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At least nine opposition party members demanding the release of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi were arrested by police in a rare protest on Tuesday in Rangoon, according to eyewitness and opposition sources....
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A daily newspaper will be launched soon in Naypyitaw, the seat power of the military junta, Rangoon based media circles said. The regime's Information Ministry will launch the new daily newspaper in January 2009, it is learnt......
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The South Korean government has rejected a complaint filed by a rights group against two Korean energy companies' gas projects in Burma that accused them of breaching standards set by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ......
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Women in eastern Burma only have limited access to maternal-health care during pregnancy and most women expecting, suffer poor nutrition, anemia, and malaria, raising the risk of complications during pregnancy, a new report said......
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An unidentified gunman on Saturday shot dead an Indian from Manipur at his rented house in Kalemyo town of North-western Burma, police said. The Manipuri, who had reportedly rented a house near St. Mary's Catholic Church in Pinlong ward of Kalemyo Town,.....
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An ethnic armed militia group operating in Southern and Eastern Shan State has alleged that poppy-opium cultivation in the area has increased off late as the Burmese Army is compelling local villagers to cultivate it in order to garner tax from them....
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Several ministers and businessmen have reportedly rushed to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta in preparation of welcoming Burma's military Chief Snr. Gen Than Shwe and his team, who will be touring Rangoon and the Irrawaddy divisions in end December, during...
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Lack of sufficient funding by the military junta and the international community towards the health care system has caused severe suffering and preventable deaths in Burma, a new report by the New York-based Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiè...
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Nineteen North Korean nationals, who were arrested earlier this month, for illegally entering Burma, will undergo trial at the Keng Tung Township Court in Shan state, ...
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Honouring the struggle for democracy and human rights, Washington based 'The Council of Women World Leaders' has nominated Burma's detained Nobel Peace Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,....
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In the absence of proper law enforcement and means to abide by legal measures, almost all Burmese workers are subjected to forced labour by their employers....
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Japan has decided to accept 30 Burmese refugees languishing in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. The decision makes Japan the first Asian country to accept Burmese refugees....
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As a step forward along the roadmap to democracy, Burma's military junta will soon announce an Election Law that will set guidelines and criteria for the formation of political parties to contest the upcoming 2010 general election, sources said....
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The European Commission on Thursday said it will give another €40.5 million (US$ 58 million) of aid to Burma, particularly targeting victims of Cyclone Nargis, which swept through the country's southwestern coastal region in May....
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A fire broke out this afternoon following an explosion at a government-owned gas factory in Rangoon's downtown township of Botahtaung, confirmed a fire brigade official....
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A fire broke out this afternoon following an explosion at a government-owned gas factory in Rangoon's downtown township of Botahtaung, confirmed a fire brigade official....
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(Analysis) The ten country bloc known as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Monday of this week announced that its recently drafted charter has come into force....
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A cousin brother of 88 Generation Student Marki, held in prison, was sentenced to nine years in jail by Insein court for trying to smuggle out a letter from prison. Zaw Naing Htwe, met his cousin brother Marki a.k.a. Kyaw Kyaw Htwe during a prison visit n...
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Eighty four tour and travel companies have been stripped off of their license by Burma's directorate of Hotels and Tourism for failing to renew their license, officials said. An official from the office the directorate of Hotels and Tourism told Mizzima t...
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In contrast to what many observers expected, Burma's military junta plans to abolish its proxy organization - Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) - opting not to transform it into a political party for the purpose of participating in the u...
