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	Free Burma \| NZCTU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Burma is the only country in the world for which the international trade union movement calls for disinvestment.
		"Burma Day 2005" is a missed opportunity to look at how humanitarian aid could be delivered and used to strengthen civil society in the country, and seems instead to be aimed at removing much-needed pressure on the Burmese junta.
		Stressing their commitment to supporting genuine humanitarian work in Burma, the union bodies are calling upon the European Commission to revise the p ogramme for "Burma Day 2005", and to "ensure that biased events of this kind are not allowed to happen again".
	www.union.org.nz /campaigns/burma.html (3210 words)

	Burma, 1942
		Burma, a country slightly smaller in area than the state of Texas, lies imbedded in the underbelly of the Asian landmass between India and China.
		The Americans saw Burma as the lifeline that could provide China the means to throw off the shackles of Japanese occupation and become a viable member of the international community.
		Militarily, the Allied failure in Burma can be attributed to unpreparedness on the part of the British to meet the Japanese invasion and the failure of the Chinese to assist wholeheartedly in the defense.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/burma42/burma42.htm (6014 words)

	Pepsi Burma boycott history
		The recent decision by PepsiCo to cut all ties to Burma by May 31, 1997, is a significant achievement for Burma's democracy movement.
		On February 20,1992, the Burma Rights Movement for Action (now known as Burma Issues) produced an English-language flyer in support of the boycott, and it wrote to various supporters of Burmese democracy in Asia and the West about the importance of the boycott.
		Although shareholder resolutions on Burma were not as successful as they might have been, they did serve to raise awareness of the issue in the business community, generating much wider press coverage.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Boycotts/Hx_PepsiBurmaBoy.html (2079 words)

	BURMA FORUM LOS ANGELES
		The Burma Project, established by the Open Society Institute in 1994, is dedicated to increasing international awareness of conditions in Burma and to helping the country make the transition from a closed to an open society.
		Burma Border Projects (BBP) is dedicated to serving the needs of the Burmese refugees (mainly ethnic Karen and Shan) who reside along the border between Burma and Thailand.
		The U.S. Campaign for Burma is a U.S.-based membership organization dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to bring about an end to the military dictatorship in Burma.
	www.burmaforumla.org /menu_pages/links.htm (471 words)

	Burma (Myanmar) - Asian People's Directory
		Burma Project - The Burma Project, established by the Open Society Institute in 1994, is a foundation dedicated to increasing international awareness of conditions in Burma and to helping the country make the transition from a closed to an open society.
		Burma Research Electronic Discussion Group - We are a Europe-based research group devoted to the study of pre-contemporary Burma.
		WRTCBURMA - The Water, Research and Training Center for a new Burma is a non governmental, non-profit, educational foundation working for the Burmese/Myanmar peoples by promoting and improving their access to research and training opportunities and education in the water and rural sector in Burma-Myanmar and abroad.
	www.kotan.org /asia/directory/burma.html (1168 words)

	Burma in World War II
		Burma was separated from India in 1935, but remained a British colony.
		A long and difficult construction marked the construction of the Burma Road, which winded through mountains and valleys from Lace, Burma to Kunming, China.
		As Rangoon was on the verge of being reoccupied in early 1945, the pro-Japanese collaboration government fled to Tokyo.
	www.worldwar2database.com /html/burma.htm (404 words)

	Burma Campaign
		The reason for this will be clear to players familiar with the Burma campaign, but basicly – the loss of Imphal and Dimapur will mean the allies have no staging cities for an invasion of Burma – essentially this front would have been lost and the defence of India in question.
		The airfields in the Burma plain, once captured by the allies, allow air power to be used closer to the Japanese front and to more and yet more devastating effect.
		At the start of the campaign the allies are restricted mainly to road supply, the Japanese are using the local wildlife to good effect.
	www.ssg.com.au /Run5/scenarios/Burma.htm (864 words)

	Burma
		The Burma Campaign UK is the only national organization in the UK dedicated to campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma.
		Our campaign aims to cut this economic lifeline by increasing pressure on companies to withdraw from Burma and raising public awareness of the issues relating to Burma.
		The tour operator ‘Intrepid’ pulled out of Burma announcing "there are issues in life that go to the very core of what is right and what is not...it is an inescapable fact that human rights abuses are directly linked with tourism in Burma".
	www.angelfire.com /mac2/takeactionnow/Burma.htm (830 words)

	Book Review: The Burma Campaign and Beyond --- Asia Pacific Media Service
		The Burma Campaign was one of the biggest multiracial undertakings in the history of warfare.
		In northeastern India, from where the campaign was launched, the Naga have fought ever since independence from Britain for independence from India--and that may indeed be a "forgotten war" as it, unlike Burma's tribal insurgencies, has received very little attention outside the region and almost no coverage in the international media.
		But David Wilson, chairman of the Burma Star Association of war veterans, once invited his former enemies to his home and a war memorial in York where "their emotion [was] quite genuine when they lay their wreaths of chrysanthemums".
	www.asiapacificms.com /articles/burma_forgotten_war (882 words)

