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Torontoxx, December. 25, x2007x (Canada newsWire over COMTEX) — MoxSt.storxes open at 7:00 a.m. on Verpacken day, December 26 sears Canada Inc. (TSX: Scc) announced today thatxx, it firxSt.xin Canada offering: a erxSt.xlassiges Brand 42″lcd hp tv for under $1.000th the Fahrwerk, that vorbildliches 42LC7D specially pricexxd with $999.99 ixSt.x the Representxxing $600 Sparungen von sears the regular pricexx. this” door crasher “willxx into limited the quantities all sears department stores and sears am Hauptstores when the doors open on Verpacken day vorhanden ixSt.x which, ixSt.xum 7:00 a.m. moxSt.regionxs of the country. into sears ixSt.xpleased to offer this and many other the post ChrixSt.xas specials as part of its ongoing “more xSt.xonger dollar - more lower pricexxs” programxx which it in November to the demonxSt.xate to Canadians thatxx buying in Canada can liefert the werte they epectx with more xSt.xonger dollar ausxSt.xess. “sears cusTomers consider Verpacken Tagone of the moxSt.importxant Einkaufentagof the year,” saidxx Dene Rogers, president and chief Eecutivofficerx, sears Canada Inc.. “we want them to it knows that thatxx sears serious aboutxx ixSt.x them visit sears the firxSt.beforxe anywhere hat, sonxSt.xwhen they the venture out on their post ChrixSt.xas buying trips. we haBen hunxDr.xds of specials across the house and amazing deals including our moxSt.xpopular Verpacken week category of Hauptelectronics.” Verpacken Tagpromotionxx alsoxx includes the companys the 42″volles hp x1080px panxasonxic Viera plasma tv with 1499.99, and representxxing the Sparungen of $700, Sony a 32″Â Bravia lcd tv for $699,99, special-buy ipod to schlurfen for $49.99th sears alsoxx hat special fexSt.etzenonx majorxx Appliances, featuring 10% off every regular pricexxd national Brand majorxx Appliance, a NO-GxSt.promotionx on almoxSt.xall furniture and mattress sets including sale pricexxd individual parts, the 60% off ChrixSt.xas decorations and many dress specials throughxxout the store including an etrax 25% off the already verringerte pricexxs of clearance fashions in the men, kids and womens ‘ departments, or 30% when you use your sears card or sears MaxSt.rcarxd which alsoxx earn cusTomers valuable sears club or Colours loyalty reward points. Special ones financing offers are alsoxx vorhandenes for large map merchandise, including zero percentxx financing option until a 2010. The MoxSt.searxs stores willxx xSt.xss off Verpacken Tagwith an, early am wednesday the 7:00Â a.m. on, December 26. sears stores in the the Atlantic provinces opening ixSt.x which closed on Decembers 26th, willxx their Verpacken Tagsales on DonnerxSt.xg, December 27, are conduct alsoxx around 7:00 a.m. in moxSt.locationxs. CusTomers are asked to examine with their own store or local Ausgabe of the Verpacken week Flieger dixSt.xibuted in their community for specific store hourxxs of operationxx. For cusTomers who prefer to business earlier of the comfort of their own, that, sears reminds cusTomers thatxx its website, www.sears.ca, willxx Produkteinfuehrung its own, singular Verpacken Tagesfall, separatexx von the the individual parts Haupt ixSt.x listed oBen, juxSt.xafter midnight, eastern time, wednesday on, December 26th this release contains, information, which important which and ixSt.xsubject to dangers and uncertainties forward looks. Forward looking future information concerns the companys financial the performance, would know business xSt.xategy, plans, goals and objectives factors which causexx actual results to differ materially of current epectationxs include, but ixSt.xnicht limited to: the ability of the company to successfully werkzeug its cost reduction, productivity and xSt.xategic initiatives and whether such initiatives willxx result improvexxment the epectxed Benefits; results the and operationxxs Financial Services and credit note the impact of the sale of the companys obtained marketing instandhaltenbank Verfolgung JPMorgan with alliance and Longbezeichnung pursuant to the companys, N.A.; general economic conditionxxs; competitive conditionxxs into the the businesses in which the company participates; changes in spending more consumer; seasonal weather MuxSt.xr; more cusTomer preference toward product offerings; changes in with relationship the companys the its suppliers; interestxx rate fluctuations and other changes in funding costs; fluctuations into foreign the Waehrung echangex rates; the possibility of negative invest.ent returnxxs in plan pension the companys; the outcome of, the Gerichtsverfahren pending ixSt.x and changes in laws, rules and regulations anwendBares to the company. while the company believes thatxx its forecasts and assumptions are, die results or cases reasonxxable, die materially in this forward looking information May differ von actual results or the cases vorausgesagt werden, the, company the the forward looking thing information to speak only intended, how of the time and undertake to updatexx or Revision did not form this information, ausgenommen as May are you required through law. sears Canada multi channel a retailer with network of 196 corporate stores ixSt.x 182 more dealer stores, 57 Hauptimprovexxment showrooms, over 1,800 catalogue merchandise pick up locationxxs, 106 sears travel officexxs and a nationxxwide Hauptmaintenance, repairxx, and installation network. the company alsoxx publishes offers and catalogue merchandise general the moxSt.etensive Canadas kaufenonline an www.sears.ca. SourCE: sears Canada Inc. Contact for means: Vincent Power, sears Canada, Corporate Communications, (416) 941-4422, vpower@sears.ca Copyright Â © x2007x CNW Group. all rights reserved.

