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Singapore holds key for China's yuan reform -Merrill
- 11/4/2009
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BEIJING, Nov 4 (Reuters) - China should unshackle the yuan from its dollar peg and follow Singapore's lead in targetting a basket of currencies to determine its exchange rate, Merrill Lynch's China economist
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Multiple arrests made in Burma
- 11/2/2009
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It was reported on 30 October that up to 50 people including 10 journalists, political activists and students have been arrested in Rangoon. Although no official reason behind the arrests has been given
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Mission of Burma plots road trip behind new album
- 11/2/2009
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Veteran indie rockers [ tickets ] will hit the road next month behind a new studio album, 'The Sound The Street The Light,' which turned up earlier this month. The trek kicks off with an appearance at
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Miliband in Russia to mend ties
- 11/3/2009
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MOSCOW, Nov 1: David Miliband arrived in Russia on Sunday for the first visit by a British foreign secretary for five years, seeking to mend relations damaged by the poisoning in London of a Kremlin critic.
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Special zone for South?
- 11/2/2009
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Chavalit pushing special zone for South Published: 2/11/2009 at 03:22 PM Online news: Politics Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh is proposing the establishment of a special administrative
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Army chief praises Yorkshire soldiers in Afghanistan
- 11/2/2009
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AN Army commander has praised the efforts made by Yorkshire soldiers in the Afghan conflict. Lieutenant Colonel Tom Vallings spoke out as more troops from the Yorkshire Regiment flew out over the weekend
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US diplomats to Burma
- 11/4/2009
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On November 3, two senior U.S. officials arrived in Myanmar for the first official visit of high level since 1995. Kurt Campbell, deputy U.S. Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, and his
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Burmese paper views increase in mobile phone usage
- 11/6/2009
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[Report by Kyaw Zin Htun and Aung Shin from "Business" section: "CDMA market booms as NPT opens up"] Like all news from the capital not beamed out by the New Light of Myanmar [Burma], it's taken a while
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Foreign scribes yet to get permission
- 15 Hours ago
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New Delhi: The government has yet to grant permission to foreign journalists to cover the Dalai Lama's week-long visit to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh that begins today, saying the applications are still
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Mayor's personal Remembrance Day pride
- 11/7/2009
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WITH the county preparing to stop for Remembrance Sunday tomorrow, Cheltenham mayor LLOYD SURGENOR says the occasion is a particularly personal one for his family. "My father Joseph Surgenor served his
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Mysterious urban killer puzzle Buleto villagers
- 4 Hours ago
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UNCLE Sibuor, the WWII veteran, sipped his beer from a metallic tumbler with much satisfaction. Beer opened up a man. It loosened the tongue of the shy. It made the timid courageous. â??How much liquor
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Burma Needs to Industrialize: Than Shwe
- 11/7/2009
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Burmaâ??s military chief Snr-Gen Than Shwe said Burma must industrialize in order to develop, according to the state-run newspaper The New Light of Myamnar on Thursday. â??He [Than Shwe] said that indeed,
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US Expects Slow Progress in Burma
- 11/7/2009
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Scot Marciel, the US deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asia, said in Bangkok on Thursday morning that the Burmese junta is unlikely to make any concessions anytime soon. â??We did not anticipate
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US Mission's Meeting with Burmese Ethnics Signals Hope
- 11/7/2009
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BANGKOK â?? The United States government's diplomatic foray into military-ruled Burma made early inroads into an area sealed off to United Nations envoys in recent yearsâ??meeting the country's oppressed
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Expectations after all are expectations
- 11/7/2009
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(Opinion) These days everybody is talking about Aung San Suu Kyi and the US-Burma relationship with high and low hopes. Most of them are favourably optimistic... Mizzima News - These days everybody
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Charles Kewen's story
- 11/7/2009
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Charles Kewen, World War II Air Force mechanic with the 435/436 Burma Squadron. HANDOUT PHOTO In his corner of the war, Charles Kewen, a boy from Saskatchewan, battled not just the Japanese but malaria,
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Mother's honor to veteran son defies bonds of time
- 11/7/2009
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Jerrilyn Zavada, jzavada@mywebtimes.com, 815-673-6371 Veterans Day is an annual opportunity for the nation to honor those who have served in the Armed Forces. But for Streator native Henry O. Simons,
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