2008 WORLD DRUG REPORT
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Animal Disease Outbreak in Irrawaddy Delta
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:39:18 AM
An outbreak of animal foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in townships affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy delta and in Rangoon and Pegu divisions, according to sources in Rangoon. There was n...

Controversy over 11th Century Temple Inflames Thai Politics
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:39:10 AM
High on a Cambodian cliff, the Preah Vihear temple has weathered war and territorial disputes. Now it’s at the center of a political tug-of-war in neighboring Thailand. As it has over the centurie...

Amnesty Warns of Rights Violations in Malaysia
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:39:08 AM
An international rights group urged Malaysia on Friday to revise its plan to chase out tens of thousands of Filipino and Indonesian illegal immigrants amid concerns it may lead to human rights violati...

Cyclone assessment reveals critical food, water shortages
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:39:01 AM
The news underscores the urgent need to bring more food into the region almost eight weeks after Cyclone Nargis ravaged the area, leaving 138,000 people dead or missing. The discovery of significant ...

One blood, one voice, one command [News analysis] - Wai Moe
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:39:00 AM
Though not confirmed officially, as many as 150 military officers were reportedly reassigned in last week’s reshuffle. In addition, four lieutenant-generals who headed the bureaus of special operation...

Rights activist says state-sanctioned rape widespread in Burma - Claudia Blume
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:57 AM
A Burmese human rights activist says Burma’s military government continues to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities. She urges Burma’s neighbours to put pressure on the military ...

Pay money, get electricity post Nargis: Rangoon resident
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:57 AM
It is nothing short of holding people to ransom. Without shelling out money to civil servants of the electric power department no electricity supply will be ensured to home and markets. This was state...

Animal disease outbreak in Irrawaddy Delta - Saw Yan Naing
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:56 AM
An outbreak of animal foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in townships affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy delta and in Rangoon and Pegu divisions, according to sources in Rangoon.

UNSC needs to shoulder responsibility of Burmese women
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:56 AM
New Delhi - To stop Burmese military rulers from its unabated use of rape as a ‘weapon of war’ in its campaign against ethnic minorities, there is a lot that the international community and United N...

Weekly business roundup - William Boot
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:56 AM
Indian financial services thwart junta sanctions India’s financial support for Burma is growing even as Western sanctions seek to curtail the junta’s business activities.

Diarrhea afflicts over 150 refugees, two children die
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:55 AM
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Diarrhoea has afflicted over 150 Burmese refugees in the makeshift camp in Dum Dum Mea since June 21. It killed two children in the makeshift camp till June 26, said a Majee (shed l...

NLD member in prison not allowed medical treatment
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:55 AM
Chiang Mai - Member of Burmese political opposition Thant Zin Myo, who has been in custody in the notorious Insein prison for over 11 months, has been denied medical treatment despite his deteriorat.. .

Burma and Afghanistan increase opium production: UNODC
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:54 AM
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, said on Thursday that the alarming increase in opium production in Afghanistan and Burma in 2007 is posing a seri...

Southeast Asia body key to prising open Myanmar - Olivia Rondonuwu and Ed Davies
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:53 AM
The 10-nation Southeast Asian grouping played a key mediating role in getting Myanmar’s military leaders to open up to foreign aid, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said. “I think a...

Suu Kyi manga released in English
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:53 AM
In the 20 years since Aung San Suu Kyi first emerged as the leader of Burma’s pro-democracy movement, she has inspired admiration in people around the world. She has also captured the imagination of a...

Solo female protester arrested
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:53 AM
New Delhi - A Burmese woman was arrested on Wednesday evening after staging a solo protest at a busy downtown district near the popular Sule Pagoda, in the country’s former capital Rangoon. The s...

Junta denies medical treatment to detained student activist
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:52 AM
Chiang Mai - Despite the deteriorating health of 88 Generation Student Myo Yan Naung Thein, prison officials of Insein prison have not allowed him proper treatment and produced him before the court ...

G8 pushes Myanmar to accept foreign cyclone aid
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:52 AM
The Group of Eight wealthy nations put pressure on Myanmar to let in more foreign relief workers after a devastating cyclone last month, after accusations it had obstructed aid, a Japanese official sa...

European MPs form Burma caucus
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:51 AM
A European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma has been formed to raise awareness about Burma in Europe and pressure European governments to do more to bring about democratic transition.

Shwe Mann: Soon to be Burma
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:38:50 AM
Expectations were renewed after a major reshuffle in the armed forces last week. Several heads rolled within the bureaus of special operations and new regional commanders were appointed. Speculation ...

Power Grid to execute 3 projects in Myanmar
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:27:36 AM
NEW DELHI: India has extended a $124 million line of credit (LoC) to Myanmar Government for construction of three major transmission projects and one 120 MW power plant. Myanmar also expressed interes...

TSF gives up on Burma
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 10:08:23 AM
It’s a familiar tale by now. Unicef asked TSF to set up emergency telecoms gear shortly after the May 2 cyclone that killed over 133,000 people. It took the Burmese government a month just to approve ...

Burma agency makes donor plea
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 3:08:39 AM
One of the leading aid agencies working in Burma after Cyclone Nargis has urged the international community not to politicise future aid pledges. Save the Children said that while basic aid was get...

Dhaka seeks Myanmar farm land on lease
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 3:08:22 AM
Staff ReporterBangladesh urged Myanmar on Thursday to lease its farm land near the border for rice cultivation to meet its growing food demand, agencies reported.Vast lands have been left untilled in ...

Cyclone farmers await assistance
Yesterday, June 28, 2008, 1:14:56 AM
KUNCHANKONE, 27 June 2008 (IRIN) - A 24-year-old farmer lost most of his family, as well as his prized water buffaloes, to the cyclone but says he is still waiting for the power tillers local authorit...