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US will not lift Myanmar sanctions

BANGKOK The United States, although embarking on a new policy of engagement, will not lift its sanctions on Myanmar unless its ruling generals make concrete progress toward democratic reform, a senior U.S. diplomat said Thursday. U.S. Ambassador for ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, San Diego Union-Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  US State Department,  Kurt Campbell,  Aung San Suu Kyi,  Madeleine Albright

Leaders of 16 Asian nations meet in Thailand

Leaders of 16 Asian countries have opened a summit in Thailand for talks focusing on economic cooperation, disaster management and climate change. The East Asia Summit on Sunday follows a two-day meeting of leaders from the 10-nation Association ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, eTaiwan News,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kevin Rudd

Myanmar, North Korea feature at Asian summit

CHA-AM, Thailand - Southeast Asian leaders, having launched the region's first human rights watchdog, called Saturday on military-ruled Myanmar to conduct free and fair elections next year but refrained from criticizing one of the world's worst human ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Aung San Suu Kyi,  Abhisit Vejjajiva,  Yukio Hatoyama (politician)

Southeast Asia to launch human rights body

Southeast Asian leaders planned to launch a pivotal but sharply criticized human rights commission Friday and grapple with how best to achieve economic integration by 2015. The three-day summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, eTaiwan News,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Hun Sen,  Lee Myung-bak,  Kasit Piromya,  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,  European Union

Massive security at Asian summit in Thailand

Thailand has mounted one of its biggest security operations in recent history with more than 36,000 military and police to prevent anti-government demonstrators from overrunning a summit of Asian leaders, an official spokesman said Thursday. The ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, eTaiwan News,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Abhisit Vejjajiva,  Thaksin Shinawatra

Southeast Asia to have rights monitor

Southeast Asian nations unveil a landmark human rights watchdog this week, but critics charge that it will be both toothless and include in its membership one of the world's worst human rights offenders _ military-ruled Myanmar. Myanmar is sure ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, eTaiwan News,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Aung San Suu Kyi,  Than Shwe,  Ban Ki-moon,  Nyan Win

Indian Ocean nations test new tsunami alert system

BANGKOK - Sirens blared, parents grabbed their children, and hundreds ran to emergency shelters in Indonesia as countries bordering the Indian Ocean conducted a test yesterday of a warning system set up after the devastating 2004 tsunami. But at least ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, Boston Globe,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

Indian Ocean nations test tsunami warning system

BANGKOK (AP) -- Sirens blared, parents grabbed their children and hundreds ran to emergency shelters in Indonesia as countries bordering the Indian Ocean conducted a test Wednesday of a warning system set up after the devastating 2004 tsunami. But at ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, Buffalo News,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  UNESCO

Myanmar's Suu Kyi convicted, returned to isolation

Myanmar's generals have again succeeded in isolating democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but her fleeting emergence during a grueling trial showed that her steely resolve and charisma remain intact. Protestors wave flags during a ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, eTaiwan News,  12 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Aung San Suu Kyi,  Than Shwe,  Dalai Lama,  European Union,  Desmond Tutu

Myanmar's Suu Kyi convicted

BANGKOK — Myanmar's generals have again succeeded in isolating democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but her fleeting emergence during a grueling trial showed that her steely resolve remains intact. A Myanmar court Tuesday convicted the Nobel Peace ...

From DENIS D. GRAY, TwinCities.com,  11 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Aung San Suu Kyi,  Than Shwe,  Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton

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