Myanmar ready for SEA Games hosting
| 03/10/2010 | YANGON Ч Military-ruled Myanmar is considering applying to host the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, possibly in the new capital Naypyidaw, after Singapore said it wanted to pull out, offici...
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss the future of Southeast Asia. A...
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and the implications for US intere...
Refugees 'starve' in Bangladesh
| An international rights group has accused Bangladesh of "violating human rights" in its crackdown on thousands of unregistered Burmese refugees, many of whom have lived in the country for decad...
Reportlinker Adds Global Palm Oil Industry
| NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: | Global Palm Oil Industry | http://www.reportlinker.com/p0181064/Global...
Thailand imposes tough security law for Thaksin protests
| BANGKOK (AFP) – Thailand's government Tuesday agreed to impose a tough security law ahead of protests this weekend, vowing to use "all means" to stop violence by backers of ouste...
India set to join 40 nations in reserving Par seats for women
New Delhi: With Women's Reservation Bill crossing its first hurdle, India is all set to join a league of around 40 countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, which have quota for women in Parliamen...
Burmese refugees 'facing starvation' in Bangladeshi camps
Tens of thousands of refugees from Burma face starvation in camps in Bangladesh, doctors warned today. | US pressure group Physicians for Human Rights accused Bangladesh of "arrests, illegal expulsion...
India set to join 40 nations in reserving Parl seats for women
| With Women's Reservation Bill crossing its first hurdle, India is all set to join a league of around 40 countries, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, which have quota for women in Parliaments either...
China's Railway Calls for High-Speed Diplomacy
By BETH LOYD | Mar. 9, 2010 | From London to Beijing in two days flat: That's China's ambitious plan to connect Asia with Europe Google site lets people ride the Trans-Siberian Express using their com...
Orckit-Corrigent Continues Global Expansion with Local Addition in Thailand
CE+T Networking Vendor Boosts Its Presence in APAC with New Office and VP of Sales Covering Thailand, Laos and Myanmar | TEL AVIV, Israel, Mar 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | Orckit Communications Ltd. ...
GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon"
web | JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast for some of them, which has pr...
Myanmar junta to appoint electoral body
| Yangon, March 09: Myanmar's military junta will pick all members of the country's new election commission, state media said Tuesday as the regime revealed the first details of long-awaited laws for ...
Myanmar opposition party to have 60 days to register for polls
| Yangon - Myanmar's main opposition party - the National League for Democracy (NLD) - is to have 60 days to register to contest a general election planned this year or face 'invalidation,' government...
Myanmar junta unveils first of five election laws
YANGON - Myanmar's military government on Tuesday announced criteria for the formation of an election commission, one of five new laws enacted ahead of long-awaited polls that, until now, have been sh...
Myanmar unveils election law
| Myanmar's military government has approved a set of laws governing national elections expected this year, starting with the appointment of an election commission. | The government announced the Unio...
Myanmar refugees 'starving to death' in Bangladesh
| DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh is waging a campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion, forced internment and starvation against Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, according to a report ...
Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees
Comments BOSTON (Map, News) - Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are being forced into makeshift camps in Bangladesh and face widespread starvation unless they receive more humanitarian aid, accord...
200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days
| Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200mph rail line through Europe, ...
Myanmar junta unveils first of five election laws
| YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government on Tuesday announced criteria for the formation of an election commission, one of five new laws enacted ahead of long-awaited polls that, until now, ...
Burma rulers to 'hand-pick' election commission
| The first details of Burma's newly enacted election laws have been published in state-controlled media. | Burma's military government announced on Monday that the long awaited laws had been passed -...
