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Vehicular and pedestrian traffic slows to a crawl on Mahabandoola Road in central Rangoon on Friday (May 28, 2010) after late-afternoon floods hit the city. Despite Kabaraye weather station rainfall readings of just 0.08 inches (2.02 millimetres) at 3:30 p.m., extensive flooding affected roads in downtown areas. Photo: Mizzima Transocean’s semi-submersible drilling rig, the Actinia, was last autumn contracted to drill in Burmese waters licensed to a consortium that includes Chinese energy exploration firm CNOOC and Singapore-registered firm China Focus Development (formerly known as Golden Aaron). The latter is owned by Burmese junta crony businessman and alleged narcotics money-launderer, Stephen Law (a.k.a. Tun Myint Naing). The 20th anniversary of the National League for Democracy's (NLD) 1990 election victory was celebrated at party vice chairman Tin Oo’s house on Thursday May 27, 2010. Photo: Mizzima. About 150 NLD party members attended.  According to Burma's new elections laws the party officially ceased to exsist on May 6th.  Following the NLD's landslide victory Burma's military junta refused to relinquish power and instead arrested the winning candidates. Burmese activists in India carrying the National League for Democracy flag, a picture of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a banner bearing the message, “Global Campaign Against Burma’s 2010 Military Elections – We want a real election, not a military one” celebrate the 20th anniversary of the landslide election victory by the NLD in 1990, in front of Jantar Mantar Park in New Delhi on May 27, 2010. They urged the Indian government to denounce the Burmese junta if it continued to deny political dialogue with opposition groups, including ethnic coalitions, and failed to release political prisoners including opposition leader and Nobel laureate Suu Kyi. Photo: Mizzima Scores of retailers recover goods from shops at Mingala wholesale market in Rangoon on Thursday, May 27, 2010, after fire ravaged the building for 33 hours from Monday morning. The blaze injured at least four people and gutted 845 shops. The divisional fire department estimated the total value of damage at 21 billion Kyats (about US$21 million). Photo: Mizzima Ladder trucks, several of the 70-odd fire engines used to bring the blaze at Mingala Market in Rangoon Division under control, are used to douse the smouldering fourth floor on Tuesday (May 25) just after noon. The fire department said it had removed explosive items from the top floor, which caught fire at 8:20 a.m. on Monday. Even so, the building was still producing a pall of smoke at 2:00 p.m. the next day. Firemen without breathing apparatuses work as noxious fumes billow from the top floor of the Mingala Market in Rangoon Division about 1 p.m. on Tuesday (May 25). The fire department dousing the still smouldering said it had removed explosive items from the fourth storey, which caught fire at 8:20 a.m. on Monday. Even so, the building was reportedly still producing a pall of smoke at 2:00 p.m. the next day. Hundreds of firemen battle a blaze at Mingala Market in Rangoon late on Monday night (May 24). The fire that started on the fourth floor and had been raging since 8:20 a.m. was brought under control only at midnight after reigniting when gas tanks in a fourth-floor restaurant exploded in the evening. Nearly 70 fire engines from Rangoon and more crews from Thanlyin, Hleku, Hmawbi, Titekyi and Pegu (Bago) townships were called in. A senior official from Rangoon Division Central Fire Department blamed narrow pathways in the building for firefighting difficulties but shop owners and a fireman cited the market’s inadequate fire-safety system, fire hydrants that lacked water and ladders that were too short. Photo: Mizzima Hundreds of firemen battle a blaze at Mingala Market in Rangoon late on Monday night (May 24). The fire that started on the fourth floor and had been raging since 8:20 a.m. was brought under control only at midnight after reigniting when gas tanks in a fourth-floor restaurant exploded in the evening. Nearly 70 fire engines from Rangoon and more crews from Thanlyin, Hleku, Hmawbi, Titekyi and Pegu (Bago) townships were called in. A senior official from Rangoon Division Central Fire Department blamed narrow pathways in the building for firefighting difficulties but shop owners and a fireman cited the market’s inadequate fire-safety system, fire hydrants that lacked water and ladders that were too short. Photo: Mizzima Hundreds of firemen battle a blaze at Mingala Market in Rangoon late on Monday night (May 24). The fire that started on the fourth floor and had been raging since 8:20 a.m. was brought under control only at midnight after reigniting when gas tanks in a fourth-floor restaurant exploded in the evening. Nearly 70 fire engines from Rangoon and more crews from Thanlyin, Hleku, Hmawbi, Titekyi and Pegu (Bago) townships were called in. A senior official from