http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Yangon Sat, 18 May 2013 23:36:33 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=Yangon Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:11:15 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=775_1190891475 ctchank Yangon population 4,082,000 (2005 census), formerly Rangoon, is the largest city of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and its former capital. The city is located at the convergence of the Yangon and Bago Rivers, and is about 30 km (19 mi) away from the Gulf of Martaban. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=775_1190891475 ctchank The pagodas of <span class="highlight">Yangon</span> (Myanmar) Burma, Myanmar, Places, Travel, Culture Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:05:59 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=321_1191362759 pieromau Calm in Yangon amid tight security - 01 Oct 2007 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=321_1191362759 pieromau myanmar unrest myanmar,yangon,unrest Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:11:52 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cdf_1318845997 kuzak20 watch a beautiful painting come to life in few minutes. Boss dont forget to vote! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cdf_1318845997 kuzak20 Talented young artist from <span class="highlight">Yangon</span>, Myanmar Artist, Win, talented Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:37:51 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b96_1190929071 max Al-Jazeera English, recorded at 17:00 hrs UTC on September 27, 2007 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b96_1190929071 max Al-Jazeera English, Myanmar Army Fires At <span class="highlight">Yangon</span> Protsters Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:20:34 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=142_1351801107 Muslim_Soldier http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/11/01/269968/myanmar-kills-muslims-and-thats-just-fine/ A Muslim Rohingya man sits at his burnt home at a village in Minpyar in Rakhine state on October 28, 2012 . Centuries ago, groups of Muslims from Iran, India and some Arab nations settled down in a region that's now part of Myanmar. To date, Rohingya Muslims, as they are called, have endured tremendous pain and suffering. Tens of thousands of them have been killed and many more displaced in the last century alone at the hands of local Buddhists, British colonial forces and the invading Japanese army--all seeking to eliminate a people described by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. The plight of the Rohingya Muslims came into the spotlight a few months ago thanks to citizen journalism and social networking websites. Activists have tried to shed light on what has come to be known as communal unrest in Myanmar's western Rakhine state whose main victims are "stateless" Muslims. They also revealed--in the absence of mainstream media coverage--that Yangon's plainclothes generals have given the "peace-loving" monks the green light to kill hundreds of defenseless Muslims, many of them women and children, in the past few months. Myanmar's Muslim community has long suffered as the result of systematic discrimination by the central government. Muslims there, at best, are not allowed to purchase land, do business freely and enjoy education opportunities. International human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International as well as UNHCR have repeatedly called for protecting the Rohingya people's rights. A very alarming joint statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana and independent experts on minority issues says, "This situation must not become an opportunity to permanently remove an unwelcome community." The UN investigator and experts fear Myanmar is seeking to get rid of nearly one million of its population. However, the US, Britain, France and other Western governments that claim to be the world's flag-bearers of democracy and human rights have chosen to take Yangon's side by remaining silent. But why has Myanmar decided to settle its centuries-old scores with Muslims at this point in time? The answer could be that world media attention is currently focused on Syria. Therefore, even media outlets run by Western-backed Arab monarchies are so busy propagating in favor of anti-government insurgents in Syria that they will find little airtime to cover the worsening situation of Muslims in Myanmar. Aljazeera and Al-Arabia, for instance, prefer to use the funds provided by their dictatorial regimes to fan the flames of violence in Syria rather than working to put out the fire in Myanmar. There are a number of major violators of human rights in the world that enjoy a high level of impunity. One can easily find instances of gross human rights abuses in the US, Israel, Canada, Britain, France, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, etc., that are never investigated by international rights bodies and the United Nations. And now, the club has a previously-unwelcome addition; the civilian-looking military regime in Myanmar. Yangon is being rewarded for its recent attempts to reach out to the West. This is the same regime that the US and its allies condemned for decades for its brutal crackdown on dissent. The house arrest of Myanmar's so-called democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi made TV and newspaper headlines across the world for a long time. But the deadly discrimination against a million people in Myanmar's western region never got as much attention. And now that Suu Kyi has been set 'free'and even joined the 'former' junta's political project, she still refuses to defend the Rohingya