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Wa ceasefire haunts the Burmese military, NATION
; ...POLITICALLY, and perhaps financially, the Burmese army has gained immensely from its 1989...peace pact between an ethnic army and the Burmese junta since the breakdown of peace talks...ethnic groups. A decade later, however, the Burmese junta is in the hot seat over its relationship...
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Apolitical Burmese students preferred, NATION
; ...AUSTRALIA'S resettlement program prefers Burmese students from Thailand who have no political...not want trouble with Thailand caused by Burmese students settling there and given an Australian...Refugees' (UNHCR) program to resettle Burmese students from the Maneeloy detention center...
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Burmese student gets 4 months for attack on guards, NATION
; ...RATCHABURI Court yesterday sentenced a Burmese student to four months in jail and fined...Rui was the first to face trial after Burmese students at the Maneeloy centre conducted...Commissioner for Refugees officials. The Burmese students' anger at Thai authorities increased...
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Exiled Burmese students can hardly be apolitical, NATION
; A Burmese Student The Nation (Thailand) 07-28-2000 From your report "Apolitical Burmese students preferred" [The Nation, July 21], I was...to learn that Australia, a country to which we, Burmese students, have owed a debt of gratitude for accepting...
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Exiled Burmese face immigration curbs, NATION
; ...immigration controls over the movement of exiled Burmese students in Thailand and send those who...soon as possible in the aftermath of the Burmese Embassy siege in which five gunmen took...policy of leniency in not sending exiled Burmese students back home. The NSC and Interior...
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Is Thailand too kind to Burmese refugees?, NATION
; ...loggerheads at yesterday's seminar on Burmese refugees as they were unable to find common...the plight of hundreds of thousands of Burmese refugees, exiles and dissidents living...needs to rethink its policies towards the Burmese refugees and dissident students living...
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Pressure increases on Burmese refugee students, NATION
; ...yesterday stepped up pressure on exiled Burmese students, giving them until next month...Council Khachadpai Burusapatana said every Burmese student residing in Bangkok and has registered...illegal entry,'' he said. About 3,000 exiled Burmese students live in Thailand. By official...
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Fear and Sanctuary: Burmese Refugees in Thailand.(Book Review)
; FEAR AND SANCTUARY: Burmese Refugees in Thailand. By Hazel J. Lang...and photographs. The focus is on the Burmese refugee (dukkha-the, 'the one who bears...constituency of ethno-nationalist activists, Burmese student dissidents and thousands of...
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As Burmese Opium Production Rises, U.S. Debates Resuming Anti-Drug Aid
; When Lo Hsing-han visits the Burmese capital these days from his home in the...some of his partners on the links are top Burmese military officers, according to informed sources here. The Burmese military's chumminess with known drug kingpins...
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Unocal 'Smoking Gun' Alleged; Burmese Refugees Claim Cable Supports Abuse Charges
; Attorneys for a group of Burmese refugees say they have discovered a "smoking...firm Total SA, partners in the project with the Burmese government, were complicit in human rights abuses by Burmese forces. The abuses allegedly included the forced...
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