Aid workers fear Burma cyclone deaths will top 50,000

"Foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that as many as 50,000 people diedin Saturday’s cyclone, and two to three million are homeless, in a disasteron a scale comparable with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.The official death count after Cyclone Nargis stood at just...

Japan mourns dead Burma reporter

"Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a Japanese journalist killed during protests in Burma. Kenji Nagai, 50, who was shot as he filmed demonstrations in Rangoon on 27 September, was buried in Tokyo. Burmese authorities said he was hit by a stray bullet, but...

The Saffron Olympics:Dhina's Bloody Fist

The Washington Post scores with this accurate editorial about China's bloody oppression of other peoples and nations. As is being shown in the military slaughter in Myanmar, just as it was earlier demonstrated in Tibet, China intends to hammer other peoples into submission...

Soldiers break up Burma protests

"Burmese soldiers and police are baton- charging small groups of protesters who are trying to gather in Rangoon. Security forces have sealed off five monasteries that were focal points of previous mass marches and are trying to prevent further protests. Official media said...

Accounts from inside Burma

it's time the world do something about the military oppression in Burma."Buddhist monks are continuing their protests in Rangoon, despite the use of force by the Burmese security forces. People inside Burma have been e-mailing the BBC News website and talking to the BBC...

Burma's silent symbol of hope

"When Aung San Suu Kyi emerged briefly from house arrest for the first time in four years last Saturday, it sent a powerful message to the Burmese people. Protest supporter wears a t-shirt of Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon - 25/09/07 The fact that the military leadership had...