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
At least nine people, including a Japanese national, were killed and 11 injured on Thursday as soldiers in Burma opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters who defied a government crackdown, the government said. Ye Htut, a government. . .
- China's Crucial Role (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 28, 2007)
This year's session of the UN General Assembly has been overshadowed by the worsening political crisis in Burma. It figured prominently in the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's opening speech.
- Myanmar On Fire Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
WHAT started off last month as a series of small protests in different Myanmar towns, including the capital Yangon, over a sharp hike in fuel prices, is fast escalating into a movement against the military dictatorship which has held power since 1962.
- 60 Killed In Vietnam Bridge Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
A Japanese-funded bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed on Wednesday, killing up to 60 workers and injuring around 150 in the country’s worst such disaster.
- Asean Foreign Ministers Set To Discuss Myanmar Turmoil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are to meet on Thursday to discuss the bloody turmoil in member state Myanmar ahead of separate talks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
- Myanmar In A Mess (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 27, 2007)
As expected, the military government in Myanmar is cracking the whip on pro-democracy protesters in the country. Latest reports suggest that police have fired warning shots and dispersed protesters by using tear gas shells.
- India’S Interests At Stake In Myanmar (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 27, 2007)
New Delhi expresses concern and urges regime to be more inclusive and broad based
Developments could upset security calculations in northeast
Bilateral, multilateral negotiations could take a back seat
- 3 Monks Killed In Myanmar Crackdown (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 27, 2007)
Three Buddhist monks were killed on Wednesday in an attack by security forces on protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, according to the dissident National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB).
- India Urges Peace In Myanmar (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
India on Wednesday said Myanmar’s political reform process and national reconciliation should be more broad-based and hoped all sides would resolve their issues peacefully.
- Bush Imposes Stricter Sanctions On Myanmar, Denounces Other ‘Brutal Regimes’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
US president Bush, calling on countries to live up to freedoms and rights promised by the United Nations almost six decades ago, on Tuesday announced tighter sanctions on Myanmar and denounced the governments . . . .
- Myanmar Protest Crackdown Begins, At Least Three Killed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
- Support Burma’S Cry For Democracy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
IT is hard to believe the extraordinary courage of tens of thousands of Burmese people, led by Buddhist monks, who continue to protest peacefully across Burma against the savage, bestial regime which terrorises its people.
- Crackdown Launched In Myanmar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Security forces shot and wounded three people, and beat and dragged away dozens of Buddhist monks on Wednesday in the most violent crackdown against the protests that began last month, witnesses said. About 300 monks and activists were . . . .
- Monks Of Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2007)
Myanmar is on the turn. Never since 1988 has the country witnessed a pro-democracy movement on so extensive a scale as the one being waged by the Buddhist monks over the past month. The junta is clearly unnerved by the robust expression of protest.
- After Us Sanctions, India Wakes Up (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Sep 27, 2007)
For a full month, as Myanmar’s monks participated in a peaceful pro-democracy movement against the military junta which climaxed in an army crackdown today, India kept very quiet.
- Roar Of Anger Drowns Gunfire In Yangon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar’s main city today, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
- Crackdown Begins (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
About 300 monks and activists were arrested across Yangon, according to an exile dissident group, and reporters saw a number of monks who are highly revered in Myanmar being dragged into trucks.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2007)
Just how devastatingly divisive diverse interpretations of history can prove is exemplified by the entirely avoidable controversy surrounding the visit of a group of descendents of Britishers killed in the uprising of 1857.
- Uprising In Rangoon (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 27, 2007)
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and the fear of the scourge of power those who are subject to it."
- Stand By Burma (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2007)
As Buddhist monks and nuns in Burma carry on marching for the restoration of democracy, leading the biggest anti-junta protest in two decades, the situation in that country becomes increasingly worrisome for those who cherish liberty.
- Will Myanmar See 1988 Repeated? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
The mass protests sweeping Myanmar have clear parallels with the student-led pro-democracy rallies of 1988 which ended in bloody repression and the deaths of more than 3,000 people.
- Us Imposes Punitive Sanctions On Burma (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 26, 2007)
Strongly criticising Burma’s military junta for the growing unrest in the country, US President George W. Bush on Tuesday imposed sanctions on its leaders, saying every civilised nation has a responsibility to stand up for people who . . . . .
- Monks Rekindle Hope For Change In Myanmar (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Suddenly, there's hope for a change in Myanmar. Ordinary people have joined the monks in protesting the military junta's brutal rule in a country where dissent has been always crushed and the results of 1990 elections simply ignored.
- Powerful Protests (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
India must intervene in Myanmar for democracy.
- Protesters Defy Junta (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 26, 2007)
Defying the Myanmar military junta’s warnings against any further mass protest, nearly 50,000 Buddhist monks and an equal number of civilians swarmed the streets of Yangon and other centres on Tuesday.
- Monks On The March (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2007)
WHAT began as a protest against a fuel price hike last month appears to be taking the form of a major movement for the restoration of democracy in poverty-stricken Myanmar, earlier called Burma.
- Myanmar On The Boil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and sympathisers defied orders from the military junta to stay out of politics, and took out rallies on Tuesday in the countrys two biggest cities.
- Corner The Junta (Deccan Herald, Simon Tisdall, Sep 26, 2007)
Despite past failures, it may be that this growing external firestorm will help tip the internal balance in the demonstrators favour. Inside Myanmar, what looks different this time around is the broad-based alliance that is emerging between the . . . .
