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For the first time Burma's state-run newspaper has issued a warning to avoid the use of potentially tainted milk as it can cause severe health damage, particularly to children......
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Veteran Burmese politician Thakhin Thein Pe, age 93, has reportedly been admitted to 'Asia Royal' hospital at about 9 p.m. on Monday as he was suffering from high blood pressure, family sources said......
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Speaking in New York before the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win delivered a stern rebuke to the perceived legality and morality of a "unilateral" sanctions policy in a discourse clearly aimed at depicting Burma...
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Congregating at the highest level since its formation in December 2007, Saturday's meeting of the "Group of Friends on Burma" yet again showcased the deep divides that run between interested parties in assisting to chart a path forward for the conflict ri...
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Burma's authorities have released three of the nine National League for Democracy (NLD) youth members who were arrested on Saturday while on their way to attend the party's 20th anniversary ceremony......
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Manchester United star Ryan Giggs has been requested to share the Salford City freedom award with Burma's detained pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, after a row broke out over the councillor's decision......
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Over 40 endangered plant and animal species found in the Salween River in eastern Burma will become extinct if the ruling junta goes ahead with its construction of hydropower dams, a new environmental report said......
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The United Nations General Assembly has rejected an appeal by Burma's elected members of parliament in the 1990 general elections to replace the ruling junta's representatives at the World Body, the UN said on Friday......
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The secretly distributed minutes of a meeting chaired by the Burmese Ministry of Home Affairs indicate that the Burmese junta, which has ruled the country for over four decades, will seek a closer relationship with China in the face of growing, U.S.-led, ...
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At least 35 members of Burma's Opposition party the National League or Democracy have begun marching towards detained party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi', residence at 9:30 a.m (local time), sources said......
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Burmese pro-democracy groups and activists from various places around the world on Friday, September 26, observed the first anniversary of the military government's bloody crackdown on peaceful demonstrations......
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Rangoon general hospital's emergency ward said while there were no death, it has receives four injured from the blast in front of the City Hall, opposite the Bandoola Park......
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the Burmese junta's release of a handful of political prisoners on Tuesday, while calling on the country's military rulers to extend the same right to all those being held behind bars on grounds of...
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(Interview) Mizzima reporter Phanida interviewed the man who stepped out of prison in prison uniform, who refused to sign the bond pledging not to be involved in politics, who refused to be released on grounds of age and poor health, who wanted to be rele...
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Captain Win Htein, a member of Burma's opposition party – National League for Democracy – who was among those prisoners freed on Tuesday from Katha Prison in Northern Burma, was reportedly re-arrested on Wednesday morning, according to a NLD spokesper...
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The preceding year saw public corruption further cement itself in the fabric of Burmese society, according to the latest annual survey by Transparency International......
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Burma's Health Ministry has began conducting a surprise check on Chinese-made milk powders in wholesale markets and are reportedly seizing them as China continues to struggle to overcome the milk scandal, that has caused kidney stone in Children ......
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A new survey on the foreign policy priorities of prospective American voters ahead of November's Presidential election reveals majority support for engaging in dialogue with leaders of foreign countries whose administrations are familiarly characterized a...
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Ashin Gambira, facing trial, felt unwell during his last appearance in court, his defence counsel U Khin Maung Shein said. Leader of last September's Saffron Revolution, Ashin Gambira was not feeling ......
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Cancel your December trip to Burma now Mr. Ban. Or at least, don't undertake the trip in the belief that a fruitful discussion on big picture politics is remotely possible. As proven during the course of the now completed fourth trip to the conflict-stric...
