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Photo News - July 2009
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 18:18
Naw Ohn Hla, an ardent supporter of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was apprehended by authorities on Thursday night. Photo – Mizzima. The court in Insein prison on Friday postponed pronouncng  the verdict on Aung San Suu Kyi to August 11 and arrested scores of her supporters and party members. The Burmese-style Buddhist structure with seven-tiered, spire-like roof (Pja' Tha in Burmese) is located on the northern corner of Kolkata's popular Eden Gardens. Photo: Mizzima. The specimen of the Burmese ornamental architecture was brought from Prome in Burma in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor General of British India, to Calcutta and reconstructed on the site in Eden Gardens in 1856. The original wooden structure was said to have rotted away with the passage of time but has been restored and maintained well by India. An onion wholesale shop in Rangoon’s Bayintnaung trading centre on July 30, 3009. Photo – Mizzima. As onion prices skyrocketed this month, traders are gearing up to import onion from India and China, which were earlier trader’s destination for export.

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Photo News - June 2009
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Monday, 01 June 2009 12:27

Following the detection of A/H1N1 influenza virus case on a student, residents of Rangoon are seen increasingly using mask as prevention against the disease. Photo – Mizzima Following detection of the A(H1N1) - swine flu - virus in Rangoon, people are increasingly seen using medicated masks in order to protect themselves from the disease. Photo - Mizzima. Yangon United FC playing Magwe FC. Photo – Mizzima.
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Photo News - May 2009
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Friday, 01 May 2009 22:55
Indian politicians, activists and supporters joined hands with Burmese activists in a Seminar conducted in New Delhi in support of detained Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo - Mizzima Angry supporters of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday assembled in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok and held protest rallies condemning the ruling junta. Photo – Mizzima Angry supporters of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday assembled in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok and held protest rallies condemning the ruling junta. Photo – Mizzima
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Irrawaddy delta, one year after Nargis
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 13:49
7 miles from Bogalay, in Bogalay Township. A landscape of misery in Bogalay’s Township 7 miles from Bogalay, in Bogalay Township. A landscape of misery in Bogalay’s Township Seven miles from Bogalay, in Bogalay Township.  Construction material waiting to be used.
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Photo News - April 2009
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Friday, 03 April 2009 19:24
Security personnel once again resurface in Burma’s former capital Rangoon on Thursday, April 30, 2009. Photo – Mizzima. Security has been beefed up yet again in Rangoon, following the opposition party National League for Democracy’s “Shwegonedine Declaration”  issued on Wednesday. A miniature model of the expanded international airport in Burma’s jungle capital Naypyitaw, located far away from Burma’s commercial hub. Photo - Mizzima. Asia World Company, owned by one of ruling junta’s business cronies and Singapore-based CPG Consultant Pvt. Ltd have been contracted to carry out the expansion plan. The airport will be expanded in three-phases, and in the first phase it will include building terminals with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers a year.
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