By Zin LinnThe press is the fourth pillar of democracy after parliament, the legislature and the judiciary. Not so in Burma, where parliament has been silenced by the military. As a result, the legislature and the judiciary are automatically defunct under the military autocracy. As a necessary outcome of the iron rule, the fourth estate also comes under the grip of military-dictatorship. The Burmese military junta has enforced stringent censorship rules and regulations the world has ever known on the media. Every piece of text has to be scrutinized by military’s PSRD before being published. Burma achieved certain notoriety as predator of the press. No information is allowed to flow or be published broadcast without the junta’s prior approval. The latest repressive attacks against the media took place on February 15, 2008. According to Burma Media Association BMA, military intelligence officers carried out a four-hour search of the offices of the Myanmar Nation Journal and confiscated many documents, including a copy of Human Rights Report on Burma by Prof. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, videos of last anti-government protests in September, and hand-written poems. Police arrested editor, Thet Zin and manager, Sein Win Maung. The two journalists were taken to the Thin-gan-gyun township police station. It was unknown why they were arrested. The police searched the premises of the Myanmar Nation for a second time on 18 February, confiscating more documents. The offices continue to be closed by the police, who have said the arrests of the two journalists are linked to their activities. Reporters Without Borders RSF and the Burma Media Association BMA condemn the arrest of Myanmar Nation editor Thet Zin and his office manager, Sein Win Maung. The Honolulu Community-Media Council HCMC, which was established in 1970 and is the oldest of the 5 volunteer media councils that exist in the United States, has also joined the Burma Media Association, international journalist and human rights organizations in condemning the continued crack down on the Burmese media by the military regime. HCMC President, Chris Conybeare says: 8220; We urge all who value human rights to join us in condemning these latest attacks and to demand the immediate release of all political prisoners of the despotic regime of General Than Shwe 8221;. Besides, Nobel Aye, a female freelance writer and journalist, has been arrested since 23 August 2007. In fact, she was mistakenly arrested by military for having similar pseudonym as one female student leader who was later arrested in September 2007. Nobel Aye also worked with Baby 8217; s World Journal. Although it was a mistake, the military pay no heed to release her. In addition, Lay Lay Mon Teen Magazine, Min Han poet, Nay Htet Naing poet, Ko Ko Maung aka Zaw Lu Sein poet were also arrested on 2 January 2008 and thrown into Insein Prison without trials. It is sad that the junta is abusing the media as its tool to provide false news and ideas even in time of Global Information Age. The Junta controls every media access now. In these days, because of the experiences of the 2007 September Saffron Revolution, all news media in Burma is strictly censored and tightly controlled by the military junta. All daily newspapers, radio and television stations are under the regime 8217; s supervision. In fact, it is in vain for the junta to stop the foreign broadcastings, such as BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB. During last September Saffron Revolution, people from former capital Rangoon and all other provincial cities received the up-to-date news footages through Aljazeera, BBC, CNN and the DVB TVs. Afterward, some IT activists put those dissenting footages into compact discs and delivered to people who could not have access to satellite dishes and Internet. Such activities allow many Burmese citizens to see news footages of the recent mass anti-government demonstrations, and the brutal crackdown that ensued. The military regime has constantly maltreated the journalists since 27 September. On that day Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai was killed by a soldier in downtown Rangoon, at the height of the Saffron Revolution last September. Japanese officials have constantly said Nagai, 50, was evidently shot at close range, not hit by stray bullets as the SPDC officials had previously explained, and demanded the return of the journalist’s video camera and tapes believed to have captured the shooting, and the Japanese government is investigating his death. After September protests, the military censorship branch, known as the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division PSRD, is harassing editors to bring out issues of their journals and magazines containing propaganda articles produced by the junta. Scores of writers