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EU to open office in Burma
AFP, Published on 06/01/2012
» The European Union will open an office in Burma's main city Rangoon to manage aid programmes and play a "political role", the spokesman of the bloc's top diplomat Catherine Ashton said Thursday.
Afghan president flexes muscles against West: analysts
AFP, Published on 06/01/2012
» The Afghan government, angry at being sidelined over peace talks, flexed its muscles Thursday by ordering the takeover of a US military prison and parading British detainees at a news conference.
Shifting political tides portend turmoil
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/01/2012
» Thailand has arrived at the outset of 2012 more bruised and battered compared to its previous bouts of political instability, characterised by several years of protests and violence and then capped recently by the floods.
Britain's Hague concludes historic Burma visit
AFP, Published on 05/01/2012
» Britain's foreign secretary concludes a historic trip to Burma on Friday following talks with democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in the latest international effort to encourage reforms in the isolated nation.
Free Syrian Army urges Arabs to seek UN help
AFP, Published on 05/01/2012
» The head of the Free Syrian Army Thursday called on the Arab League to admit that its observer mission to the country is a failure, urging the bloc to seek UN help to end almost 10 months of bloodshed.
US undecided on inmate release for Taliban talks
AFP, Published on 05/01/2012
» The United States said it has taken no decision to release prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay in order to boost negotiations aimed at ending the 10-year war with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Britain's Hague urges reform on historic Burma visit
AFP, Published on 05/01/2012
» British Foreign Secretary William Hague called on Burma to release all its political prisoners as he began a historic visit to meet the country's leaders on Thursday.
Syria accuses US of interfering in Arab affairs
AFP, Published on 04/01/2012
» Syria accused the United States on Wednesday of interfering in Arab League affairs, as a US envoy travelled to Cairo for talks with the bloc about ending the Damascus regime's crackdown on dissent.
Vietnam detains protester in drug clinic: lawyer
AFP, Published on 04/01/2012
» Vietnam has sent a female activist to a notorious drug rehabilitation centre for two years without facing trial as an apparent punishment for taking part in anti-China protests, her lawyer said on Tuesday.
For a happy society
Life, Alfred Tha Hla, Published on 04/01/2012
» The political journey for first-time MP Jarupan Kuldiloke was not mapped out as one would imagine since she was once at loggerheads with her father, Pol Lt Gen Chatt, the current deputy minister of Transport and Communications.