Muslims' rights. Ironically enough, she is a Nobel Peace prizewinner. It's just a matter of time before Myanmar's Muslims start proving to the whole world that their threshold of pain is not as high as the international community thinks. They have already been extraordinarily patient. And while they may know that taking up arms to defend their families against Myanmar's repressive regime and its killer monks could put them on the West's terror lists, they know it well, too, that they must defend their human dignity at any cost. They have already paid too high a price for their failure to stand up to the oppressor and maybe that's why they have had to suffer for so long. The government of Myanmar has already won US approval to join the Pentagon's war games in neighboring Thailand and is seeking to win more hearts in Western capitals through its new envoy, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, it seems like the 'retired' generals in Yangon do not read the news and still think that Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Tunisia's Ben Ali, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi who polished Western shoes for decades are still doing the same. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=142_1351801107 Muslim_Soldier Myanmar kills Muslims and that's just fine! islam myanmar burma genocide islam asia middle east syria iran arab india Mon, 11 Jun 2012 07:10:41 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e5_1339410734 Rayyaan Disclaimer: Here is a copied and pasted article of initial version of events which includes a small background element. However, I took the liberty of further researching the matter and also included the related recent news. News from http://news.mmsy.info/category/english-version , verified by: More Photo ==&gt;http://mandalaygazette.com/127478/atheism-agnosticism-buddhism-christianity-hinduism-islam-judaism-new-age-pagan-earth-based-religions-religious-concepts-self-help-spirituality-wicca-witchcraft-religion-spiritualit Singapore News =&gt; http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20120604-350347.html Lebanon News =&gt; http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2012/Jun-03/175549-nine-dead-in-myanmar-attack-govt-official.ashx#axzz1wl16Cn00 Singapore Strait Times =&gt; http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_806885.html Iran News =&gt; Press TV =&gt; http://presstv.com/detail/2012/06/03/244486/mob-kills-nine-people-in-myanmar/ Thailand =&gt; Bangkok Post =&gt; http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/296477/nine-dead-in-myanmar-mob-attack-govt-official Images from http://mandalaygazette.com but also includes 1 unreleased picture which is very disgusting and easy to verify because you can identify the same man in one of the earlier images. Buddhist residents in western Burma have killed at least nine Muslims as sectarian tension worsens in the region, police say. Reports say a crowd attacked a bus in Rakhine province after blaming some of the passengers for the gang rape and murder of a Buddhist woman. In another incident, at least 10 people were injured in the state capital Sittwe when police broke up a protest. It is the worst violence to hit the province in recent months . Sectarian and ethnic tension persists in the country despite a new, supposedly tolerant climate introduced by the civilian-led government which came into power 15 months ago. Mob attack The bus attack took place near the town of Taungup in Rakhine province, which borders Bangladesh , on Sunday evening, police and residents said. It was thought to be carried out by mostly Buddhist ethnic Rakhine people. " More than 100 people beat and killed those people ," a resident told AFP news agency. "The residents even torched the bus." The reason for the attack is unclear, but some residents say it was a revenge attack following the rape and murder of a Buddhist girl in another part of the province last month. But the Burmese Muslim Association said most of those killed were Muslims visiting a mosque from central Burma. That account was corroborated by unnamed residents quoted by Reuters news agency, who said those killed were not from the area. In another, apparently unrelated incident at least 10 people were injured after police fired rubber bullets at a mob who attacked their police station in Sittwe, reports said. A 13-year-old protester was among those injured, witnesses said. There were contradictory reports abou t what triggered the protest, but some accounts suggested anti-Muslim sentiment could have played a part . Rakhine is home to Burma's largest concentration of Muslims , including much-persecuted Rohingya Muslims , and their presence is often deeply resented by the majority Buddhist population. In a joint statement quoted by Reuters, eight Rohingya rights groups based outside Burma condemned the attack on the Muslims on the bus, whom they termed "Muslim pilgrims". Although it appears those on the bus were not Rohingyas , the groups said the attack followed months of anti-Rohingya propaganda stirred up by "extremists and xenophobes". Ethnic Arakan , AKA Rakhine , killed 10 Myanmar Muslims in barbaric and in-human manner yesterday in a sectarian attack. While a group of Myanmar Muslims were traveling back to Yangon from Arakan State on a bus, at Taung-kout, a small town of 300 residents, local ethnic Arakan had stopped the bus forcibly and looked bloodthirstily for Muslims . The eight travelers were dragged from the bus and beaten up till the end of their lives . The angry mob also assumed that the driver is a Muslim and did not spare him. "At immigration check point, the vehicle has been stopped. The mob of 30 (from the town of 300) with motorbikes holding rods and knives blocked up and yelling that "Get off and face your end of life, if there any Kalas (derogatory term used by Buddhists against Myanmar Muslim)". A man responsible from the bus got off and had tried to persuade while the bus door was closed. He was pushed harshly by the mob and they got in the bus. When they found some Muslims, shouted that "Here is the Kalas, here they are" and started beating with rod. And then they dragged the victims and killed them in a very short period.", the express owner explained while contacted by the phone. This attack has a relatively long background history which is solely related to Ethnic Rakhine who has been launching very strange racist campaigns against ethnic Rohingyas who were allegedly and apparently called 'illegal' immigrants or Bangali. Intense campaign against Myanmar Muslims, derogatorily known as "Kalas", started in November last year on social media such as Facebook. Thousands of Buddhists (both Rakhine and non-Rakhine) have been spreading hate messages in very blasphemous language. Although their target is seemingly the Rohingyas, they end up direct attacking Myanmar Muslims and Islamic norms. Participants in this campaign are not only those from Burma locals but also so-called pro-democracy and human rights activists residing under the cover of asylum in US, Canada, Europe, Australia and Thai. As there is government ignorance for this vulnerable condition, Ethnic Rakhine politicians are openly and violently against ethnic Rohingya . Therefore, the so-called blind Buddhist patriots have faith in whatever they spread and are forwarding the hate information. Almost every day in the past several months, tons of millions of hate messages were being spread on Facebook and forwarding mails. Redistribution become the duty towards every Buddhist too. Minority Myanmar Muslims have also been trying to halt the hate campaign by approaching mainstream Burmese media . But they completely and intentionally ignore the cry for help . For instance, there is a vivid scene that the leading media was totally silent on the demolishing of two mosques and the act-of-like terrorists attack to Muslim homes in Northern and Central Burma in April this year. The campaign grows and hate messages continue to spread. The racists start speaking of eradicating all Muslims from Burma. Some even blame dictator Than Shwe for not killing all Muslims in the country like what the Nazi did. An important event leading to this sectarian attack was a rape-murder of a 26 year old woman by three local criminals allegedly the Muslims on May 29 - four days before this attack. Knowing that anti-Muslim sentiment is growing (not just Anti-Rohingya), ethnic Arakan news agency called Narinjara blew the whistle by racial profiling. It associated the criminals with Islamic religion, stirring local people's anger. The Irrawaddy, one of the most well known opposition media, reported in a similarly way. As the attack broke out, some campaigners posted on Facebook, rewarding an offer of $300 US to those who can go for sex assault against Muslim women, and $500 US to those who can kill. Commenting on the sectarian attack on Radio Australia, two local men said the attack was intended to look for May 29 rapists. This proved to be inaccurate as all three accused have reportedly been arrested according to their own credible media. Ethnic Arakan have threatened Muslims in other part of the country of similar attacks. Meanwhile, majority of the Burmese citizens fear that the Burmese government facing political deadlock due to various protests (labor, farmer, electricity) are diverting political attention by creating religious riots. More Background Includes Christian and Muslim Oppression April 12 2012, According to eyewitnesses a group of about 30 monks and dozens of their followers came to the mosque construction site in the Shan Kone quarter of Seng Tawng at 4 pm demanding that building stop. Within 8 hours most of the mosque was destroyed, according to witnesses. The site of the mosque is now guarded by soldiers of Burma's army. The monks and followers were upset that the mosque was being built without proper permits and took matters into their own hands, according to local residents. In Burma government authorities often delay or refuse to allow proposed churches and mosques legal authorization to begin construction. Many existing churches and mosques are in legal limbo because proper permits cannot be obtained. It is unclear if the group of monks and their supporters in Seng Tawng were encouraged by government authorities to take such provocative action as they did on Thursday. Previous acts of communal violence that have taken place in Burma are alleged to have been orchestrated by government agent provocateurs. For many years the US state department has listed Burma as a country that engages in the persecution of religious minorities. Although most Kachin are Christian, Kachin state is home to a large Buddhist population, some Animists and significant Muslim and Hindu minorities. The state capital Myitkyina also has a Sikh temple. Due to Hpakant's jade mines the township has many migrants from across Burma. Credit -http://www.kachinnews.com/ More Background of Oppression and Corruption for Business Interests In Kanma Township, Magwe Region, Myanmar, its mosque, houses and properties of 10 Muslims were demolished on 13th April 2012. "At night, they are still destroying Thein Lwin's house in Yaenantthar Village near Kanma Township," Nyi Nyi Lwin and Maung Maung Ni, victim said. "While men were demolishing Al-hajjah Wah Wah's house, women took her valuable goods away lawlessly and forcefully, and so she lost 0.7 Viss of gold (more than 1 kg of gold) and about 7 million Kyats (Myanmar currency,) during attack," Nyi Nyi Lwin, who is now