Rangoon Division Central Fire Department blamed narrow pathways in the building for firefighting difficulties but shop owners and a fireman cited the market’s inadequate fire-safety system, fire hydrants that lacked water and ladders that were too short. Photo: Mizzima Hundreds of firemen battle a blaze at Mingala Market in Rangoon late on Monday night (May 24). The fire that started on the fourth floor and had been raging since 8:20 a.m. was brought under control only at midnight after reigniting when gas tanks in a fourth-floor restaurant exploded in the evening. Nearly 70 fire engines from Rangoon and more crews from Thanlyin, Hleku, Hmawbi, Titekyi and Pegu (Bago) townships were called in. A senior official from Rangoon Division Central Fire Department blamed narrow pathways in the building for firefighting difficulties but shop owners and a fireman cited the market’s inadequate fire-safety system, fire hydrants that lacked water and ladders that were too short. Photo: Mizzima A fireman douses flames from atop a ladder of one of the 65 fire engines battling a blaze at a wholesale market in Mingala Taungnyunt Township in Rangoon at 9 p.m. on Monday, May 24, 2010. The blaze reignited when a fourth-floor restaurant’s gas bottles exploded. More crews were racing from as far away as Pegu Division, 50 miles (80 kilometres) away, to the fire that started at 8:20 a.m. It was still burning at 9:30 p.m. Photo: Mizzima Firefighters try to save people trapped in the fire in Mingala Market in Rangoon on Monday noon. Photo: Mizzima Firefighters try to save people trapped in the fire in Mingala Market in Rangoon on Monday noon. Photo: Mizzima Hundreds gather to watch the fire in the topmost storey of the Mingala Market in Rangoon on Monday morning Photo - Nelynnaung/Mizzima. The fire was said to have started in the top storey housing furniture shops at 8:20 am. Hundreds gather to watch the fire in the topmost storey of the Mingala Market in Rangoon on Monday morning Photo - Nelynnaung/Mizzima. The fire was said to have started in the top storey housing furniture shops at 8:20 am. Hundreds gather to watch the fire in the topmost storey of the Mingala Market in Rangoon on Monday morning Photo - Nelynnaung/Mizzima. The fire was said to have started in the top storey housing furniture shops at 8:20 am. Thakhin Soe Myint was cremated at the Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon at 11 am on May 22. Diplomats and political colleagues attended the funeral. The attendees, including members of the National League for Democracy sang the ‘Doh Bamar (We, Burma)’ song at the funeral, where about 500 people were present. Photo: Mizzima/Rangoon. Soe Myint, NLD leader, a veteran freedom fighter, activist, politician and colleague of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died in Rangoon on May 20 at the age of 87. Thakhin Soe Myint was cremated at the Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon at 11 am on May 22. Diplomats and political colleagues attended the funeral. The attendees, including members of the National League for Democracy sang the ‘Doh Bamar (We, Burma)’ song at the funeral, where about 500 people were present. Photo: Mizzima/Rangoon. Soe Myint, NLD leader, a veteran freedom fighter, activist, politician and colleague of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died in Rangoon on May 20 at the age of 87. Thakhin Soe Myint was cremated at the Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon at 11 am on May 22. Diplomats and political colleagues attended the funeral. The attendees, including members of the National League for Democracy sang the ‘Doh Bamar (We, Burma)’ song at the funeral, where about 500 people were present. Photo: Mizzima/Rangoon. Soe Myint, NLD leader, a veteran freedom fighter, activist, politician and colleague of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died in Rangoon on May 20 at the age of 87. Thakhin Soe Myint was cremated at the Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon at 11 am on May 22. Diplomats and political colleagues attended the funeral. The attendees, including members of the National League for Democracy sang the ‘Doh Bamar (We, Burma)’ song at the funeral, where about 500 people were present. Photo: Mizzima/Rangoon. Soe Myint, NLD leader, a veteran freedom fighter, activist, politician and colleague of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died in Rangoon on May 20 at the age of 87. Hundreds of onlookers gather to watch as a heavier crane is brought in to salvage cars and the logs that crushed them after a timber truck lost its load on a downhill stretch of Maha Bandula Bridge in the southeastern Rangoon township of Dawbon, at 11 a.m. on May 20. At least three people were killed in the accident. Photo: Mizzima Rescue crews use a crane to recover a wrecked car, crushed by falling logs after a timber truck lost its load on a downhill stretch of Maha Bandula Bridge in the southeastern Rangoon township of Dawbon, at 