From the Annals of Burma ReliefRemember the Mistral?That’s the French naval ship that Bernard Kouchner announced would deliver aid to Burma whether the Burmese junta liked it..or not!The Mistral was supposed to arrive in Burmese waters the middle of this week on its unilateral mission of...
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Caving to big oil demands, the Senate on Tuesday approved a plan that intensifies trade sanctions against Burma's military regime but abandons an earlier push to penalize Chevron, the last major U.S. company propping up the...
TRANSPORT and Communications deputy minister Hubert Nyanhongo has been accused of defying two High Court orders compelling him to vacate a farm in Burma Valley, Manicaland, he seized from a white-commercial farmer, Johan Vorster.
By Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008 - Added 7m ago BANGKOK, Thailand - As much as 25 percent of cyclone relief aid in Myanmar is being lost because of the military government’s foreign exchange system, a United Nations...
Posted by Mark Leon Goldberg at July has been a bad month for war criminals. On Monday, July 14, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court set in motion proceedings against Sudanese president Omar el Bashir for...