evading, narrated. "And they attacked the Mosque too, leaving nothing at all," he continued. The main triggering factor for this terrible attack is competition for business between Wah Wah, a Myanmar Muslim business woman, and other non-Muslim business group supported by local authorities of USDP, the major political party of the present Myanmar government. In the beginning of April, Wah Wah won fairly and officially the auction for business ferry licence which was formerly monopolized by the group who has a strong relation to USDP. But this group did not want to transfer the business to her and requested her to hire these boats for a week. Thus she accepted their request and asked them to give the boats back when a week completed. At that time, they refused to transfer the business to her and asked her by force to continue this hire. Moreover, Win Naing, a USDP politician at Hluttaw(Myanmar Parliament), threatened her to transfer this business to his group, telling that if not, they would create a Muslim-Burma riot. That is why, she unwillingly transfered this boats to this group again. After this event, on 13th April, two non- Muslim local guys started to fight a Muslim visitor, and so Muslims reported and charged this case to local police station but the police force took no action. "At this night, the local people start to attack Muslims' houses, shops and the Mosque," Nyi Nyi Lwin added. On this day, houses of Jabbar, Habilay, Zay Zay Oo, Pishow, Wah Wah, Eisop, Aung Moe Lwin and Raja's shop had been destroyed. The local authorities announce nothing and take no action for this sorrowful transgression. The transgressors continued destroying, attacking to Habilay's shop and Thein Lwin's house who is Wah Wah's brother on 14th April. For negligence of the government authorities to victims and some USDP authorities' involvement in this riot, Myanmar Muslims are feeling very unhappy for their helpless situation and unsatisfied due to such unlawful act in the newly democratized country. More Info It claims that those Muslims are from Tachan Pai Mosque located in Yangon visited to Than Dwe for their religious-oriented purpose. And on their way back to Yangon from Than Dwe Mosque on 3rd June, 30 Rhakhine Buddhists killed them with knives at Taung Goute, a town situated on the way. The license plate of the express which had carried the victims is 7 (Ga) 7868 and it was also burnt. The other 5 Muslims escaped. The corpses were buried in Than Dwe on 3rd June evening. The victims are ten in total and 2 out of this are from Than Dwe township located in Rakhine State. 6 are from Taung Twin Gyi and other 2 are from Myaung Mya. The Rakhines are putting the life-threatening to the Muslims from other towns of Rakhine state too. This news is also mentioned on thithtoolwin.com, one recent popular media in Myanmar. Since in the 3rd June morning, there was some pamphlet and photos distributed in the market of Kyaut Ni Maw Village regarding the sex assault happened a week ago. So, the Rakine locals were getting angrier and did not hesitate to attack the express which carries some Muslim passengers, said by a local. He added, "While the mob tried to stop the vehicle, the motorist notice that and tried to turn the vehicle back. But failed to do so as the vehicle was blocked by other two vehicles of the angry mob." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5e5_1339410734 Rayyaan Update + FULL Background to 10 Muslims Murdered by Buddhist Mob (including released and non released pictures) Rayyaan, LiveLeak, Live, Leak, Burma, Oppression, Dictatorship, Ethnic, Ethnicity, Racial, Issues, Race, War, Religion, Religious, Buddhist, Buddhism, Muslim, Islam, Christian, Christianity, Religious, War, Rape, Murder, Execution, Stabbing, Knife, Bus, F Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:24:32 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c3_1339020721 golem Tensions flared in northwestern Myanmar after 10 Muslims were beaten to death by a mob of Buddhist vigilantes Sunday in retaliation to the rape and murder of a girl allegedly by Muslim men. About 300 people belonging to the Buddhist majority stopped a bus carrying Muslims from a religious gathering, dragged 10 of them out and beat them to death before burning the vehicle in Taunggup, in the state of Rakhine, 300 kilometers north of Yangon, the state television reported. Anti-Muslim pamphlets were distributed in the region after a young Rakhine girl had been allegedly raped and murdered by three Muslim men. Over a dozen people were injured in confrontation with the police when a mob besieged a police station demanding the release of a man arrested in a market dispute in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, about 500 kilometers northwest of Yangon. The police fired warning shots using rubber bullets and used teargas to disperse the mob, an AFP report said. Nine people were detained and 12 others were injured. The Myanmar government issued a warning against "anarchic activities" Monday, assuring that legal action would be taken against those involved. "Nowadays peaceful assembly and peaceful rallies for democracy and human rights are being allowed under the law," said the state television in a report on the attacks. "But such an anarchic and unlawful gathering and acts are not permitted. So a necessary investigation will be conducted into this event." Remote Rakhine, along the Bangladesh border, is an area known for incidences of sectarian violence between the Buddhist residents and the Muslim minority. In February 2001, the then-ruling junta declared a curfew in Sittwe after violent clashes between the Muslims and the Buddhists broke out. Buddhist monks widely distributed inflammatory anti-Muslim pamphlets inciting hatred, fueled by the