Burma News (7.30.09)

by Danny Fisher

“World outrage appears not to have blunted the army’s determination to jail Aung San Suu Kyi.” Photo by Reuters.
Here’s the latest on what’s happening in Burma:

  • The Associated Press, Al Jazeera English, and the BBC report on the wait for the verdict in the sham military trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi–Burma’s Nobel Peace laureate and Prime Minister-elect.
  • The Agence France-Presse puts together a video portrait of “The Lady.”
  • The Telegraph reports that Suu Kyi has a prison reading list should she be found guilty.
  • Reuters reports that U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo “showed solidarity” over Burma at the White House today.

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