July 3, 2008

UN to Take up Burma Issue Again ( The Irrawaddy )
Construction Sites Abandoned in Naypyidaw ( The Irrawaddy )
Foreign Volunteer Told to Leave Burma ( The Irrawaddy )

July 2, 2008

Hearing of Ecovision Reporter Case Fixed for July (Mizzima) ( Mizzima )
Flap Over ASEAN Press Conference (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
A Love Story (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
7,000 Laputta Refugees Told to Return Home (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Parties to Register for Elections: Junta (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Burma: Journalists Jailed in Cyclone Nargis Aftermath (CPJ) ( CPJ )
Anger against Burma’s Junta Rises (Times) ( Times )
Burmese Comedian Zarganar Paying a High Price for Straight Talk (France 24) ( France 24 )
Myanmar steps up surveillance as protest dates loom ( Reuters, India )
Journalists Arrested, Detained for Their Reporting ( Irrawaddy )
Regime troops withdraw from KNLA stronghold ( DVB )
Flooding in Kachin state kills 5 ( DVB )

July 1, 2008

Rape as a Weapon of War in Myanmar (UN Dispatch) ( UN Dispatch )
All of Burma is a Prison (Far Eastern Economic Review) ( FEER )
Burma: Magazine Editor Forced to Resign over Poem (AKI) ( AKI )
Jailed Myanmar Journalist in Ailing Health: Media Watchdogs (AFP) ( AFP )
UN Chief Says Will Press Myanmar on Democracy (AFP) ( AFP )
Farmers, Cyclone Victims Offered Microcredit ( The Irrawaddy )
Building Burma’s digital front line ( BBC News )
Fighting between the KNLA and DKBA Continues ( The Irrawaddy )
Restrictions Tightened on Insein Political Prisoners ( The Irrawaddy )
Bomb blast at pro-Junta group’s office in Rangoon ( Mizzima )

June 30, 2008

Rangoon Editor Fired Over Offending Poem ( Irrawaddy )
Cyclone makes monks stronger ( Monterey County Herald, CA )
INTERVIEW-Southeast Asia body key to prising open Myanmar ( Reuters )
Burma’s Cyclone Farmers Await Assistance ( Irrawaddy )
Burma Victims in Food Line ( The Cutting Edge, DC )

June 26, 2008

Preliminary Finding of Post-Nargis Joint Assessment Confirm Need for Continued Relief Assistance (OCHA) ( UNOCHA )
Thousands in Delta Told to Relocate (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Lone Demonstrator Arrested at Rangoon City Hall (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Women’s Group Want Junta Arraigned Before ICC (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Bush Discusses Burma with UN Ambassadors (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Burmese Journalists Continue to Be Arrested, Foreign Journalists still Unwelcome (Reporters Sans Frontiers) ( Reporters Sans Frontiers )
Clooney, Pitts Launch Myanmar Ad Campaign (AFP) ( AFP )
Myanmar Journalist Arrested for Burying Cyclone Dead: Watchdog (AFP) ( AFP )
Myanmar Confirms Detention of 14 Suu Kyi Supporters (AFP) ( AFP )

June 24, 2008

Wi-Fi, War and Peace in Myanmar (Robert Klitzman, Science Progress) ( Science Progress )
Myanmar Cyclone Toll Tops 130,000 Dead and Missing: Official (AFP) ( AFP )
Myanmar Cyclone Toll Rises to 138,000 (Reuters) ( Reuters )
Cori, Ex-World Leaders Hit Myanmar over Foreign Aid Delay (GMA News) ( GMA News )
Myanmar Keeps the Wheel on Which China’s Help (The Wall Street Journal) ( The Wall Street Journal )
Myanmar’s Monks Regroup After Killer Storm (AP) ( AP )
Built to Order- Myanmar’s New Capital Isolates and Insulates Junta (New York Times) ( The New York Times )

June 23, 2008

Burmese junta deports Korean journalist ( Mizzima )
Work-shy Myanmar buffaloes add to farmers’ woes ( Reuters )
Restrictions Tightened on Cyclone Refugees Bound for Thailand ( The Irrawaddy )
Reshuffle Could Signal Changes at the Top ( The Irrawaddy )
Than Shwe’s Grandson in Drug Scandal ( The Irrawaddy )

June 21, 2008

Private Relief Efforts for Cyclone Survivor Fill a Gap in Myanmar (LA Times) ( LA Times )
Suu Kyi’s Birthday Celebrated on Capitol Hill (The Irrawaddy) ( The Irrawaddy )
Burma’s Bureaucratic Abyss (The Irrawaddy) ( Washington Post )
Frustrated Burmese Organize Aid Forays (Washington Post) ( Washington Post )
Crony Charity (The Economist) ( The Economist )
Let Us Now Praise Coups (Washington Post) ( Washington Post )

June 20, 2008

Survivors in Burma Try to Come to Terms with Their Loss ( The Irrawaddy )
Cindy McCain criticizes Burma ( Boston Globe )
The Thugs are Back in Action ( The Irrawaddy )