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Three months after the killer cyclone lashed Burma's coastal regions, survivors said aid from private donors is slowly petering off, though a few international aid groups are still seen operating.
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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Burma's historic student uprising, Burmese activists along with Indian supporters began an awareness campaign at universities and colleges in India's capital city, New Delhi, on Wednesday.
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Prominent writer and astrologer Min Thein Kha died on Friday morning at a private clinic in Rangoon after suffering from numerous ailments...
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A small bomb on Wednesday night exploded at the telecommunication office in Mudon of Southern Burma's Mon state, sources said. The bomb exploded under the stairs of the Telecommunication located in the Kyaik Paik village, about 2 miles away from Mudon tow...
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The young business tycoon Maung Weik has been slapped with one more charge. He has been charged with violating the immigration act by the police who have accused him of allowing a Malaysian to stay in his office premises in Rangoon.
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Prominent Burmese rock star Lay Phyu, along with three other famous singers are ready to rock the city of Rangoon during a fund raising concert organized for victims of Cyclone Nargis, organizers said...
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With no major outbreak reporting in Burma's cyclone hit areas, initial fears of 'second wave of death' have slowly subsided but farmers in several parts of Irrawaddy delta said they are faced with fresh threats of the crabs ...
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At least 200 Karen villagers from eastern Burma's Karen State have been forced to flee to the Thai-Burmese border since early this month in apprehension of imminent war between two Karen ethnic rebel forces, sources said...
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In a strange move, Burma's Roadway Transport Supervision Committee has legally announced the rise of fares for express buses that are plying from Rangoon to other divisions and states...
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Several farmers Cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta's Bogale Township, said they are forced to reduce the use of fertilizers on their paddy fields to nearly half the quantity they usually used due to sky rocketing prices of fertilizer...
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The United Nations' Humanitarian Chief John Holmes on Monday admitted that about US $ 10 million of the funds provided by donors to help Burmese cyclone victims could have been lost due to the distorted money exchange mechanism followed by the military re...
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Sixteen of the world's largest insurance companies have been urged to stop trading in Burma, whose military rulers are infamous for their appalling human rights violation, a new report on Tuesday said...
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Burma's privately owned Kanbawza Bank on Tuesday denied rumours that the bank is closing down in the wake of panic withdrawals...
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The Burmese website of Mizzima News, a Burmese Independent News Agency based in New Delhi, has come under persistent and severe Distributed Denial of Services attack causing the website to become inaccessible since Sunday...
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The Censor Board of the Burmese Ministry of Information is at it again, clamping down on articles it has a distaste for. Now it has banned the publication of the July issue of 'Padaukpwinthit' magazine. The reason being it has writer 'Oway U Nyo Mya' as t...
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Rodents have been attacking crops in western Burma's Chin state resulting in severe food shortage and leading to a famine like situation in at least five townships, local residents said.
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Burmese private donors, volunteers, and social groups, during their first informal meeting on Monday, said there have not been enough support and funding to help the cyclone victims both during the emergency relief and during the reconstruction phase...
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US President George W. Bush is likely to meet Burmese activists during his trip to neighboring Thailand in early August, sources in Bangkok said...
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The Rangoon West District Special Court on Tuesday begun hearing the case of Nay Phone Latt, a Burmese youth arrested in early this year for posting free writings that promote the feelings of Burmese youths on his blog site.
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The Burmese military junta has sentenced 10 student activists, who were arrested during last year's September protests, to two years in prison with hard labour. They have been sent to labour camps, according to a political prisoners welfare group.
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