The Irrawaddy
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Today's Newsletter
Two USDP Leaders Meet Wa Delegation
By WAI MOE
Leaders of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party held talks with the United Wa State Army on Tuesday to apparently resolve differences over the Border Guard Force plan.
Govt. Blames KIO Demands for Lack of Peace
By KO HTWE
Burmese Minister of Information Kyaw San has blamed the lack of peace in the country on excessive demands made by the Kachin Independence Organization.
Journal Punished after Publishing Suu Kyi Interview
By BA KAUNG
Burma's draconian censorship board penalizes a Rangoon-based journal after it publishes an interview with Aung San Suu Kyi.
Cement Firms Seizing Land in Mon State
By LAWI WENG
Two major firms are confiscating arable land from farmers in Mon State to build cement plants.
Cables Describe Than Shwe Culture of Fear
By SIMON ROUGHNEEN
Leaked US diplomatic cables portray Burma's former military strongman—still seen as the power behind the scenes—as paranoid and a paralyzing influence.
US Special Envoy to Make First Trip to Burma
By LALIT K JHA
Derek Mitchell, the US special representative for Burma, will travel to Burma for the first time on Sept. 9 to meet with government and opposition leaders.
Regional
China Says to Tighten Control Over Weapons Dealers
China said it will strengthen control over arms exports after revelations of a meeting in July between Chinese weapons makers and representatives of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Forced Labor in Vietnam Drug Centers: Rights Group
By MIKE IVES/ AP WRITER
An international human rights group urged Vietnam to shut down drug rehabilitation centers that it said subject inmates to abuse and forced labor.
Opinion
Putting Yingluck's Populist Foreign Policy in
Perspective
By KAVI CHONGKITTAVORN
The Yingluck Shinawatra administration has initiated the country's first large-scale populist foreign policy, with a purported emphasis on common Thais. How is it different from previous foreign policies?
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