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Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar’s president

April 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Esther Htusan Associated Press Htin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar’s president on March 30, taking a momentous step in the country’s long-drawn transition toward democracy after more than a half-century of direct and indirect military rule. But democracy in this impoverished Southeast Asian nation […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Defense Ministry, Home Ministry, Htin Kyaw, Myanmar, Myint Swe, National League, Southeast Asian, Treasury Department, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15

India clamping down on critics of Modi, activist groups

October 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — It takes courage to accuse a powerful politician — a man who would go on to become India’s prime minister — of encouraging riots against a minority. Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt did just that. And he says he is paying the price for it. Bhatt was […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Associated Press, Bharatiya Janata Party, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Ford Foundation, GDP, Greenpeace India, Home Ministry, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mukul Kesavan, Nalin Kohli, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, RIOTS, Sanjiv Bhatt, Supreme Court, Teesta Setalvad, Vol 34 No 41 | October 3 - October 9

Myanmar reforms leave political prisoners behind

May 19, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In a remote prison in northwest Myanmar, Aye Aung wakes up each day as he has for nearly 14 years — alone in a dark cell on a wooden plank, a prisoner of conscience all but forgotten by the world.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Although Myanmar, Amnesty International, Aung San Suu Kyi, Aye Aung, Catherine Ashton, David Mathieson, European Union, Home Ministry, Human Rights Watch, Political Prisoners, President Thein Sein, San Myint, Thant Zaw, Vol 31 No 21 | May 19 - May 25, Win Mra, YANGON

Nepal’s prime minister resigns amid power struggle

May 9, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s prime minister resigned on Monday, May 4, amid a power struggle over his firing of the army chief, saying he was stepping down to “save the peace process” that had brought the Himalayan nation out of a bloody decade-long civil war.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Ameet Dhakal, Communist Party, Earlier Monday, Home Ministry, KATMANDU, Nath Sharma, Navin Ghimire, Nepali Congress, President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, vol 28 no 20 | May 9 - May 15

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