UN: "Strongly deplored" repression by Burmese authorities

Geneva - The UN Human Rights Council said it "strongly deplored" the violent repression of peaceful....

Junta blames political opportunists for crisis
NEW YORK--Burma's military junta has blamed "political opportunists" and....

UN envoy meets with Singapore's prime minister
SINGAPORE -- UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari met with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday after....

Laughter only way to cope with Burmese surveillance madness
RANGOON -- "I'll set the table at ten," the Myanmar dissident says cryptically on the phone.....

Internet plays critical role in Burma's protests
With news trickling out of Burma as thousands of people united in a rare display of dissent against the....

Statement from First Lady Bush on the crisis in Burma:
The deplorable acts of violence being perpetrated against Buddhist monks and peaceful Burmese demonstrators....
Chinese tops investors in landlocked Laos last year
Chinese companies accounted for 41 per cent of the total foreign direct investment approved in communist Laos....
Australia vetoes Burma's Canberra envoy
SYDNEY -- Australia on Tuesday rejected Burma's nomination of an army general as the South-East Asian....
Death toll at 49 in Vietnam bridge collapse
HANOI -- Two more bodies have been found in the rubble of a bridge that collapsed in southern Vietnam,....

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Hues of a hound
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Everyone can dance
Singapore's da:ns returns for a second year, featuring 100 events from 10 countries, including Thailand.
Second-hand Life
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