11 a.m. on May 20. At least three people died in the accident. Photo: Mizzima A woman carries Burma padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) flowers away from a market in Rangoon on May 20, 2010. Although the padauk usually blossoms in April during the traditional water festival, its late bloom this year is seen as a sign of the late monsoon. Photo: Mizzima Vendors display fruit and flowers, including the Burma padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus), at Shan Lan Market in Rangoon early on Thursday (May 20, 2010). After scattered incidences of rain across Burma in the past few days, residents are enjoying cooler temperatures and the padauk tree is beginning to bloom, signalling the monsoon and possible relief from a drought that has hit at least 180 villages in lower and central regions. Photo: Mizzima A villager carries water donated by private charities in Dala Township, which is bearing the heavy burden of severe water shortages, on May 16, 2010. Most wells and ponds have dried up in the town across the river from central Rangoon, in a drought that has left more than 10,000 of the area’s villagers,  who usually rely on stored rainwater, dependent on donated water for drinking and hygiene needs. Meteorologists blame a heatwave and a late monsoon for the crisis that has hit lower and central Burma, but some environmentalists say deforestation is chiefly responsible. Photo: Mizzima A youth carries water donated by private charities in Dala Township, which is bearing the heavy burden of severe water shortages, on May 16, 2010. Most wells and ponds have dried up in the town across the river from central Rangoon, in a drought that has left more than 10,000 of the area’s villagers,  who usually rely on stored rainwater,  dependent on donated water for drinking and hygiene needs. Meteorologists blame a heatwave and a late monsoon for the crisis that has hit lower and central Burma, but some environmentalists say deforestation is chiefly responsible. Photo: Mizzima Passers-by inspect a tree that toppled in a gale in Monywa, Sagaing Division, at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Heavy wind and rain from the storm felled many trees and lamp posts, and damaged houses in the city 84 miles (136 kilometres) northwest of Mandalay. The rainstorms in upper and western Burma are a stark contrast to the severe drought in central and lower regions, which are still suffering serve water shortages. Photo: Mizzima Rangoon residents take in a rare moment as the alignment of the moon and the evening star, Venus, draws them close in Rangoon’s sky at around 7p.m. on May 16. People’s interest was probably piqued because of the traditional Burmese myth that if the evening star comes close to the moon, world war is imminent. Some local residents believe the maxim so they told each other of their fears the world would end soon. Photo: Mizzima/Rangoon Rangoon residents take in a rare moment as the alignment of the moon and the evening star, Venus, draws them close in Rangoon’s sky at around 7p.m. on May 16. People’s interest was probably piqued because of the traditional Burmese myth that if the evening star comes close to the moon, world war is imminent. Some local residents believe the maxim so they told each other of their fears the world would end soon. Photo: Mizzima/Rangoon Scores of people wait for water to be delivered by charities in Dala Township, across the river from central Rangoon, on May 14. Twenty-three quarters in the town are suffering serve water shortages amid a crisis affecting at least 180 villages across lower and central Burma. Meteorologists say a late monsoon and record high temperatures are to blame. Photo: Mizzima Scores of people wait for water to be delivered by charities in Dala Township, across the river from central Rangoon, on May 14. Twenty-three quarters in the town are suffering serve water shortages amid a crisis affecting at least 180 villages across lower and central Burma. Meteorologists say a late monsoon and record high temperatures are to blame. Photo: Mizzima A farmer (far right) on May 14 inspects a dried-up reservoir on the west side of Kyeesu village near the Pegu (Bago) River, Dagon Seikkan Township, Rangoon. More than 50 families in villages across the township, most of them farmers, fishermen and day-labourers, are having great difficulty in getting water and have received none of the donations similar villages have benefited from amid the water-shortage crisis plaguing lower and central Burma. Weather bureau officials have blamed a late monsoon and unusually high temperatures for the crisis. Photo: Mizzima A farmer (far right) on May 14 inspects a dried-up reservoir on the west side of Kyeesu village near the Pegu (Bago) River, Dagon Seikkan Township, Rangoon. More than 50 families in villages across the township, most of them farmers, fishermen and day-labourers, are having great difficulty in getting water and have received none of the donations similar