- Myanmar Monks Chant Democracy, Troops Move In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Chanting “democracy, democracy”, thousands of monks marched through the heart of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday in defiance of a threat by the ruling generals to send in troops to end the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.
- Generals Threaten Action Against Monks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Myanmar’s generals threatened action against further attempts at demonstrations today and parked military trucks at Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, the assembly point for monks leading the main protests.
- Bush Imposes Sanctions On Myanmar Leaders (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Strongly criticising Myanmar’s military junta for the situation in the country, US President George W Bush today imposed sanctions on its leaders, saying every civilised nation has a responsibility to stand up for the people who are suffering . . . . .
- Junta Signals Crackdown (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Myanmar’s junta imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the country’s two main cities today after pouring security forces into Yangon to try to end the biggest protests against military rule in nearly 20 years.
- Un Chief To Push For W Asia Peace (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon today pledged to push for lasting peace in West Asia and an end to the conflict in Darfur in the coming year, calling it one of the most challenging in the history of the UN.
- Over 1,00,000 Protest Against Ruling Generals On Myanmar Streets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
More than 1,00,000 people flooded the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city on Monday, joining Buddhist monks in the strongest show of dissent against the ruling generals in nearly two decades.
- Rise Of The Junta (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Myanmar (Burma) achieved independence from the UK on January 4, 1948. On June 18, 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council adopted the name "Union of Myanmar".
- Political Instability Hampers (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 25, 2007)
Though India is far from an island of calm itself, it has for long been surrounded by instability.
- Against Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 25, 2007)
Tyrants everywhere dread the time when the people no longer fear them. This is so because they rule by instilling fear in the people’s minds.
- Saffron Takes On Khaki (Pioneer, B Raman, Sep 25, 2007)
On Monday 100,000 anti-junta protesters led by Buddhist monks and nuns marched through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed.
- Minister Warns Monks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Myanmar’s Religious Affairs Minister warned senior monks on Monday that unless they curb their juniors carrying out anti-government demonstrators, the state would act against the protesting clerics on its own.
- Shillong-Dhaka Bus Service Soon (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Sep 25, 2007)
The Land Customs Station (LCS) at Dawki along the India-Bangladesh border in Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya today became the first border trade point in the country to get hooked into the BSNL’s CellOne network.
- Burma’S Saviour (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 25, 2007)
While India largely ignores the unfolding political drama in Burma, where Buddhist monks and nuns have given a new boost to the pro-democracy movement in recent weeks, China seems to be rapidly repositioning itself.
- Myanmar Warns Against Further Anti-Junta Protests (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
Myanmar officials riding on trucks in central Yangon used loudspeakers on Tuesday to warn against new anti-junta protests, one day after Buddhist monks led 100,000 people in the streets.
- Protest In Myanmar Gathers Strength (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 25, 2007)
Association of South-East Asian Nations members closely monitoring developing situation
- Myanmar Junta Shaken By Monks' Protest (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2007)
A massive march of 100,000 anti-Government demonstrators in Myanmar's biggest city ended peacefully on Monday, keeping the pressure on the country's military authorities to clamp down or compromise with the protesters.
- Burma Calling (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 24, 2007)
India tends to keep its own counsel even when the CPM leader Prakash Karat, the US President George W. Bush, and the Hollywood comedian Jim Carey are on the same side of a complex international issue.
- Deora May Discuss Gas Pipeline On Burma Trip (Asian Age, PAWAN BALI, Sep 24, 2007)
Union petroleum minister Murli Deora, now on a two-day visit to Burma, will take up the issue of the Burma-India pipeline with the Burmese government, according to sources.
- Nuns Join Myanmar Protest (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Buddhist nuns today joined monks in growing protests against Myanmar’s ruling generals while the US denounced the military leadership as brutal.
- Wake Up To China's Plans (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2007)
Non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries was a cardinal principle of Jawaharlal Nehru's five principles of peaceful coexistence.
- India, Uk To Face Un Human Rights Scrutiny (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2007)
Britain, India and Algeria will be among the first countries to face scrutiny by the UN Human Rights Council under new rules that have been agreed.
- India, Uk To Face Un Human Rights Scrutiny (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 22, 2007)
Britain, India and Algeria will be among the first countries to face scrutiny by the UN Human Rights Council under new rules that have been agreed.
- Wake Up To China's Plans (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 20, 2007)
Non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries was a cardinal principle of Jawaharlal Nehru's five principles of peaceful coexistence.
- Yangon Monk Protests Rise (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2007)
Nearly 1,000 Buddhist monks marched through the Myanmar city of Sittwe today, a day after soldiers fired tear gas and warning shots to scatter a similar protest against the ruling generals, a witness said.
- Military Rule In Neighbourhood (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Sep 20, 2007)
Non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries was a cardinal part of Jawaharlal Nehru’s five principles of peaceful coexistence.
- India, Pakistan Among Major Drug Producers, Says Report (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
India and Pakistan are among the 20 major drug producing countries listed in a US report, which also lists Afghanistan and Columbia as the world’s top producers of narcotics.
- Terror Funding (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2007)
It is a feeble if not confusing signal that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has sent out on choking the supply of funds to terrorism ~ a plague that has afflicted each of the seven member-states, albeit in varying ways and extents.
- Confused Contradictions (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 19, 2007)
It’s almost as if it wasn’t in the same city that the two events took place.
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