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Myanmar activists take pictures of their pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an event to celebrate her 64th birthday in Bucheon, west of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 21, 2009.

Myanmar junta allows Suu Kyi's party to reopen branch offices+ Wed 10 Mar 2010
| (AP) - YANGON, March 10 (Kyodo)-Myanmar's ruling junta on Wednesday issued permission for detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's party to reopen its branch offi... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man) Syracuse
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Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability Wed 10 Mar 2010
| Washington, March 10: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged quake-stricken Haiti on Tuesday to hold legislative elections "as soon as appropriate," saying new polls ... (photo: Public Domain / Hello32020) The Siasat Daily
Clinton Haiti Photos Preval Washington

A passenger at Houston's Bush Intercontintental Airport checks in at a special scanner

Airport scanners violate rights: UN official Wed 10 Mar 2010
| London, March 10: A senior official in the United Nations has warned that the growing use of full body scanners at airports breaches individual rights. | Martin Scheini... (photo: AP / Pat Sullivan) The Siasat Daily
Aerospace Airport London Photos Travel

A Myanmar activist participates in a rally demanding the immediate release of his pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 26, 2009

Burma bans Aung San Suu Kyi from running in election Wed 10 Mar 2010
Burma's military rulers have barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from standing in the coming election and may force her own political party to expel her. | A new... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon) London Evening Standard
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A Myanmar activist holds a picture of the country's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Ky during a rally demanding the immediate release of Suu Kyi in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 19, 2009.

Myanmar bars Suu Kyi from polls Wed 10 Mar 2010
| Myanmar's military government has announced a new election law that bars Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's detained opposition leader, from standing in polls expected lat... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man) Al Jazeera
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A man holds up a poster of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as he and others demonstrate in support of pro-democracy protestors in Myanmar outside the Houses of Parliament, London, England, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007. (gm1)

Myanmar election law puts Suu Kyi party in bind Wed 10 Mar 2010
| YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's main opposition party will have to exclude its leader, detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, if it wants to continue to operate and run... (photo: AP/Nathan Strange) The Star
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Venezuelan officials take control of 2 sugar mills Wed 10 Mar 2010
| Caracas, March 10: Venezuela’s government seized temporary control of two sugar mills Tuesday, accusing managers of hoarding a basic good and violating the labor righ... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Siasat Daily
Agriculture Food Photos Sugar Venezuela

A Bangladeshi man and children rest on a cart after falling sick as they await treatment at Ashasunee village in Shatkhira, 176 kilometers (110 miles) south west of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.

Children Die of Starvation at Unregistered Refugee Camps in Bangladesh Wed 10 Mar 2010
| Cox’sbazar : Nearly 50 children have died of starvation in the last two months at unregistered refugee camps located outside of the official Kutupalong Burmese Muslim... (photo: AP / Pavel Rahman) Narinjara
Bangladesh Children Photos Refugee Starvation

Members of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party read state-run newspapers carrying military government's announcement on election laws at the party's headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, March. 9, 2010. Myanmar's ruling junta will appoint the commission that will have final say over the country's first elections in two decades, state-run newspapers announced Tuesday as the country's military rulers began unveiling the laws that will govern this year's balloting.

Myanmar election law bars Aung San Suu Kyi from polls Wed 10 Mar 2010
Yangon, March 10 (DPA) | Myanmar's new election laws have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners from contesting polls pl... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) Deccan Herald
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Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader of the NLD (National League for Democracy), points during a press conference at her residential compound in Rangoon on Saturday, August 31, 1996. Suu Kyi informed journalists of the stiff sentencing and continued harassment toward NLD members by the Burmese government.

Law Bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi From Election Wed 10 Mar 2010
New Election Law Bars Myanmar Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi From Election | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A new election law issued by Myan... (photo: AP / Richard Vogel) CBS News
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Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009.

'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar Wed 10 Mar 2010
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss t... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) Asia Times
China Foreign Policy Myanmar Photos US

Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.

US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise Wed 10 Mar 2010
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and ... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus) Asia Times
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Rice fields in West Africa (file photo) Benin wants to quit importing rice by 2011

GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon" Tue 9 Mar 2010
web | JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast ... (photo: IRIN News / Anna Jefferys) IRINnews
Forecast Photos Price Producing Rice

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holds a townhall meeting for teh staff of the un. this is a test to see if in deed this keyboard actually works.....

Ban Ki-moon writes to military junta to release Suu Kyi Tue 9 Mar 2010
United Nations: With the elections in Myanmar likely to take place later this year, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has asked for the release of all political prisoners including de... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Zeenews
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Sleeper high-speed bullet train in China

200mph train could link London and Beijing in just two days Tue 9 Mar 2010
| Rail travel between London and Beijing in just two days could be possible within a decade through an ambitious Chinese project. | The Asian power wants to build the 200... (photo: Creative Commons / Yaohua2000) The Daily Mail
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Burma publishes new election laws Tue 9 Mar 2010
| Burma's military junta revealed the details of its new election laws today, paving the way for the country's first polls since 1990. | However the government indicated ... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath) The Times
Burma Democracy Election Human Rights Photos

In this photo released by the Royal Thai Navy, shirtless Rohingya migrants sit on the ground on an island after they were arrested by Thai navy officers in the Andaman sea on Dec. 12, 2008.

Bangladesh 'ignoring plight' of starving Burma refugees Tue 9 Mar 2010
| An American medical charity has warned that thousands of Burmese refugees in Bangladesh are facing starvation. | Physicians for Human Rights said government authorities... (photo: AP / Royal Thai Navy) BBC News
Bangladesh Burma Human Rights Photos Refugees

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh perform evening prayers at an Indonesian Navy base where they are being held Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009, after having been rescued at sea, on Sabang Island off the Coast of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The men were found drifting in a boat on Jan. 7, and a Thai court has convicted the barefoot, disheveled migrants of illegally entering the country, raising the prospect they could be deported despite fears they could face persecution or death if sent back to My

Mass. rights group faults Bangladesh on refugees Tue 9 Mar 2010
| BOSTON — Tens of thousands of Burmese refugees are being forced into makeshift camps in Bangladesh and face widespread starvation unless they receive more humanit... (photo: AP / Binsar Bakkara) Newsvine
Bangladesh Military Photos Politics Refugee

Myanmar junta leader Sr. Gen Than Shwe reviews soldiers during Armed Forces Day celebrations Sunday, March 27, 2007, in Yangon, Myanmar. Thousand of soldiers and police have been deployed in Myanmar´s largest cities over the weekend keeping even th

Details Near on Long-Awaited Burmese Election Tue 9 Mar 2010
| YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar said Monday that a long-awaited election law was complete, paving the way for the country’s first elections in two decades, a majo... (photo: AP Photo/David Longstreath) The New York Times
Democracy Election Military Myanmar Photos

Myanmar's junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, left, is seen before his meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unseen, Friday, May 23, 2008 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Ban, on a mission to open up Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed Friday to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help cyclone survivors. Ban's comments came after a crucial two-hour meeting Friday with Than Shwe, the country's most powerful figure

Burma military passes key election laws Mon 8 Mar 2010
| Burma's military government has passed long-awaited election laws which pave the way for polls expected this year. | Details of the laws have not yet been revealed but ... (photo: AP / Stan Honda, Pool) BBC News
Democracy Elections Military Myanmar Photos

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