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UN Missions Draw Derision
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - In their hour of despair, Burma’s beleaguered people continue to find comfort in humour. New jokes reflect new frustrations. The latest target is Ibrahim Gambari, United Nations special envoy for Burma.
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Offer to Release Suu Kyi a Ploy?
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Reacting to growing international pressure Burma’s military regime has said it will consider releasing the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in six months.
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Row Over Ancient Temple May Sour ASEAN Spirit
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Amornchai Sirisai has been a regular visitor to the Thai-Cambodian border close to where a 10th century Hindu temple sits atop a steep cliff. But it is not tourism that takes the Thai national to the ancient site.
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Shoring Up Against Climate Change
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
PATTAYA, Thailand - Three years after a devastating tsunami flattened Banda Aceh, the mayor of that coastal town on Indonesia’s northern tip reckons that restoration work is far from over. He now needs to adapt to threats posed by climate change.
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Buddhist Leader Relevant in Death - As in Life
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - In death, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist movement in Vietnam has proved to be as politically relevant and controversial as in life. Thich Huyen Quang died on Jul 5, at the age of 87.
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'Judicial Revolution' Changing Political Landscape
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Several rulings handed down by Thai courts recently suggest that the country’s political landscape is being altered by the judiciary. Some are calling it a ‘’judicial revolution’’.
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For Fisheries, Depleted Seas Worse Than Insurgency
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
PATTANI, Thailand - Rohana Samu is among the fortunate. She is glad to have steady work for the past four years no matter how monotonous her job is -- working an eight-hour shift daily in a frigid room, cleaning fish.
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Civil Society Uniting Against Corruption
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Cambodian lawmakers are still to offer unanimous support for a petition aimed at combating corruption that was presented to the National Assembly in mid- May. The call was a cry from ordinary people -- over a million of them.
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One Million Survivors Not Yet Reached - U.N.
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - U.N. officials are giving the impression that the world body is making headway in helping the millions of survivors in Burma’s cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta.
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Crime for Civil Society to Provide Relief?
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The detention of a prominent comedian in Burma points to an ominous turn of events in the military-ruled country. It has reportedly become a ‘crime’ for individuals and civil society groups to provide emergency relief to the hundreds of thousands of cyclone victims.
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Nargis Victims Forced From Camps
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - A global human rights lobby slammed Burma’s military regime for driving survivors who have endured untold hardship since last month’s powerful cyclone into further misery.
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ASEAN Steps in Where Others May Not Tread
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - Four weeks after Cyclone Nargis swept through the populous Irrawaddy Delta in Burma, a regional effort to help the victims is slowly grinding into shape.
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Rumours Rife of Another Coup
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - The rumour mill in Thailand is on overdrive with speculation of another coup in the offing.
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