	Burma Army 1937-1941
		The strategic significance of Burma for the defence of the region was not lost on British senior commanders and from 1937 onwards it was argued that forces in Burma should be controlled by the Commander-in Chief in India.
		Six of the battalions of the Burma Military Police became the Burma Frontier Force, administered by the Defence Department and under the command of the GOC, Burma Army.
		Recruiting for the Burma Auxiliary Force was made easier by the Governor's edict allowing all British subjects in Burma to join.
	homepages.force9.net /rothwell/burmaweb/BurmaArmy.htm (758 words)

	Burma Campaign Pt. 1 - The Green Jerboa
		In Feb. 1942 the 7th Hussars were on their way to Burma, to be one of the few units to fight all three major axis powers in World War Two.
		In February, the outpost of Mourlmein, 100 miles East of Rangoon, was captured, forcing the Burma Rifles to retreat.
		On February 23rd, the difficult decision was made to blow the 500 yard bridge spanning the Sittang river, sacrificing a large contingent of allied forces across the river in an attempt to slow the Japanese advance.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=ah/aam/ah20060512c (789 words)

	Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:Sikhs in Burma Campaign
		The Japanese better suited, and motivated were strongly pushing through Burma and had, by May 1944, pushed their combined forces to the eastern edges of India ready to proceed forward into the plains of India and westward to Calcutta.
		Again in Burma, Nand Singh of the famed 1st Sikh battalion was fittingly awarded the VC after leading an attack on heavily armed Japanese trenches on a knife edge hill, he single handedly cleared and captured three enemy trenches which allowed the rest of the unit to forge forward to gain a unanticipated victory.
		The American servicemen serving in the Burma campaign were to bring an familiar attitude toward the frosty Anglo- Indian relationship.
	allaboutsikhs.com /events/burma.htm (5984 words)

	Burma Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burma was swapped from command to command during the pre-war period and the early months of the war.
		1st Burma Division was encircled and trapped in the blazing oilfields at Yenangyaung, and although it was rescued by counterattacks, it lost almost all its equipment and its cohesion.
		This phase of the battle is often referred to as the Battle of the Tennis Court and is particularly significant as it was the turning point of the Burma Campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burma_Campaign (8917 words)

	USCB : About USCB : Mission / Structure
		The United States Campaign for Burma is a U.S.-based membership organization dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to bring about an end to the military dictatorship in Burma.
		Through public education, leadership development initiatives, conferences, and advocacy campaigns at local, national and international levels, USCB works to empower Americans and Burmese dissidents-in-exile to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in Burma and raise awareness about the egregious human rights violations committed by Burma’s military regime.
		U.S. Campaign for Burma is fiscally sposored by a 501(c)3, tax-exempt, organization, and all donations are tax-deductible.
	www.uscampaignforburma.org /aboutuscb/mission-structure.html (452 words)

	:: Vale Earth Fair \| Causes > The Burma Campaign ::
		Burma, a country of around 50 million people is ruled by fear.
		Burma is ruled by one of the most brutal and corrupt regimes in the world - millions of men, women and children in forced labour.
		The Burma Campaign UK is the only national organisation in the UK dedicated to campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma.
	www.valeearthfair.org /causes/the_burma_campaign.php (271 words)

	THE BURMA CAMPAIGN UK
		The BURMA ACTION GROUP (UK), was formed in January 1991 by a group of Burma scholars and individuals concerned about the plight of the people of Burma.
		It has been renamed THE BURMA CAMPAIGN UK in summer 1999 to mark its maturity and the start of an invigorated campaign for a democratic Burma.
		Japan and Burma's Southeast Asian neighbors should redouble their commitment not to invest in Burma's murderous regime.
	www.shareholderpower.com /seabag_links.html (1341 words)

	Burma Campaign U.K. Protests In London - 2003-06-03
		He told VOA Burmese Service, “The Burmese community in London and Burma Campaign UK and a number of groups outside the Burmese Embassy are protesting at the brutal crackdown of pro-democracy movement inside Burma.
		The Burma Campaign, which is part of the UK Burma Sanctions Coalition today also called for Britain and the EU to immediately impose investment sanctions against Burma.
		Burma UK Campaign said it is committed to work for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her people to be free.
	voanews.com /burmese/archive/2003-06/a-2003-06-03-5-1.cfm (457 words)

	The Burma Campaign - Arlene McCarthy - Member of the European Parliament
		The Burma Campaign is concentrating on two priorities.
		Burma is ruled by one of the most brutal military regimes in the world.
		The international campaign for a democratic Burma continues to grow in strength, and after pressure from groups throughout Europe, North America and Asia, a long list of companies has withdrawn from Burma.
	www.arlenemccarthy.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=4561 (506 words)

