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Photo News - April 2011

Monday, 04 April 2011 17:38
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Ross Dunkley, the Australian cofounder of the Myanmar Times newspaper, appeared for his eighth court hearing in Kamayut Township in Rangoon on Wednesday, April 27. However, the prosecutor failed to appear for the hearing and the judge scheduled another hearing for May 6. Photos: Mizzima Dunkley works his cell phone after the prosecutor failed to appear. He is charged with violating the Immigration Act, assaulting a Burmese woman and holding her against her will. Photos: Mizzima Dunkley, who owns 49 percent of the Myanmar Times, was held for more than one month in the notorious Insein Prison in Rangoon. Photos: Mizzima Polythene bags were banned in Rangoon starting on April 22. Manufacturers producing the bags and vendors and others using the bags can be fined. Shops violating the ban could have their license suspended. The photo shows plastic bags in use at a roadside shop in Tamwe Township in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima A changing of the colors: Rangoon City Hall has been repainted white. In early April, the historical structure was renovated and painted yellow. Photo: Mizzima Retail booths called ‘Media Corners’ (in background) are being built by the Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association in six townships in Rangoon. The media corners will sell newspapers, magazines, books, phone cards and computer accessories.   Photo: Mizzima Students at 'Mom's Home', a free elementary school in Hlaingtharyar Township in Rangoon, take part in a prayer ceremony on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in recognition of the tsunami victims in Japan and earthquake victims in Burma. Organizers aid the event was meant to encourage students to have sympathy for those suffering from natural disasters. Photo: Mizzima National League for Democracy general secretary Aung San Suu Kyi gives alms to monks at Pannitayama Monastery in Bahan Township in Rangoon on Monday, April 10.  Suu Kyi sponsored five young NLD young members to temporarily become Buddhist monks to mark the traditional Water Festival. Photo: MIzzima Suu Kyi and central executive committee member Win Tin, left, give alms to monks at  Pannitayama Monastery in Bahan Township. Photo: MIzzima NLD leaders Tin Oo,  Suu Kyi, Win Htein and Win Tin pay homage to  monks at Pannitayama Monastery in Bahan Township in Rangoon on April 10, 2011. Photo: MIzzima A visitor looks at cartoons at an exhibition in Lawkanat Hall in Rangoon on Friday, April 8, to raise funds to honor 15 Burmese cartoonists. The exhibition, Friday to Tuesday, is made up of 134 cartoons, representing 25 cartoonists. Photo : Mizzima Outside Insein Prison in Rangoon female prisoners, on right, await newly ordained monks to offer alms on Friday, April 8, 2011. The Prison Administrative Department also held a fourth ordination ceremony in which a total of 133 people including 32 newly released male prisoners and male family members of the the department temporarily became  Buddhist monks. Photo: Mizzima Family members of the prison department await to give alms to monks outside Insein Prison in Rangoon on Friday, April 8, 2011. Photo: Mizzima A photo taken on Monday, April 8, shows Singapore’s monthly lottery tickets can be illegally bought in Rangoon. The price of one ticket is 2,500 kyat (US $2.90). Winning numbers are announced the first Wednesday of each month. The first prize is 1.5 billion kyat (about US $1.7 million). Photo: Mizzima Workmen are now renovating Rangoon City Hall. Rangoon Regional Municipal Minister Hla Myint, a retired ambassador, has given municipal officials instructions to renovate old government buildings and to make the city on a par with international standards. Photo: Mizzima Workmen are now renovating Rangoon City Hall. Rangoon Regional Municipal Minister Hla Myint, a retired ambassador, has given municipal officials instructions to renovate old government buildings and to make the city on a par with international standards. Photo: Mizzima Thein Nyunt, a National Democratic Force (NDF) MP from the Thingangyun Township Constituency, discusses the historic first session of Parliament at a press conference at the NDF office of Thingangyun Township in Rangoon on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Photo: Mizzima MP Thein Nyunt speaks at a press conference attended by about 50 people including foreign and local journalists on Saturday, April 2, 2011.  Appearing with Lower House MP Thein Nyunt  were MP  Phone Myint Aung of the Upper House;  Kyaw (a representative of the Rangoon legislature, Thingangyun Constituency 1 ); and San San Myint (a representative of the Rangoon legislature, Thingangyun Constituency 2). Photo: Mizzima A participant asks a question in the NDF press conference  on Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the NDF office of Thingangyun Township in Rangoon. Thein Nyunt, a member of the Lower House, offered to help people in Thingangyun Township who are having problems with the government. Photo: Mizzima A constituent in Thingangyun Township makes a statement at the press conference. Photo: Mizzima The first issue of The Myawaddy Daily, a daily newspaper published by the army, hit the streets in Rangoon on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Media observers say more newspapers and other media are likely to appear under the new government formed in March.  Photo: Mizzima

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