destruction of Buddhist images in Bamiyan, Afghanistan , in March 2001, and the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington, DC.About 200 Muslims were killed and 11 mosques and 400 buses were destroyed in a riot that broke out in Taungoo, Pegu division, May 15, 2001. The Buddhists comprise 89 percent of Myanmar's population while the Muslims represent four percent. The Muslim minority consists of the Rohingya people and the descendents of Muslim immigrants from neighboring India , Bangladesh, China and early Arab and Persian settlers. According to an Amnesty International report, the Rohingya have been subjected to various human rights violations under the junta rule since 1978. "The Rohingyas' freedom of movement is severely restricted and the vast majority of them have effectively been denied Burma citizenship," Amnesty said in a report in 2004. "They are also subjected to various forms of extortion and arbitrary taxation; land confiscation; forced eviction and house destruction; and financial restrictions on marriage. Rohingyas continue to be used as forced laborers on roads and at military camps, although the amount of forced labor in northern Rakhine State has decreased over the last decade." However, unconfirmed sources said that none of those killed Sunday by the Buddhists were Rohingyas, Reuters reported quoting Ko Kyaw Lay, a local Muslim and a human rights activist who belongs to an opposition party. Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) won 81 percent seats in the Parliament in the recent elections, is a practicing Buddhist. Buddhist monks and students have always been at the forefront of Myanmar's struggle for independence and later for democracy. In September 2007, the Buddhists took to the streets in a mass uprising against the military junta. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/348681/20120605/buddhist-muslims-death-myanmar-communal-violence.htm http://sheikyermami.com/2012/06/06/backlash-in-burma/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c3_1339020721 golem Buddhist mob kills 10 muslims after gangrape/murder of little girl Myanmar gang rape Islam muslim Buddhist little girl child Aisha quran sharia law Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:51:35 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=801_1333367106 abdulruff Myanmar Poll: Opposition Wins, Again -DR. ABDUL RUFF _________ The military regime in Myanmar, supported or promoted by the global terrocracies, directly or indirectly, is facing serious crisis after the by-polls on 01 April, resulting in expected swings for the opposition party, National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi, although the official results for the by-election are expected later this week. At the pro-democracy headquarters in Yangon (Rangoon), unofficial results were announced and party supporters celebrated. Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi seems to have won her own Kawhmu constituency seat by a handsome margin and has helped to secure victory for a number of her colleagues. She called it a "victory of the people" after her NLD party whose party flag features the peacock, a prominent symbol of Burma, said she had won a seat in the Myanmar parliament. In a statement, 66-year-old Suu Kyi asked supporters to show restraint in their celebrations. "I would like all NLD members to ensure that the victory of the people is a dignified victory," she said. Suu Kyi cautioned that words, behavior and actions that "can harm and sadden other parties and people" should be avoided. Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed a crowd of supporters outside NLD headquarters in Rangoon, Burma's commercial capital. She says she hopes the by-elections marked the start of a new era in Burma. The vote was seen as a key test of political reforms, though the army and its allies dominate the 664-seat parliament. Aung San Suu Kyi has promised to use her voice to push for further reforms. Calling the polls a "triumph of the people", she said the goal now was reconciliation with other parties. Aung San Suu Kyi's comments "It is not so much our triumph as a triumph of the people who have decided that they have to be involved in the political process in this country," she said. The by-elections were being held to fill parliamentary seats left vacant by the appointment of ministers after the polls that formally ended military rule in November 2010. A total of 45 seats for the Hluttaw (parliament) contested by 176 candidates from 17 parties, with eight independents. Of these, 129 contested 37 seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw (lower house), while 22 competed for six seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw (upper house). Lower House has 440 seats (330 elected), the Upper House 224 seats (168 elected) and the regional assemblies 14. Before this election, the army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party dominated with 348 seats; serving soldiers had 166. By-elections fill vacancies of those elected in 2010 polls who became ministers and deputy ministers. International observers had been allowed to monitor elections in Myanmar for the first time. Over 150 international observers from the European Union, the US, Canada, Australia, India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) monitored the casting of ballots. During the campaign, foreign journalists and international observers were given the widest access to the former military-ruled nation for years. Speaking in Cambodia ahead of an Asean summit, Burma's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin said the polls had been "free, fair and transparent". Military vs. Opposition In the 1990 Burmese parliamentary elections, the party took 59% of