Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Aung Min extols govt reforms on Human Rights Day


11 Dec 2012

Burmese President’s Office Minister Aung Min extolled Naypyitaw’s program 
of economic and political reforms in a speech to mark International 
Human Rights Day on Monday.

Ashin Gambira released on 4 million kyat bail


11 Dec 2012

Saffron Revolution leader Ashin Gambira is in the process of being released 
on 4 million kyat (US $4,650) bail from Insein Prison and taken to Thanlyin, 
a town southeast of Rangoon, to appear in court, his elder brother 
Aung Kyaw Kyaw told Mizzima on Monday evening. 

Chin National Day Set to Become State Holiday


11 Dec 2012

The government of Burma’s northwestern Chin State is scheduled to discuss 
adding Chin National Day and Chin State Day to its official calendar, 
according to the Chin National Front (CNF).

Quest for Hidden Spitfires Nears Completion


11 Dec 2012

Burma’s first large-scale export since the suspension of sanctions may 
well be 36 World War II Spitfire fighter planes buried at Rangoon’s Mingaladon 
Airport in 1945, according to the man who found them, David Cundall.

British Lord Poses as Burmese Delegate at UN


11 Dec 2012

A British lord was thrown out of a United Nations climate change summit 
for impersonating a Burmese delegate.
Lord Monckton, was banned for life from UN conferences after 
 posing as a Burmese delegate at the UN climate change summit in Doha, Qatar, on Friday.

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Gambira Freed on Bail but Awaits Trial


11 Dec 2012

Famous former dissident monk Gambira was released on bail from Rangoon’s
 notorious Insein Prison on Monday after 10 days of detention.