NYMHM: Dole to be canned?; children of the junta; cluster bomb ban Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 17:45:37 -0700 ======================================================================== NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED * May 21, 2008 * Vol. 7, No. 21 Important but overlooked news from around the world. NYMHM is a free service of Newsdesk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - DONATIONS: http://artsandmedia.net/contribute/ - ONLINE: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005235.html - RSS: http://newsdesk.org/news/atom.xml ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUOTED: "A lot of people are very angry at the situation in Burma but they won't come out. They won't speak to the radio, they won't come in front of the TV because of the fear of repercussions and their family left behind." -- Dr. Kyaw Myint Malia of the Burmese Friendship Association on children of the Myanmar junta who are studying in Australia (see "Burma/Myanmar," below). CONTENTS: *Politics* Household-name Republican fighting for her political life *Burma/Myanmar* Australian press points to children of Burmese junta *War & Peace* Gathering around cluster bombs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ POLITICS ........................................................................ > Household-Name Republican Fighting for Her Political Life With congressional elections coming up this fall, many Republican incumbents are looking vulnerable even in states where their party previously seemed to have a lock on the vote. Perhaps the most surprising of these is North Carolina, where polls show that the well-known Elizabeth Dole is virtually tied with her Democratic challenger, North Carolina State Sen. Kay Hagan. According to North Carolina?s WRAL, a poll of 500 likely voters earlier this month found ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005236.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BURMA/MYANMAR ........................................................................ > Australian Press Points to Children of Burmese Junta Since Cyclone Nargis ravaged Burma earlier this month, the military junta that rules the nation has been roundly condemned for its handling of the emergency, but Australian newspapers took an unusual tack; several publications revealed that children of Burmese military leaders are residing in Australia as students. Some newspapers went so far as to publish the names of some of these students. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, privacy laws prevent Australian universities from commenting to the press about individual students, but the Herald, along with the Age and other publications, found other sources who identified the ... GET THE WHOLE STORY: http://www.newsdesk.org/archives/005237.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WAR & PEACE ........................................................................ > A Gathering Around Cluster Bombs Activists and diplomats from around the world are in Dublin, Ireland, this week to try to establish a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, which they say pose unacceptable risks to civilians. The United Nations and over 100 countries have pledged their support to the ban, according to news reports, as did Pope Benedict XVI. The BBC quoted ... 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