the vote and won 392 out of 492 contested seats, compared to 10 seats won by the governing National Unity Party. However, the ruling military junta refused to recognize the result. Soon after the election, the party was repressed and in 1989 Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest. This was her status for 16 of the following 21 years. She was most recently released on 13 November 2010. In 2001, the government permitted NLD office branches to re-open throughout Burma and freed some imprisoned members. In May 2003, dozens of NLD members were shot and killed in a government sponsored massacre, its General Secretary, Aung San Suu Kyi and others were again arrested. On 6 May 2010, the party was declared illegal and ordered to be disbanded by the junta after refusing to register for the elections slated for November 2010. The NLD boycotted the general election held in November 2010 because many of its most prominent members were barred from standing. The laws were written in such a way that the party would have had to expel these members in order to be allowed to run. This decision, taken in May, led to the party being officially banned. In November 2011, the NLD announced its intention to register as a political party in order to contend future elections and on 13 December 2011, Burma's Union Election Commission approved their application for registration. The NLD was competing in its first elections since 1990, after boycotting the 2010 polls. It was one of 17 opposition parties that took part. Apart from winning her own seat, Ms Suu Kyi appears to have helped a number of her colleagues to victory. NLD officials say they believe the party has won many seats - but there has been no formal word yet from the Election Commission. "We hope this is the beginning of a new era." While much remains to be done in Burma, Suu Kyi's apparent election to parliament, like that of the apparent election of large numbers of her NLD colleagues, is an important step forward for the country. After an arduous campaign criss-crossing the country, Aung San Suu Kyi is obviously exhausted. But her efforts have paid off. Now she must muster her resources to face a future in a parliament still dominated by the military. Suu Kyi is expected to continue to nurture her relationship with Burma's President Thein Sein. Both have taken big risks to get to this stage. But even if the NLD wins most of the seats as it seems now, the army and its proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) will still hold about 80% of seats in parliament. The new system will soon need economic success and investment to win stronger popular backing -- hence the regime's desire for Western support and the lifting of sanctions. And this gives massive leverage to Suu Kyi, whose iconic status both in the EU and the USA has given her a very powerful influence on public opinion. Charismatic leader &amp; Opposition The 66-year-old Ms Suu Kyi - who spent years under house arrest after her party won polls in 1990 but was not allowed to take power - has promised to use her voice to continue to push for further reform. Suu Kyi, released from house arrest days after that poll, has since taken a pivotal position, following talks with President Thein Sein last summer and her subsequent decision to run in an April 1 by-election. Her participation in the upcoming vote is one of a series of positive changes that have marked a break with the old junta approach to leadership and led to thawing relations with the West, which has imposed tough sanctions on the isolated nation. Suu Kyi, daughter of former leader of the party, and her National League for Democracy (NLD) decided in May 2010 to boycott the general elections that year. Her talks with Thein Sein have since convinced her to rejoin mainstream politics, to the point of rumors she will soon be in the government, speculation that she has not ruled out. However, she is clearly determined to remain leader of the democracy movement. Myanmar's top leaders pushes for more transformations, many are cautiously waiting to see whether the reformers will succeed, as the current reform process is very fragile, with a small minority in the army outraged -- or scared -- by the changes. Shwe Mann, previously the junta-number-three and still relatively influential, has on several occasions said Suu Kyi would be welcome in parliament. Suu Kyi is "of course" the patron saint of the opposition and is the only person who can have an influence all over the people. In recent months, the opposition party leader has been an indispensable interlocutor during the visits of foreign dignitaries. And she is careful not to criticize the government. Military is also happy that she transformed from an icon to a politician with all the risks and contradictions that entails. Economy of Myanmar depends much on attitude of the West towards Myanmar regime. USA says ''now is not the time'' to rush towards lifting the sanctions. Far too many political prisoners are still locked behind bars, violence continues against ethnic minorities and the military dominates not only the composition but the structure of the government. US "lawmakers" who drafted sanctions against Burma remained cautiously optimistic. