The Irrawaddy News Magazine [Covering Burma and Southeast Asia]
www.irrawaddy.org
Friday, September 11, 2009
Today's Newsletter
Dim Lights, Big City
By SAW YAN NAING
Electricity is so irregular in Rangoon that any time it goes on people
rush to take showers, wash clothes and cook food.
NEWS ANALYSIS
The Junta's Twin August Offensives
By WAI MOE
The Burmese military junta has conducted strategic offensives against Suu
Kyi and ethnic opposition in border areas.
Kokang Crisis Disrupts Border Trade
By KYI WAI
The conflict in the Kokang area near the Sino-Burmese has disrupted border
trade and caused shortages of Chinese goods in markets as far away as
Rangoon and Mandalay.
Junta Cracks Down on Internet Access in Ministries
By AUNG THET WINE
Workers in Burmese government ministries must now seek permission to
access the Internet, in an effort to plug leaks and control information
from the outside world.
Body Searches Ordered at Suu Kyi Compound
By KO HTWE
Visitors to Suu Kyi's compound in Rangoon now undergo body searches going
in and coming out.
Webb to Hold Congressional Hearing on US Burma Policy
By LALIT K JHA
US Sen. Jim Webb, a strong advocate of lifting economic sanctions on
Burma, plans to hold a congressional hearing on US policy toward the
country.
Total Defends its Business in Burma
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Total chief tells critics of its energy business in Burma to "go to hell".
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"She [Aung San Suu Kyi] never asked me to leave Myanmar."
Total CEO Christophe de Margerie, responding to demands that the company
pull out of Burma
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