villages have benefited from amid the water-shortage crisis plaguing lower and central Burma. Weather bureau officials have blamed a late monsoon and unusually high temperatures for the crisis. Photo: Mizzima Scores of people await drinking water delivered by charities at Naung Pattaya village, Waw Township, Pegu Division on May 13. A severe water shortage has affected 70,000 people in that division alone as health risks extend to an outbreak of diarrhoea. Social work groups in the affected states and divisions blame the government for failing to assist people facing shortages in at least 180 villages across lower and central Burma. Photo: Mizzima A charity vehicle distributing donated water makes a delivery to the victims of severe water shortages in Dala Township, across the river from Burma’s commercial capital, Rangoon, on May 13. Charities and activists have criticised the military government for failing to act over the severe lack of water for drinking and hygiene needs across several divisions and states, brought on by a late monsoon and very high temperatures. Photo: Mizzima Boats near Inle Lake in Nyaung Shwe in Southern Shan State become marooned as the channel to Burma’s second-largest lake dries up on May 13. The town serves as a marina for the numerous long boats that carry tourists to the lake. Very high temperatures and a late monsoon have led to severe water shortages across the country, especially in Rangoon, Irrawaddy and Pegu Divisions, and in Mon State. Photo: Mizzima Passers-by and a traffic policeman linger around the entrance to the five-day electronic goods exhibition in the precincts of Taunggyi City Hall in Shan State. Despite being held in Burma’s fourth largest city by population, low attendance has hit the fair in the state’s capital. Photo: Mizzima Passers-by and a traffic policeman linger around the entrance to the five-day electronic goods exhibition in the precincts of Taunggyi City Hall in Shan State. Despite being held in Burma’s fourth largest city by population, low attendance has hit the fair in the state’s capital. Photo: Mizzima A dried-up lake in Dala Township, across the river from Rangoon, bakes in the Sun on May 11 amid a continuing drought brought on by a late monsoon and higher than average temperatures. Residents are critical of local authorities for failing to act over severe water shortages in the area. Photo: Mizzima Kurt Campbell (right), the United States assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, meets Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (centre) at a government guest house in Rangoon on Monday, May 10, 2010. The US envoy had earlier in the day expressed his concern over the junta’s unfair laws governing political parties and elections in a meeting with Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy executive members. Local and foreign journalists, denied access to a meeting today between US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs Kurt Campbell and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, wait outside the state guest house in Rangoon. The junta rejected access even for journalists from state newspapers and television, a move critics say is a bid to suppress Ms. Suu Kyi’s public profile. Photo: Mizzima A man wearing a T-shirt bearing the message 'Free Aung San Suu Kyi' attends the funeral of right-wing politician Ye Htun – who died aged 73 – at Yayway Cemetery in Rangoon on Sunday. Foreign diplomats, colleagues and friends from the literary community were also present. Photo: Mizzima Brightly coloured  NLD signboards remain at the NLD headquarters in Shwegondine Street, Rangoon on May 7, 2010. Photo: Mizzima. According to the political party registration law, NLD, which has not re-registered, ceased to be a political entity after May 6, but Aung San Suu Kyi had ordered the party not to remove the signboards. Police Chief Khin Yi accuses the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors of the alleged grenade attack during New Year’s celebrations in Rangoon last month, at a press conference at police headquarters in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, on Thursday, May 6, 2010. He alleged that a construction engineer with links to the militia was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the bombings on April 15 that killed 10 people and injured 170. Photo: Mizzima. Children of political prisoners await scholarships from Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, during a ceremony at party headquarters on Wednesday, May 5. The function to distribute the educational aid was the last gathering for the NLD as a party entity before its forced dissolution under the junta’s electoral laws. Photo: Mizzima. A woman passes a generator in downtown Rangoon on Wednesday May 5, 2010. Photo: Mizzima. Though Burma's Power Ministry has promised more electricity from May, severe power cuts are bringing on untold suffering for residents.

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