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Indian government shutters Burmese exile-run news Web site

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 USA Phone: (212) 465?1004 Fax: (212) 465?9568 Web: www.cpj.org E-Mail: media@cpj.org
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Contact: Bob Dietz
e-mail: bdietz@cpj.org
Telephone: (212) 465-1004

Indian government shutters Burmese exile-run news Web site

New York, April 17, 2007?After the forced closure of the New Delhi-based Mizzima News, an exile-run Web site popular for hard-hitting reports on neighboring Burma?s military-run government, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to fully explain the move.

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WB Poverty Measures for Philippines Unreliable: Ibon

MEDIA RELEASE
IBON Foundation, Inc., IBON Center 114 Timog Ave., Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. (632) 927-7060 * Fax (632) 929-2496 * E-mail: media@ibon.org * www.ibon.org
Reference: Mr Sonny Africa (IBON research head)
April 18, 2007

Press statement

WORLD BANK POVERTY MEASURE UNRELIABLE ?IBON

Recently released poverty estimates by the World Bank are unreliable and grossly underestimate the extent of poverty in the country, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

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Protection against H5N1 avian influenza

For Immediate Release
Contact: Evan Lipstein
Tel: +1-212-688-5600
E-mail: Info@HylineSafety.com

NEW YORK CITY, NY- April 17, 2007- HYLINE SAFETY COMPANY today announced it has established a new distributorship with Safe Life Corporation based in San Diego, CA. Starting on March 1, 2007, HYLINE SAFETY COMPANY will be responsible for product sales of The SAFE LIFE CORPORATION www.safelifecorp.com line of disposable respirators designed to provide increased protection against airborne viruses, including avian flu.

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Philippines: Mother, Child Victim of Another Military Atrocity

KARAPATAN ? CARAGA
Alliance for the Advancement of People?s Rights
4th St. Guingona Subd., Brgy. J.P. Rizal, Butuan City
Telefax: (085) 3421459; email ad: karapatan_caraga@yahoo.com
Reference: Analyn Lumawag; Deputy Sec. Gen.
(0918) 7984512
Press Release
18 April 2007

INAHAN ug ANAK BIKTIMA SA MILITARISASYON
Militarisasyon! Usa na usab ka kaso sa pagpatay. Niadtong Abril 2, 2007, sa may alas 10:00 kapin kun kulang sa kabuntagon, didto sa bukid sa Brgy. Caromata, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, usa ka gi-alegahang kampo sa mga NPA ang gikatahong gi-raid sa mga kasundaluhan nga sakop sa 58th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, mga sakop sa Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) ug CAFGU ubos sa 4th Infantry Division. Kalit nga gipabuthan sa mga kasundaluhan ang walo ka mga babaye nga dunay kuyog nga tulo (3) ka bata nga ilang mga anak. Ug diha-diha dayon naigo-patay ang usa ka batang lalaki nga si DANDAN A. QUILLANO, 12 anyos ang pangidaron, lumulupyo sa Sitio Banahaw, Maitum, Tandag, Surigao del Sur. Tungod sa kalisang sa mga biktima nanagan kini aron luwason ang kaugalingon apan nasakpan ang usa ka babaye nga si BETTY A. QUILLANO, 37 anyos ang pangidaron, inahan sa batang lalaki. Gidala kini sa mga sundalo balik sa nahimutangan sa patay?ng lawas sa iyang anak.
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Philippines to OIC: Attacks Against MNLF Members Are Not Attacks Against MNLF

PRESS RELEASE
Department of Foreign Affairs
2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines ? Tel. No. 834-4000 ? www.dfa.gov.ph

Response of the hon. Alberto G. Romulo Secretary of Foreign Affairs To the Statement of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on the situation in the southern Philippines

17 April 2007

The Philippine Government appreciates the commitment of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the peace process in the Southern Philippines and to the 1996 Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

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