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Asean talks to bring first meeting with Burma leader
...nations, is also potentially hazardous. Since Burma is a member of Asean, Mr Obama will become...president to meet Thein Sein, prime minister of Burma, a senior member of the ruling junta.US...urged Mr Obama to make human rights in Burma, and throughout the region, his top priority...
Nov 14 2009, By Kevin Brown in Singapore and Edward Luce in Tokyo, Financial Times
Burma leader poses Asean hazard
...nations, is potentially hazardous. Since Burma is a member of Asean, Mr Obama will be the first US president to meet Thein Sein, Burma's prime minister and a member of the ruling...urged Mr Obama to make human rights in Burma, and the region, his top priority. "Obama...
Nov 14 2009, By Kevin Brown in Singapore and Edward Luce in Tokyo, Financial Times
Talking to Burma
...Korea and Iran. It is only right to add Burma to that list, however repressive the military...country for years. The reasons for engaging Burma, whose generals prefer the name Myanmar...has not worked. If anything it has pushed Burma into the less scrupulous arms of China...
Nov 08 2009, FT.com site
Sanctions hurt Burma's people more than the generals
...Tonkin.Sir, In your editorial "Talking to Burma" (November 9) you argue that the west should...Asian Development Bank. These sanctions put Burma firmly at the bottom of every league table...Thailand in search of work as factories in Burma close and the rural economy stagnates.The...
Nov 10 2009, Financial Times
Forgotten Voices of Burma
...Julian ThompsonEbury Press £18.99, 400 pagesFT Bookshop price £15.99First-hand accounts from the second world war conflict in Burma are each preceded by the soldier's name, rank and battalion in Forgotten Voices. The format works well, with stories told solely...
Nov 02 2009, Review by Emmanuelle Smith, FT.com site
US resumes talks with Burma
The US reopened high-level engagement with Burma yesterday after a 14-year freeze.Kurt Campbell, the US assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived...
Nov 04 2009, By Tim Johnston, Financial Times
€35m EU aid signals fresh approach to Burma
...an expansion of its aid programme to Burma, reinforcing a western trend towards...accompanied by talks with the generals who run Burma.The renewed willingness of the European Union to expand its assistance to Burma also marks a significant change. In...
Oct 20 2009, By Tim Johnston in Bangkok, FT.com site
Burma's Suu Kyi meets western diplomats
...fair elections next year and dialogue with Burma's ethnic minorities.The western world has...harsh sanctions on the generals who run Burma. The US has severe restrictions on doing business with Burma, while the European Union has targeted their...
Oct 09 2009, By Tim Johnston in Bangkok, FT.com site
Burma generals signal flexibility on Suu Kyi
...signs that the beleaguered government in Burma is warming to new approaches from western...maintenance of law and order."The Myanmar [Burma] government would like to ensure that all...western capitals, where the generals who run Burma were accused of using Mr Yettaw's uninvited...
Oct 24 2009, By Kevin Brown and Tim Johnston in Hua Hin, Thailand, FT.com site
Burma's ethnic minorities play waiting game
The maps say the town of Mong La is in Burma but to the casual observer it could be...meeting at 4 o'clock is met with a question: "Burma time or China time?"Mong La is the capital...autonomous enclaves that have been carved out of Burma's mountainous east over the past 20 years...
Sep 24 2009, By an FT reporter in Mong La, Burma, FT.com site
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