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated Burma on holding the vote and said that the US was ''committed to supporting these reform efforts". The EU hinted that it could ease some sanctions if the vote went smoothly. An Observation West, in spite of its democracy bull talks, does promote military regimes because it is easier to control the nations under military regimes than under popular governments. Countries like India misuse its UNSC membership to protect the military regime. India kills Muslims indoors and in neighboring Jammu Kashmir which is under occupation since 1947. Obviously, as a strategic ally of USA-UK terror twins as well as NATO gangs, terrocractic India can't but support military crimes in Myanmar or anywhere in the world. And, that is the secret of success of all terrocracies and military regimes. USA does not genuinely criticize Myanmar military regime either, because Pakistan and Afghanistan are literally ruled by NATO military syndicates by employing few paid puppet leaders at the helm of affairs. USA split the political parties in Libya and boosted the image of opposition that has a support in oil rich regions. When the notorious UNSC and NATO terror syndicate jointly wanted to destabilize Libya, they could impose "noflyzone" over sovereign Libya and attacked Libya, killed its leaders Col. M. Qaddafi, looted Libyan oil resources, they refused to do the same in Burma's case, precisely because this South East Asian nation has no oil resources. In other words, both UNSC and NATO shield the military crimes in Myanmar or any other nation that does not have any strategic importance to NATO. . After half a century of total military domination, the Southeast Asian nation held widely-criticized elections in 2010 after ordering some of its members to shed their army uniforms to lead a "civilian" government. -------- http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=801_1333367106 abdulruff Myanmar Poll: Opposition Wins, Again Myanmar Poll: Opposition Wins, Again Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:22:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d90_1333290086 OMGVIDS Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Myanmar Parliamentary Seat, Party Says Myanmar dissident Aung San Suu Kyi won a parliamentary seat in by-elections today, a member of her party said, in a closely watched poll as the U.S. and European Union consider lifting sanctions if they deem the vote fair. Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize during her 15 years under house arrest, was among the winners of 43 of 664 seats in the national legislature up for grabs, San Maung, a data collector for her National League for Democracy party, said by phone from Yangon. Official results have not yet been released. Suu Kyi, 66, remains a focal point of global perceptions about Myanmar. She has met a stream of visitors to her lakeside home in recent months, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague. Known in Myanmar simply as "The Lady," Suu Kyi emerged on Myanmar's political scene in 1988, when she returned to the country to care for her ailing mother after years of living overseas. She was first detained before 1990 elections in which her party won about 80 percent of seats for a committee that was designed to draft a new constitution. The military rejected the results http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d90_1333290086 OMGVIDS Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Myanmar By-Election Aung San Suu Kyi Wins Myanmar By-Election Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:42:01 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec6_1325190525 the demon (December 29th, 2011) Explosion rips through warehouse in Myanmar killing 17. News and info from CNN below. (CNN) -- An explosion early Thursday rocked a neighborhood in the city of Yangon killing 20 people and injuring more than 95, Myanmar's state-run television MR TV reported. The blast occurred in Mingalar Taung Nyunt, a mainly residential area about a 15 minute-drive from central Yangon, the country's former capital. It struck a compound of warehouses that the government rents out to private businesses. "I can't tell what is the exact cause of the incident but it is unlikely from man-made bombs," said a police official, who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to the media. The authorities are investigating the explosion, he said. A fire official said the series of explosions may have come from large quantities of sulfur, ammonia and sulfur trioxide, which becomes sulfurous acid when mixed with water, stored at the compound. Win Tun, who lives near the warehouses, said she heard a "very big, loud noise of explosion," which prompted startled residents to try to flee. "Some people ran in the wrong way. I didn't know where to run to," she said, adding that the initial blast was followed by a string of other explosions.The dead include four firefighters, MR TV reported. The strength of the explosion shattered the windows of nearby houses. http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/world/asia/myanmar-explosion/?hpt=hp_t3 Subscribe for war vids, current events and RAW video. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec6_1325190525 the demon Raw video of enormous fire moments after explosion rips through warehouse killing 20 (Myanmar,Burma) Myanmar,Burma,explosion,warehouse,death toll,killed,death,fire,news,cnn,current event,blast,2011,chemical,sulfur,amonia,trioxide,compound,disaster,accident Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:57:09 -0500 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=044_1297378366 DEADBEEF Train is 2 hours late and man has to get himself, his wife, and 7 bags onto the train. Outside Yangon, Myanmar http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=044_1297378366 DEADBEEF How to board a train in Burma train, burma, non-stop Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:33:29 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9fc_1245953843 leadfoot072 North Korea---.Punching their fists into the air and shouting "Let's crush them!" some 100,000 North Koreans packed Pyongyang's main square Thursday for an anti-U.S. rally as the communist regime promised a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" for