	CorpWatch : 'Dirty List' Exposes Companies Supporting Regime in Burma
		Companies are attracted to Burma by wages as low as 17p a day, a compliant workforce where unions are banned, and limited health and safety laws which in any case are rarely enforced.
		At present the Burma Campaign UK is co-ordinating boycott campaigns targeting Lonely Planet and tourism to Burma.
		The Burma Campaign UK welcomes suggestions for additions to the Dirty List that we may have neglected to include.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=8109 (754 words)

	GeekList: A history of the Burma Campaign, 1941-45
		It was also a campaign in which the British, after their ignominous defeats in Malaya and Burma, managed to recover and beat the Japanese in some of the worst jungle terrain.
		Burma did not have a Corps HQ, with its troops under the command of Army HQ.
		General Joseph Stilwell, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Southeast Asia Command, is a colourful character in the Burma campaign, although he was not in charge of the whole Burma campaign, just the northern portion.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /geeklist/16772 (1672 words)

	Burma Campaign UK secures withdrawal of Kappa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Activists of the Burma Campaign UK had lobbied for JJB Sports' withdrawal of Kappa product on the grounds that Kappa conducts its manufacturing process in Burma which is ruled by some of the world's worst human rights violators.
		In the context of its recent lobbying effort and victory, the Burma Campaign UK underlines that sanctions against the Burmese regime were never established in any principled manner: "The EU only has a visa ban and freeze on assets as Germany is blocking EU sanctions.
		The Burma Campaign UK and MTV jointly lobby for Aung San Suu Kyi's release: more than 40,000 people joined in their www.mtvburmaaction.com campaign, petitioning Kofi Annan and the Security Council's Permanent Five to initiate UN action on Burma.
	www.mizzima.com /archives/news-in-2003/news-in-sep/29-sep03-22.htm (314 words)

	The Road to Burma -- More on the India-Burma Campaign
		Before a large scale ground assault into Burma could happen, it was first essential to send limited supplies to Chinese guerrilla forces already fighting the Japanese in Burma.
		By August 1943 plans to invade Burma were in full swing.
		Plans were drawn up for an offensive to begin with a Chinese-American force attacking North Burma with the goal of capturing Myitkyina which would remove the threat of enemy fighter planes attacking allied forces flying the Hump.
	www.michiganhistorymagazine.com /extra/india/burma.html (1591 words)

	HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Central Burma
		Meanwhile in northern Burma, the Northern Combat Area Command and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, after reopening the land route between India and China, were to advance through Lashio on to Mandalay by mid-February, the peak of the dry season.
		In the objective area, the Burma Road was not easily severed, since it was beyond machine gun range from the ridge paralleling the road on the west and secondary roads existed in the hills to the east, providing the enemy with an alternative line of communication.
		The final campaign for clearing Japanese invaders from Burma was well under way by the start of 1945 with a desperate enemy grudgingly giving ground before a more powerful Allied force composed of units the majority of which were Chinese and Indian veterans.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Burma45 (5959 words)

	US CAMPAIGN FOR BURMA
		Over the past ten years, 3,000 villages have been destroyed and forcibly relocated in Eastern Burma by the ruling military regime.
		Over 500 thousand people are currently internally displaced in Eastern Burma, many barely surviving the ravages of disease and military violence.
		The suffering and valiantly struggling people of Burma now have the ear of the highest enforcement body of international law in the world.
	www.uscampaignforburma.org (549 words)

	The Burma Campaign UK Home Page
		She was arrested on 30 May, 2003 after the regime's militia attacked her convoy and killed up to 100 of her supporters.
		The Burma Campaign UK is part of a global movement campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma.
		Our campaigns aim to increase economic pressure on the regime by discouraging investment and tourism.
	www.burmacampaign.org.uk (193 words)

	Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's pages - US Campaign for Burma welcomed UN decision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The US Campaign for Burma today welcomed a consensus decision by the United Nations Security Council to study the situation in Burma for the first time in history, minutes after the Council agreed to ask UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to brief the Council on his efforts to promote national reconciliation in Burma.
		The move puts Burma's military junta in an awkward position, as it has refused to work with the Secretary General and other UN envoys.
		The US Campaign for Burma is a grassroots organization of Americans and Burmese dissidents-in-exile working to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in Burma.
	www.dassk.org /contents.php?id=1102 (458 words)

	Victoria - The Burma Campaign in Brief ~ Full text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Burma Campaign was known, or rather, unknown, from the beginning as the Forgotten War and it is still forgotten, pushed from the headlines and our consciousness by the other campaign on the war with
		This is unfortunate because, for the Japanese, the Burma Campaign was more important than the Pacific Campaign.
		I said at the beginning that it is unfortunate that the Burma Campaign is unknown because it was the main thrust of the Japanese attack.
	www.vicu.utoronto.ca /English/The-Burma-Campaign-in-Bried.html (1258 words)

	Burma Sunday Campaign
		No. This is peaceful war on dictators of Burma by the people of Burma.
		When we let the whole world know Burma is a country where millions of people are peacefully protesting a handful of gun-wielding generals, who knows what will happen next.
		You can support us by also staying at home and not showing any hostility toward us when you are forced to.
	www.burmanet.org /sunday/letter.shtml (985 words)

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