Myanmar Junta Head to Be Treated in Singapore
Senior General Than Shwe, head of Myanmar's ruling junta, left for Singapore to receive treatment for an intestinal tumour, according to media reports. // Than Shwe, 73, who has led Myanmar's junta - the self-styled State Peace and Democracy Council - for the past 18 years, left the country Su...UCSF Researchers Use New Tools to Move in on Cancer Susceptibility Genes
...ctoral research fellowship program, the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, the European Community, the Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias and junta de Castilla y Leon. UCSF is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level educ...Leading Spanish Health Service Provider Selects Autonomy for Innovation in Healthcare
...rketing, Intranets and corporate portals, as well as management systems for organizations including Thomson, Reuters, Diario de Navarra, Grupo Eroski, junta de Castilla y Leon, Caja Navarra, Agencia Efe, Servicio Navarro de Salud, Planeta Medios Interactivos, Gobierno de Navarra, Amma and Gobierno Vasco. ...Human rights violations widespread in eastern Burma
...n the October 2007 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. These study results highlight the impact that the oppressive military junta in Burma has had and continues to have on the vulnerable ethnic minority populations that have been specifically targeted by the military regime, said...EU Pushes Asian Nations on Climate Change Goals
... Taro Aso it had been "a very difficult decision." A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Win had explained that the Myanmar military junta had been concerned with both "political stability" and negative reactions from the international community. Earlier, after an advance meeting ...Aung San Suu Kyi complains of irregular medical visits
...has arguably been underway since 1992, when it was used as an excuse by the junta to ignore the results of the 1990 general election, which Suu Kyi's Nationa...ecial envoys to Myanmar. Weeks after Gambari's last visit in May, the junta flatly rejected a personal appeal by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for th...Newsweek International Editions: Highlights And Exclusives, May 19, 2008
...ne retribution -- cosmic payback for the violent sacrilege committed by the junta last September, when the military put a quick and bloody end to the "Saffro...any Burmese see the monster cyclone as proof that Sr. Gen. Tan Shwe and his junta have lost the "mandate of heaven" -- the supernatural right to govern. h...