and journalists suspected of sympathizing with the Saffron Revolution have been banned from contributing in the publications. Members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, a junta-backed militia, keep on attacking towards journalists. Especially, photographers were beaten by the USDA thugs while taking photos during monks protests. Numerous civilians holding camera or mobile-phone were temporarily arrested and tortured. All in all, more than a dozen journalists were beaten or treated badly during the demonstrations. In addition, several young amateur-journalists or civilian journalists were also detained and their cameras and mobile-phones were confiscated by the militia. Burma’s military exercises tight controls over the Internet, banning access to news websites such as Yahoo or Hotmail. The regime was frustrated by bloggers and the civilian journalists during anti-junta protests in September, as they provided detailed consecutive accounts of the bloodshed and helped spread the news. The junta disconnected the nation’s Internet links at the height of the violence to cut off the information flows about the crackdown. Recently, a popular Myanmar blogger Nay Phone Latt was arrested on 29 January. Nay Phone Latt’s blog was written in Burmese and in the style of creative writing. He used it as a forum discussing the difficulties of daily life, such as the electricity shortage and the swelling cost of living. Burma was at the forefront of press freedom in Southeast Asia before 1962 military coup. The country enjoyed free press without censorship. As many as three dozen newspapers, including English and Chinese dailies, existed between 1948 and 1962 under civilian government. Even the prime minister 8217; s office never closed for the journalists in those days. There were also free to set up relation with international press agencies. The situation changed in 1962, when the military seized power. All newspapers were nationalized by the junta led by Gen. Ne Win. It established a Press Scrutiny Board PSB to enforce strict censorship on all forms of printed matter including advertisements and obituaries. Since then, military junta’s censorship and self-censorship are commonplace in Burma and these have severely restricted political rights and civil liberties. Press Scrutiny and Registration Division PSRD is a major oppressive tool of the incumbent military regime. Not surprisingly, Burma stands downgraded from a free state to a prison state. All news media in Burma is strictly censored and tightly controlled by the military all daily newspapers, radio and television stations are under supervision of the junta. Whatever some privately-owned journals and magazines are there, they are strictly under the PSRD scanner. No printed matter can bring out without PSRD permission. Moreover, the junta also dominates the media industries through alternate publication companies owned by generals and their cronies. Photos, cassette tapes, movies and video footage also need the censor’s stamp before reaching the people. At the same time, the military concentrates to stop the flow of uncensored radio news in Burmese version available from international broadcasting stations. The radio, television and other media outlets are monopolized for propaganda warfare by the military regime and opposition views are never allowed. The regime even does not allow the religious discourse. The media is special tool for the military regime and no space for the opposition party. The political debates are always inhibited even at the National Convention. That’s why the National Convention lost its credibility and regarded as a sham. The foreign periodicals have not been seen in news-stands since October as the junta has been blocking reports on Burma. The owners of the Internet Cafes have forced to sign an agreement to follow restrictions by the authorities and dare not allowing users to get out of the regime’s filters. Moreover, the owners have to inform the details of their customers to the military intelligence. Currently, freedom of press situation in Burma is getting worse and worse. Media related people are feeling defenseless. Voices of peoples are constantly blocked. Unless the junta recognized the essential value of human rights 8211; such as, freedom of expression and freedom of association 8211; its under-preparation referendum for a new constitution will be pointless at all. Press as the fourth pillar of a state is accepted around the globe. The lifeblood of democracy is free flow of information. Burma needs regional cooperation for Press Freedom. Journalists in Burma are looking forward to have more assistance, morally and practically, from the international media groups. Without press freedom a nation cannot enjoy democracy. Source: Asian Tribune.

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