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Irrawaddy: Weekly Business Roundup - William Boot

burmanet.org     11 hrs ago          

Bangladesh Seeks to Solve Border Dispute with Burma Bangladesh is pushing to resolve offshore territorial boundary disputes with both Burma and India. The Dhaka government sent a delegation to Burma this week in a bid to...                    

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MYANMAR: Government cuts currency red tape for donors

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Cyclone Nargis affected 2.4 million people and left nearly 140,000 people dead or missing YANGON, 4 September 2008 (IRIN) - The UN is calling on donors to give more generously to an international appeal for victims of...                    

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Towards a New American Isolationism

fpif.org     yesterday   1 related          

Walden Bello | September 5, 2008 Editor: Emily Schwartz Greco Despite the glitter that surrounded both the Olympics in Beijing and the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the messages coming to Asia from the two...                    

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China, Singapore agree on free trade accord

indiasnews.net     yesterday   4 related          

Friday, September 05, 2008 (Singapore) China and Singapore concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement, China's first with another Asian country, news reports said on Friday. The agreement, finalised in talks this...                    

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Irrawaddy: AIPMC appeals to Surin, Ban Ki-moon to visit Suu Kyi - Saw Yan Naing

burmanet.org     04-Sep-2008   7 related          

A rights advocacy group within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has appealed to the heads of both Asean and the UN to visit Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and check on her health. Roshan...                    

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Regional trade agreements: A second-best choice

economist.com     04-Sep-2008          

India’s new trade deal is a good example of why bilateral trade deals are less useful than multilateral onesJUST over a month ago, India dealt the multilateral trading system a blow by saying “no”. Kamal Nath, India’s...                    

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LEADER ARTICLE: Time For A Revision

indiatimes.com     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

4 Sep 2008, 0005 hrs IST, Baladas Ghoshal and Ian Holliday Caught between engagement and isolation, Burma, renamed Myanmar by its dictatorial military junta, is in a state of decline. Although two political crises have...                    

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Chery Alado launches locally assembled 2.4 liter Chery Eastar 7-seater MPV

paultan.org     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

Chery’s B240 MPV has been relaunched in Malaysia as a locally assembled car and it is now called the Chery Eastar. The locally assembled Chery Eastar MPVs will roll out of Oriental Assembler Sdn Bhd’s plant in Johor, but...                    

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India, ASEAN discuss joint Buddhist pilgrimage tourism

ddinews.gov.in     03-Sep-2008          

In an effort to broaden the prospect of spiritual tourism, representatives of India and ASEAN have discussed ways to develop joint Buddhist pilgrimage tours in the region. Officials of tourism ministries, private tour...                    

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xinhuanet.com: Thai Army chief Anupong Paochinda speaks during a news conference at the army headquarters in Bangkok on September 2, 2008. Anupong said on Tuesday he would not use force to evict protesters occupying the prime minister's official compound despite a state of emergency giving him the power to do so. xinhuanet.com

Thailand's political impasse clings on after state of emergency declared in Bangkok

xinhuanet.com     02-Sep-2008   42 related          

BANGKOK, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Anupong Paojinda, who was assigned by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to take charge of enforcement of Emergency Decree in Bangkok, pledged that the military would...                    

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