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Photo News - February 2011

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A queue of motor cycles, waiting to buy petrol, are seen outside a private fuel station in Mandalay on Monday, February 28, 2011. Along with hikes in fuel prices in the world market, the prices of fuel in the local black market have increased too, prompting more people to buy petrol from legal, private fuel stations which have to sell petrol at a price fixed by the authorities. Photo: Mizzima Debris litters the area after a bomb blast at the Aungzayya Housing Complex in Insein Township in Rangoon on Sunday, January 27, 2011. Eight people including the bomber were injured. Photo: Mizzima Guy Ryder, the deputy director general of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), meets with Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home on University Avenue in Rangoon on Friday, February 25, 2011. Ryder is in Burma to sign a one-year extension of an agreement with the Burmese junta to maintain an ILO office to handle citizens’ complaints involving forced labour. Photo: Mizzima Ross Dunkley, the founder of The Myanmar Times, is seen here before he entered Kamaryut township court on Thursday. Dunkley was originally arrested for immigration violations but now faces five criminal charges. Photo: Mizzima The former office of the Immigration and Manpower Department (next to Rangoon City Hall) is undergoing major renovation. Many old government office buildings, mostly built during the British colonial era, are being renovated by private construction companies. Currently, the Ministers’ Office building, the Hotel and Tourism office building, the Immigration and Manpower Department building, the Myanmar Oil and Natural Gas building and the Border Trade Office building are all undergoing improvements. Photo: Mizzima A perennial tourist destination is Bagan, the ancient temple complex south of Mandalay. However, tour companies say less than 10 percent of visiting tourists join organised tour groups, which makes for low revenues. Photo: Mizzima Tourists inspect lacquer ware in a shop in Bagan, on February 16, 2011. To attract tourists, in the past Burma issued visas on arrival at Rangoon and Mandalay International airports. However, since September 2010 the policy of visas on arrival was canceled prior to the elections, and it has not been renewed. Photo: Mizzima Mindap Township in Mindap District in Chin State was the site of the 63rd Chin National Day on  February 20, 2011, which has been observed as Chin National Day since 1951 when the Burmese regime took power. Photos: Mizzima A group of  ethnic Chin men in their colorful traditional dress with bird-feather headdresses. Photos: Mizzima Traditional dances performed at the 63rd Chin National Day held in Mindap on February 20, 2011. Led by a drummer, the dancers form a long line which weaves around the grounds decorated with Chin designs and symbols. Photos: Mizzima Three men with shields perform a mock battle dance. Then Prime Minister U Nu attended the first Chin National Day held in Mindap on February 20, 1951. Photos: Mizzima Two Chin elders in traditional dress. Photos : Mizzima The imprisoned Australian publisher Ross Dunkley, in white shirt, in a file photo taken in 2007 at Laisho Township during a media event in Burma publicising the capture of a large quantity of heroin. Dunkley, charged with an immigration offense, is being held in Insein Prison. Associates say that he is also involved in a dispute with a Burmese co-owner of the Myanmar Times. Two lions mount a car in the Safari Garden, a new zoo in Naypyidaw, which opened on Burma’s Union Day on Saturday, February 12. It is located on  98 acres with more than 200 species on display including kangaroos, ostriches, African deer, lions, tigers, rhinoceroses, giraffes, zebras and donkeys from countries around the world. Photo: Mizzima Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi with ethnic group members at the 64th Union Day ceremony held at NLD headquarters on Saturday, February 12, 2011. (Photo: Mizzima) Suu Kyi delivers a speech focusing on unity and the rule of law. (Photo: Mizzima) Ethnic group members at the 64th anniversary Union Day ceremony held at NLD headquarters on February 12, 2011. (Photo: Mizzima) Ethnic dances and performances were a big part of the Union Day ceremonies at NLD headquarters. (Photo: Mizzima) Burmese pro-democracy activists stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, on Friday, February 11, 2011, for the release of 34 ethnic Arakanese and Karen who have been detained in India for 13 years. The 34 detainees were arrested on Landfall Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago in Indian maritime territory by Indian authorities on February 11, 1998. (Photo: Mizzima) More than 100 Burmese ethnic leaders, Thai academics and observers attended a forum titled “Panglong Agreement and Social Changes Inside Burma” organised by Amnesty International (Thailand), the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma, the Asean Inter-parliamentary Myanmar Caucus, the People Empowerment Foundation and Friends of Burma in Bangkok on Thursday, February 10. The event also included a photo show and a showing of the documentary “The Prison Where I Live” in honour of the  Burmese  comedian Zarganar. Photo: Mizzima National League for Democracy General-Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi walks to the NLD headquarters in Bahan Township, Rangoon, on Tuesday before a meeting with young people from across the country during which she urged them to study the weaknesses of Burma's judicial system. Photo: Mizzima National League for Democracy General-Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with young people from around the country, urging them to study the weaknesses of Burma's judicial system, during a meeting in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Two dancers in a Chinese lion-costume walk on a rope in a traditional Chinese lion-dance competition on Sinohdan Road, Latha Township, in Rangoon on Thursday, January 3,  as part of Chinese New Year’s. Photo: Mizzima During Chinese lion dance performances, dancers carry out intricate moves and acrobatic feats. Only two people are needed to perform the lion-dance, but a dance troupe can comprise 20 to 60 dancers. Photo: Mizzima A woman inspects a rabbit figurine at a souvenir shop prior to Chinese New Year in Latha Township in Rangoon on February 1, 2011. The new year begins on February 3, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A sign advertises Myanmar Beer above Chinese traditional snack shops prior to Chinese New Year in Latha Township in Rangoon on February 1, 2011. 2010 was the Year of the Tiger. Photo: Mizzima Vendors display Chinese traditional snacks in Latha Township in Rangoon on February 1, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Food, souvenirs and snacks are on display to celebrate the Chinese New Year in  Latha Township in Rangoon on February 1, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

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