Stanley Weiss (“A first step toward democracy?” Views, Feb. 23) demonstrates the triumph of cynicism over principle in discussing Burma’s planned elections. If Burma’s ruling g…

India and Myanmar will conduct a "coordinated operation" against northeast separatist outfits taking shelter and setting up base camps in the neighbouring country, Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna P…

India and Myanmar will conduct a "coordinated operation" against northeast separatist outfits taking shelter and setting up base camps in the neighbouring country, Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishna P…

Australia lost to New Zealand in a pressure-packed ”Super Over” that decided their Twenty20 clash last night.

The array of taxpayer-funded perks for federal politicians would be radically simplified under new proposals.

(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Numondzhon Khakimov''s spectacular first-half strike ensured former champions Tajikistan secured third place at the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup with a 1-0 win over Myanmar at S…

(Mizzima) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday said he is ‘appalled and saddened’ that Burma’s military government has rejected an appeal filed by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

By John Helmer in Moscow
Did Nicolas Sarkozy, the small rightwing candidate for President of France, benefit from the brief imprisonment in Lyon of one Russian billionaire, and from the award of a medal, days later in Paris, to another Russian billionaire, who happened to be the business partner of the first?
And was Sarkozy helped by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, ministre blanchisseur, official custodian of French culture, receiver of kickbacks, and arranger of unorthodox donations to presidential campaign chests?
In short, on January 30, when Donnedieu de Vabres awarded the medal of Officer of the Legion of Arts and Letters to Vladimir Potanin, was this the end to an ingenious quartet of hostage-taking and ransom on the French side, procuring and precious metals on the Russian?

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