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The tentative deal, which comes as heavy fighting between the military and rebel groups continues to ravage a northern border area, sets out the framework for a countrywide ceasefire - a key target of the government as the nation heads towards crucial elections later this year. Negotiators shake hands on the draft text of the deal on March 30, 2015. Photo Hein Htet/Mizzima
Govt and ethnic groups agree landmark draft peace deal
Myanmar peace negotiators agreed the draft text of a historic nationwide ceasefire agreement on March 30, as the country edges ...
U Moe Kyaw Than, 47, volunteer of Myanmar Red Cross who was wounded in rescue convoy attack on 17 February, lies on bed at Lashio General Hospital, Lashio, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 19, 2015. U Moe Kyaw Than reportedly died from his wounds on March 27. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Aid worker dies from Kokang convoy attack wounds
A Myanmar aid worker injured in an attack last month on a convoy in Shan state has died of his wounds, state media ...
Solar Impulse 2 aircraft inside its inflatable hanger at the Mandalay International Airport in Mandalay, Myanmar, on March 20, 2015. Photo: Bo Bo/Mizzima
Solar Impulse takes off from Mandalay for China
Solar Impulse 2 took off from Mandalay early on Monday and headed for China’s Chongqing, the fifth flight of a landmark journey to ...
Supporters of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim hold up an umbrella with a placard reading: 'Undur Najib (Step down Najib)' during a 'Kita Lawan' (Fight Back) rally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 7, 2015. Photo: Fazry Ismail/EPA 
Malaysia cracks down to thwart protest: opposition
Malaysian police have arrested two politicians and a political activist as they seek to thwart a March 28 protest march demanding ...
Myanmar opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi talks to media representatives as she leaves after Myanmar's Union Parliament regular assembly in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 26, 2015, the day before Armed Forces Day. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Suu Kyi ducks Armed Forces Day on health grounds
Myanmar's opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi snubbed a grand annual parade showcasing military strength for the first time in ...
Students walk along the Adipadi road of Yangon University in Yangon, Myanmar, December 5, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
Myanmar upper house approves student unions
Proposals to allow Myanmar students to form unions for the first time in decades passed their first parliamentary hurdle on March 26 in ...
A total of 69 of students and supporters are taken back to prison after a hearing at Letpadan Township Court on March 25, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
Student activists arrive at court for hearing
Dozens of Myanmar activists arrived at court for a hearing in the central town of Letpadan on March 25 after they were arrested ...
Garment workers at a clothing factory in Pathein, Ayeyarwaddy, Myanmar. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
Myanmar set for 8.3% growth spurt: ADB
The Asian Development Bank predicted economic growth in Myanmar will surge by over eight percent for the next two years as ...
A Buddhist monk is treated for severe burns by a medic in Monywa in December 2012 following a police crackdown on protesters. PHOTO: Hein Htet/Mizzima
Police reject lawsuit over monk protest burns: lawyer
Police in Myanmar have rejected a lawsuit by monks who suffered phosphorus burns at the hands of officers when they protested against ...
A drug-resistant TB patient receives treatment at a clinic in Lashio, Shan state, Myanmar. Photo: C Eddy McCall/MSF
India failing to tackle 'massive TB crisis'
India is failing to tackle a tuberculosis epidemic because of chronic shortages of funds and the government's inability to regulate ...

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