Daily Archives: July 24, 2012

More press freedom for Burma's media

Posted: July 24, 2012 at 5:12 am

23 July 2012 Last updated at 21:14 ET By Lewis Macleod BBC Monitoring

Cautious reforms being introduced by Burma's President Thein Sein are freeing up the rigid controls on the media.

Although repressive laws remain technically in force, practical guidelines have given print, television and internet journalists considerable leeway to report on everything including controversial political questions.

Information Minister Kyaw Hsan says a new media law is being drafted that will abolish censorship and replace it with a self-regulating Press Council.

After criticism in the exiled media that journalists were not being consulted, Kyaw Hsan invited some Burmese media players back home to help work on the draft with additional assistance from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency.

By the time she was 14, Myo Myo already knew that she wanted to be a journalist.

She is eagerly anticipating the government's revision of Burma's media law.

''I want more press freedom,'' said the 31-year-old who worked for a weekly newspaper in Rangoon, and then the Myanmar Times.

She recently spent three months in Singapore on the Asia Journalism Fellowship programme under the Temasek Foundation and the communications school at the Nanyang Technological University.

''I've made up my mind that I will spend my life in media industry.''

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Freedom Get Late Comeback Win over Lake Erie

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July 23, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Florence, KY-The Florence Freedom rallied for an enormous 10-9 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers Monday afternoon on "super splash day" at the Home of the Florence Freedom.

Drew Rundle's three run homerun in the 7th gave the Freedom a late inning lead that they never relinquished. Rundle's homer came with the Freedom trailing 8-6, as they also got a clutch performance from Pierre LePage, who came in as a defensive replacement for Peter Fatse. LePage went 3-4 with 3 RBI including an RBI single in the 8th which gave the Freedom a 10-8 lead. That RBI proved to be pivotal because Andrew Davis of Lake Erie launched a 9th inning homer over the right field wall against Brennan Flick to cut the lead to 10-9. Flick stayed composed on the mound though to retire the final two batters and notch his second save in as many nights.

Lake Erie built a 7-2 lead after the first two innings against Freedom starter Scott Moviel. The Crushers took advantage of Moviel's wildness, as he walked 6 batters in 1.2 innings on the hill. The Freedom chipped away at the Crushers lead in the 4th inning. Kyle Bluestein made his professional debut and got his first pro hit on an RBI single in the inning. Edwin Padua followed with an RBI hit as well, and then LePage lined a two run single to cut the Crushers lead to 7-6.

Sean Gregory was a part of a bullpen that pitched the final 7.1 innings of the game, only allowing two runs. Gregory earned the win after throwing 2.1 innings and only giving up 1 hit. Mike Hanley preceded him with 3 solid innings, as Matt Kline and Flick also contributed in the bullpen heroics.

The Freedom will go for the series sweep against Lake Erie Tuesday night. LHP Paul Fagan(6-3, 2.76) will start for the Crushers while LHP Brent Choban will make his professional debut for the Freedom. Tuesday's game can be heard with Steve Jarnicki starting at 6:50 pm on Real Talk 1160 and realtalk1160.com.

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Green Automotive Company Acquires UK-Based Liberty Electric Cars Ltd.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Green Automotive Company (GACR) today announced it has closed the acquisition of Liberty Electric Cars Ltd. following its announcement on June 29th of the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the Liberty business.

The combined businesses will now have operations in North America, Europe and Australasia and will continue to expand through a combination of organic growth and targeted acquisitions.

Commenting on the acquisition, Fred Luke, President of Green Automotive, said: Were delighted to have closed this acquisition, which I believe will accelerate our growth as the Liberty management team has state-of-the-art EV technology that would have take us another year or longer to develop. What theyve achieved in Europe has been quite remarkable and we expect their combination of technical excellence and industry knowledge to help give us an edge in this fast growing business. In particular, access to their expertise in conversion programs will help to accelerate our plans to have pure electric buses, shuttles and limos on the road in the very near future.

Ian Hobday, Managing Director of Liberty, said:This is an exciting opportunity for us to bring our class-leading technology to the biggest market place in the world, and were keen to help Fred and his team make this happen. Weve got some incredible products in the pipeline which will really appeal stateside and we cant wait to see them on American roads. Im very proud of the management team weve built at Liberty and what theyve been able to achieve. We look forward to working with the GAC people to make our combined business really fly.

About Green Automotive Company: Green Automotive Company is a US public company involved in the conversion, import and worldwide distribution of eco-friendly vehicles. The Company is presently planning to bring all-electric and other eco-friendly vehicles into the United States market through a combination of converting piston-engine vehicles and importing existing EVs. The Company is currently involved in assessing a number of all-electric and alternate fuel vehicles, including an all-electric intra-city and municipal mass transit bus and school bus, for introduction to the US market. GAC recently acquired Liberty Electric Cars Limited, a UK-based company that designs, develops, manufacturers and markets electric vehicle technologies for use in its own converted vehicles and for sale to OEMs for incorporation into their production. It provides a full aftermarket program to electric vehicle users to ensure the longevity of their vehicles and has partnership arrangements in other European countries. The Liberty team can count on over 200 man years of experience in the automotive industry and specifically 70 plus man years in the EV sector covering some 2,500,000 miles. Green Automotive Company maintains its Corporate Office in Newport Beach, California. Green Automotive Company shares are traded on the OTC Market Tier - OTC Pink Current under the symbol "GACR." For more information visit http://www.usaelectricauto.com or write to info@usaelectricauto.com.

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