The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh today, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds and forcing the evacuation of more than a million people.
Hillary Clinton said today that the US would engage in direct high-level talks with Burma's ruling junta in an effort to promote democracy in the military-run state.
24 September 2009
Once the election results in Afghanistan are finally in, Western governments need to draw up new and detailed initiatives on how to deal with failed states. In the coming years, many other countries will begin that treacherous transition from dictatorship to democracy, and we need to find a way to try to avoid the violence of recent years that has dominated our TV screens.
01 September 2009
The American who sneaked into the home of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in a Bangkok hospital today after being spared seven years in prison.
17 August 2009
The UN Security Council failed to agree a resolution condemning the sentencing of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another 18 months detention.
12 August 2009
World leaders today condemned the sentencing of the Burmese pro-democracy leader to an additional 18 months house arrest as "brutal and unjust".
11 August 2009
Burma's military government has promised to free political prisoners and allow elections next year to avoid UN action.
14 July 2009
A video journalist who masterminded the exposure of the slaughter of protesting monks in Burma is seeking international support against the country's military regime.
10 July 2009
Justice delayed is justice denied, and it is for that reason that the initiatives unveiled today for "virtual courts" deserves support.
27 May 2009
AT A time when many who work for private-sector businesses have no pension scheme at all, the details we disclose today of local authority executives' retirement packages highlight a widening gulf in provision for old age. At least seven chief executives are set to enjoy pensions of more than £100,000 a year as well as large lump sums on retirement.
24 March 2009
The continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi violates Burma's own laws as well as those of the international community, the UN warned today as it called for the immediate release of the pro-democracy leader.
24 March 2009
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