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Despite surviving deadly Cyclone Nargis, which ravaged Burma's Southwestern coastal area six months ago, survivors say they are faced with a new threat – a shortage of clean water....
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At least 30 youth members from Burma's primary opposition party – National League for Democracy – on Friday arrived at the party's head office in hope of hearing the news that detained party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi would be released....
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An outpost of a Karen rebel group fighting for autonomy was seized today by a joint operation conducted by a rival Karen faction and government troops. Following a two-day Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) assault, backed up by government troops, the ...
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An outpost of a Karen rebel group fighting for autonomy was seized today by a joint operation conducted by a rival Karen faction and government troops....
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Nine Burmese student activists, recently sentenced to six months imprisonment, were on Friday transferred from Insein prison in Rangoon to Ma U Pin prison in Irrawaddy Division....
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Burma's Food and Drug Authority (FDA), under the Ministry of Health, said it is continuing laboratory tests of food items, including popular instant coffee mixes, for the presence of an industrial chemical, having previously declared 16 milk powder brands...
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Mizzima recently received a secret document detailing the Information Minister's discussion with other ministries regarding the censorship, control and distribution of information regarding government offices....
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Two defense lawyers who are representing National League for Democracy (NLD) members were sentenced today by the Northern District Court to six month prison terms for "interrupting judicial proceedings"....
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The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said it is distributing 706 draught buffaloes to farmers in cyclone hit regions of Burma in order to help them till their lands in preparation for the next cultivation season....
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Activists have accused a symposium on 'Burma Affairs' held in Belgium in recognition of 'Burma Day' of substantially ignoring human rights violations committed by the Burmese junta....
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Nine of Burma's detained student leaders, popularly known as the 88 generation students, have been sentenced to six months of imprisonment today, on charges that they had defied court orders....
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Nine of Burma's detained student leaders, popularly known as the 88 generation students, have been sentenced to six months of imprisonment today, on charges that they had defied court orders....
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(Feature) Myo Aung (name changed) had barely completed three months of military training when family members came to collect him from an army camp in which he unfortunately landed after straying away from home more than three months ago....
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The 2008 ASEAN Summit, which will include delegates from Burma, is to be held in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai in December. Previously, the 14th ASEAN summit was scheduled to be held in the capital city of Bangkok, but the location has now been...
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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said disaster risk reduction and disaster management should be a key component in the process of recovery for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma....
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Two cases of robbery took place within the past three days along busy Shwegondine Street in Rangoon's Bahan Township, near the office of Burma's main political opposition party – National League for Democracy....
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Three veteran politicians are likely to attend the Hong Kong Burma Affairs meeting this coming December. The three in question are anti-colonial freedom fighters Thakin Hla Kun, Thakin Tin Mya and Shan ethnic leader U Shwe Ohn. ...
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(Feature) Ma Phyu was a familiar figure in the Burmese community of Ruili, China, commonly found passing the time by munching betel along the streets. But then one day she was no longer there, and two weeks afterward the truth was found out – Ma Phyu wa...
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Burma's Foreign Minister Nyan Win's historic visit to North Korea indicates that the isolated Southeast Asian nation is on the look-out for friendly nations, that share similar ideologies, an analyst said....
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The Human Rights Watch on Monday called on consumers to support a new United States law by refusing to buy jewellery unless they ensured that their gems were not from Burma....
