Topic: Myanmar

Today's agenda: North Korea's capacity, Palestinian summit, rights in China

Suu Kyi trial in Burma (Myanmar) highlights activist's limited power

The regime allowed journalists and diplomats to watch the trial as it entered its third day.

Today's news stories: stopping West Bank settlements, America's waning mobility, and Guatemala's embattled leftist president

Burma opposition leader Suu Kyi faces trial after visit by uninvited American

The military junta accuses her of violating her house arrest after a Vietnam vet swam across a lake to her home.

US rejoins UN’s human rights forum

Bush had shunned it as an ineffective dictators' club. Obama's team pledges to work from within to 'improve' it.

Lions, tigers, and bloggers! Oh, my!

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report on the "10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger" last week, just days before World Press Freedom Day, today.

The Monitor's View: Get a grip on Obama's handshake

Greeting Chávez with a smile does not mean the US is weak.

Opinion: The intensifying battle over Internet freedom

From China to Syria, repressive nations are cracking down hard on digital dissidents.

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Opinion: Clinton must press China on rights

A stable, open China is in America's best interests.

China defends its human rights record

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Britons slam BBC over refusal to run Gaza ad

'The Beeb' stands by its decision not to air a fundraising appeal for victims of Israel's recent 22-day incursion into Gaza.

Thailand accused of mistreating Muslim refugees

Nearly 1,000 refugees were detained on a remote island in December before being towed out to sea and abandoned with little food or water, rights group says.

Will Obama push China harder?

He's been critical of monetary policy and has named human rights defenders to key posts.

Opinion: Why doesn't Bush get more credit?

His bold efforts for freedom were met with scorn.

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Report: Mekong region 'a biological treasure trove'

A striped rabbit, a rodent thought to have gone extinct 11 million years ago, a frog with green blood and turquoise bones, and a hot-pink millipede that secretes cyanide are just a few of the new species that have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in just the last decade, according to a new report by the WWF.

US, world influence over Mugabe limited

Despite President Bush's strong words Tuesday, few levers exist to force Zimbabwe's leader out.

Rice-powered stove ignites new hope for poor farmers

Once thought to be waste, rice husks now can be used as clean, cheap fuel for developing countries.

Opinion: The unquenchable fire in Burmese hearts

I've seen tremendous courage in the face of a freedom-hating regime.

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Denied US asylum, an Eritrean prison guard appeals to high court

He says he was forced to stand guard as others were tortured and killed.

Bangladesh-Burma (Myanmar) maritime boundary dispute escalates

The oil-rich Bay of Bengal has been contested territory for years.