any American-led attack. Several demonstrators held up a placard depicting a pair of hands smashing a missile with "U.S." written on it, according to footage taken by APTN in Pyongyang on the anniversary of the day North Korean troops charged southward, sparking the three-year Korean War in 1950. North Korean troops will respond to any sanctions or U.S. provocations with "an annihilating blow," one senior official vowed - a pointed threat as an American destroyer shadowed a North Korean freighter sailing off China's coast, possibly with banned goods on board. A new U.N. Security Council resolution passed recently to punish North Korea for conducting an underground nuclear test in May requires U.N. member states to request inspections of ships suspected of carrying arms or nuclear weapons-related material. In response to the sanctions, the North pulled out of nuclear talks and has ramped up already strident anti-American rhetoric. And the isolated regime may now be moving to openly flout the resolution by dispatching a ship suspected of carrying arms to Myanmar. While it was not clear what was on board the North Korean-flagged Kang Nam 1, officials have mentioned artillery and other conventional weaponry. One intelligence expert suspected missiles. The U.S. and its allies have made no decision on whether to request inspection of the ship, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Wednesday in Washington, but North Korea has said it would consider any interception an act of war. If permission for inspection is refused, the ship must dock at a port of its choosing so local authorities can check its cargo. Vessels suspected of carrying banned goods must not be offered bunkering services at port, such as fuel, the resolution says. A senior U.S. defense official said the ship had cleared the Taiwan Strait. He said he didn't know whether or when the Kang Nam may need to stop in some port to refuel, but that the Kang Nam has in the past stopped in Hong Kong's port. Another U.S. defense official said he tended to doubt reports that the Kang Nam was carrying nuclear-related equipment, saying information seems to indicate the cargo is banned conventional munitions. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to talk about intelligence. North Korea is suspected to have transported banned goods to Myanmar before on the Kang Nam, said Bertil Lintner, a Bangkok-based North Korea expert who has written a book about leader Kim Jong Il. Pyongyang also has been helping the junta in Yangon build up its weapons arsenal, a South Korean intelligence expert said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. The two countries have not always been on good terms. Ties were severed in 1983 after a fatal bombing during the South Korean president's visit to Myanmar blamed on North Korean commandoes. They held secret talks in Bangkok in the 1990s to discuss the lone survivor among the three North Korean commandos involved in the bombing, and since have forged close relations. The two regimes, among Asia's most repressive, restored diplomatic ties in 2007. Not long after that, in April 2007, the Kang Nam docked at Thilawa port saying it needed shelter from bad weather. But one expert said reports show the weather was clear then, and two local journalists working for a foreign news agency who went to write about the unusual docking were arrested. "The Kang Nam unloaded a lot of heavy equipment in 2007," Lintner said. "Obviously, the ship was carrying something very sensitive at that time as well." North Korea has also helped Myanmar dig tunnels in recent years, said Lintner, adding that the cash-strapped North may have received rice, rubber and minerals in return for its military and other assistance. "North Korea appears to have exported conventional weapons to Myanmar in exchange for food," another expert said. Pyongyang is believed to have transported digging equipment to Myanmar, which is seeking to make its new capital a fortress with vast underground facilities, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence. North Korea has been locked in a tense standoff with Washington and other regional powers over its nuclear program. In April, the regime launched a rocket widely seen as a cover for a test of long-range missile technology - a move that drew U.N. Security Council condemnation. The North responded by abandoning six-nation disarmament talks and threatening to carry out nuclear tests and fire intercontinental ballistic missiles. The North is believed to be developing a long-range missile designed to strike the U.S. but experts say it has not figured out how to mount a bomb onto the missile. On Thursday, Pyongyang vowed to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" if provoked by the U.S. North Korea's "armed forces will deal an annihilating blow that is unpredictable and unavoidable, to any 'sanctions' or provocations by the US," Pak Pyong Jong, first vice chairman of the Pyongyang City People's Committee, told the crowd gathered for the Korean War anniversary rally. In Seoul, some 5,000 people - mostly American and South Korean veterans and war widows - also commemorated the anniversary at a ceremony. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said the nation is prepared to counter any type of threat or provocation. "The South Korean government is firmly determined to defend the lives and wealth of its people and will do its utmost to find the remains of troops killed in the Korean War," he said at the ceremony. The two Koreas technically remain in a state of war because the conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9fc_1245953843 leadfoot072 NKorea vows nuke attack if provoked by US north korea,bobby lee,nuke nut,crazy bastard,u.s