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In a rare but important development, Burma's opposition party – the National League for Democracy – on Friday filed a case against the Burmese ruling junta for failing to convene the peoples' parliament as an offshoot for the 1990 general election res...
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Chiang Mai –In its first ever joint statement, ethnic and pro-democracy forces in exile today called for a 'NO' vote in the ensuing referendum to approve the constitution which will perpetuate military rule and military dictatorship....
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Bangkok – In an address punctuated with diplomatic hedging, a leading United States representative insisted that ASEAN can play a positive and leading role in effecting change in Burma....
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Burmese authorities on Monday charged the Editor-in-Chief and manager of the Rangoon journal Myanmar Nation with illegal printing and publishing....
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Even as UN Special envoy Mr. Gambari tours Japan, protests have broken against the Burmese military junta's draft constitution....
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The Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), on February 23rd in the capital of Kachin State, commenced organizational work ahead of May's constitutional referendum....
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A fire broke out this morning at Yadanpon Market in Burma's second largest city of Mandalay. The fire started at 8:00 a.m. (local time) and continues to burn at the time of this filing, 9:00 a.m. (local time). It is the second such incident within a week ...
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New Delhi – Nearly 3,000 people in Rangoon's suburban Hlaing Tharyar Township are homeless after a fire broke out this morning at Ye Oat Kaan village near Industrial Zone (4)....
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Chiang Mai – The 88 Generation Students group has today delivered a strongly worded message to the international community, appealing for a comprehensive boycott of the Summer Games....
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At least thirteen Burmese nationals were seriously injured when a bomb exploded this morning in the Thai-Burmese border town of Mae Sot, where thousands of Burmese migrants live....
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Bangkok – United Nations Special Envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, is expected to return to the country at the end of next week to discuss the military regime's plans for political change. The junta had originally told the envoy that they could not host ...
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Air Bagan has suspended its flights to Putao in Northern Burma's Kachin State from today after an aircraft broke into two while taking off in Putao airport on Tuesday....
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New Delhi – Ethnic and pro-democracy forces based in Burma today called for the referendum in May to be conducted freely and fairly....
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On a historic day today, when the Chin people observe the 60th Chin National Day, they vowed they would oppose the referendum by the Burmese military junta in May this year....
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Chiang Mai – The New Mon State Party (NMSP), one of the ceasefire groups has made it clear that the junta's roadmap of referendum and elections cannot resolve the political crisis in Burma....
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The United Nations Special Envoy to Burma is leaving Beijing optimistic of an earlier return to Burma and hailing the Burmese junta's electoral timetable as "significant."...
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Chiang Mai - A Karen National Union (KNU) official says that the SPDC might be the mastermind behind the killing of its General Secretary, Pado Mahn Sha....
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New Delhi – A domestic passenger carrier flight broke down at an airport in Northern Burma on Tuesday afternoon after failing to take-off due to engine failure....
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The National League for Democracy Burma's main opposition political party today, in an official statement, rejected the junta's referendum and election plans, saying it will not lead to democratic reforms but is just another tactic to prolong military rul...
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Chiang Mai- Anti-government slogans of 'We need more Rambo' and 'Free Burma' were recently found in and near the tourist town of Nyaung Oo, according to local residents....
