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2 Week Burma News Summary



BANGKOK, Sept 16        Political tensions barring Myanmar tourism
development 

Political tensions between the ruling military junta and pro-democracy
campaigners are stangling Myanmar's fledgling tourism industry, analysts
warned Wednesday. 

BANGKOK, Sept 16        Thai army chief departs on Myanmar mission 

Outgoing Thai army chief General Chettha Thanajaro left here Wednesday
for a three-day visit to Myanmar to secure the release of Thai fishermen
imprisoned there, army officials said. 

BANGKOK, Sept 15       Myanmar tourism chiefs brush aside rights
concern, predict bright future 

Myanmar tourism authorities and operators Tuesday brushed aside concerns
about human rights and political turmoil in the isolated military-run
state and predicted their industry had a bright future. 

YANGON, Sept 15     Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi same as a child
abuser 

Myanmar's junta Tuesday stepped up its propaganda assault on opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing her of tax evasion and likening her to
a child abuser. 

YANGON, Sept 15      Myanmar opposition demand junta release detained
members 

Myanmar's opposition Tuesday called on the ruling military to release
all its members and MPs detained in a bid to prevent the party convening
a parliament. 

YANGON, Sept 14     Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi a bad mother and
bad citizen 

Myanmar's junta unleashed a volley of criticism at opposition leader
Aung San Suu Kyi Monday, saying she was a bad mother and not even a
Myanmar citizen. 

YANGON, Sept 13     Dozens of Myanmar riot police deployed at opposition
headquarters 

Dozens of riot police were deployed around the headquarters of Myanmar's
opposition National League for Democracy partySunday, witnesses said. 

YANGON, Sept 13     Dozens more Myanmar riot police deployed at
opposition headquarters 

Dozens of riot police were deployed around the headquarters of Myanmar's
leading opposition National League for Democracy Party (NLD) Sunday amid
escalating political tensions, witnesses said. 

BANGKOK, Sept 13     Myanmar economy in a shambles amid political
tensions: analysts 

Myanmar's economy is in a shambles, with its already basic
infrastructure rapidly deteriorating, food stocks depleting and foreign
investors withdrawing at a rapid pace, analysts warn. 

BANGKOK, Sept 12     US embassy in Yangon suspends visa operations amid
security review 

The US embasy in Yangon has stopped issuing non-immigrant visas amid a
security review prompted by last month's bombings of two missions in
Africa, an embassy spokesman said Saturday. 

YANGON, Sept 11
       Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi should be deported as a
foreigner 

Myanmar's junta Friday said opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should be
deported because she did not meet the requirements of a citizen and was
married to a Briton. 

                               
BANGKOK, Sept 11
Myanmar junta thwarts opposition plan to convene parliament: diplomats 

Myanmar's junta has effectively thwarted plans by the opposition to
convene a parliament this month by detaining most of its members,
foreign diplomats in Yangon said Friday. 

BANGKOK, Sept 10    Myanmar junta launches Internet offensive on NLD
arrest accusations 

Myanmar's military government took to the Internet on Thursday in an
offensive against international condemnation of its detention of
hundreds of pro-democracy opposition members. 

                               
BANGKOK, Sept 10   Detained Myanmar opposition figures treated well:
diplomats 

Dozens of Myanmar opposition figures detained by the country's junta
were being treated well and were in no apparent danger, diplomats there
said Thursday. 

YANGON, Sept 9      Myanmar opposition reports more arrests, overseas
condemnation grows 

Myanmar's opposition said Wednesday the military had arrested 108 more
of its members as international condemnation of the detentions
increased. 

BONN, Sept 9        Germany condemns repression in Myanmar 

Germany on Wednesday condemned "the fresh wave of repression and
intimidation" by Myanmar's ruling junta against the opposition. 

LONDON, Sept 9      London "wholly condemns" Myanmar opposition arrests 

The British government on Wednesday said it "wholly condemns" the latest
arrests of opposition activists in Myanmar. 

BANGKOK, Sept 9     Myanmar, Thailand to open border checkpoint, speed
up agreement on trade 

Thailand and Myanmar agreed Wednesday to reopen a border trading
checkpoint and speed up the ratification of a bilateral trade agreement
signed two years ago, officials said. 

YANGON, Sept 9      More Myanmar opposition arrests, NLD calls for talks 

Myanmar's opposition said Wednesday the military had arrested 108 more
of its members and that it had called for a meeting with the junta to
address the issue. 

BANGKOK, Sept 9      Myanmar junta lashes out at US over criticism of
NLD detentions 

Myanmar's military government Wednesday lashed out at Washington for
criticising the large-scale detention of members of Aung San Suu Kyi's
pro-democracy opposition party. 

TOKYO, Sept 9        Japan urges Myanmar to free opposition members 

Japan urged Myanmar's ruling junta Wednesday to immediately free
parliamentarians and other opposition members it has detained since the
weekend. 

BANGKOK, Sept 9      Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD supporting 'terrorism':
state-run press 

Myanmar's state-run media on Wednesday accused the pro-democracy
opposition led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of supporting
"terrorists" and hiding weapons and ammunition. 

WASHINGTON, Sept 8    US deplores arrests in Myanmar 

The United States strongly condemned Tuesday the arrest of 110 more
opposition figures in Myanmar, saying the detentions would only worsen a
simmering political crisis there. 

WASHINGTON, Sept 8     US deplores opposition arrests in Myanmar 

The United States strongly condemned Tuesday the arrest of 110 more
opposition figures in Myanmar, saying the detentions would only worsen
the political crisis there. 

WASHINGTON, Sept 8      Human Rights Watch gravely concerned about
Myanmar arrests 

Human Rights Watch voiced grave concern Tuesday at the arrest of 220
dissidents in Myanmar in an apparent bid by the junta to prevent the
opposition from convening a parliament.