(1) Suu Kyi’s Europe trip revives lifetime of memories : Source : Irrawaddy
30-Jun-12
BANGKOK
— Paris brought
back memories of onion soup. Oxford,
of carefree student days and sharing a passion for literature with her two
young sons. In London,
Aung San Suu Kyi recalled her father, whose historic visit in 1947 came shortly
before he was assassinated — when she was only 2.
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(2) Burma Business Roundup (Saturday, June 30) : Source : Irrawaddy
30-Jun-12
US Business Group Says Suu
Kyi View on MOGE is ‘De Facto Ban’
The call to international oil
companies to boycott the state Myanmar Oil & Gas Enterprise (MOGE) until it
becomes open and accountable is a “de facto investment ban” on Burma’s
energy sector for American businesses, the US Chamber of Commerce has declared.
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(3) Suu Kyi delays Myanmar
parliament debut: party : Source : Dailytimes
2-Jun-12
YANGON: Myanmar
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has decided not to attend a new session of
parliament this week to give herself time to recover from a gruelling European
tour, her party said Sunday.
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(4) US confirms Derek Mitchell as Envoy to Myanmar after 22 yrs : Source : Zeenews
1-Jun-12
Washington: Veteran diplomat Derek Mitchell's appointment as America's first ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years has been confirmed by the
Senate, the latest in a series of efforts by the US to bring the country out of
isolation after five decades of military rule.
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(5) India,
Myanmar & Medicine on bookshelf 
: Source : Zeenews
: Source : Zeenews
1-Jun-12
Delhi: The book cart this week is substantive, diverse and cerebral.
‘Pax Indica: India and the
World of the 21st Century’; Written by Shashi Tharoor; Published by Penguin India,
Priced at $32.75 (Rs.1,821)
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(6) ADB sees progress in resuming aid to Myanmar : Source : News
30-Jun-12
BANGKOK
(Reuters) - When the Asian Development Bank
cut off aid to Myanmar
in 1988, troops had just crushed a pro-democracy movement, killing thousands.
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(7) Jade and gold at heart of Myanmar civil war : Source : News
30-Jun-12
Poring over pictures of
bullet-riddled bodies and charred villages, peace mediators say Myanmar's
far north is writhing in the grip of a "resource
war" with no end in sight.
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