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Rangoon Region Chief Minister Myint Swe, right, gives traditional dramatic performer Sein Mar Din, the chairman of the Myanmar Traditional Dramatic Performance Association, two million kyat (about US$ 2,000) at a ceremony to recognize elderly Burmese traditional dramatic performers held in City Hall in Rangoon on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. The funds were donated by the government and private donors. Photo: Mizzima Minister for Development Affairs of Rangoon Region and Rangoon Mayor Hla Myint gives money to an elderly Burmese traditional dramatic performer at a ceremony to honour traditional dramatic performers at City Hall in Rangoon on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Government employees and private donors contributed the funds. Photo: Mizzima An undated picture of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. An article by her for a local Burmese journal has been censored, and she has decided not to publish the article. Photo: Mizzima Patent law expert Aung Soe Oo speaks at a ceremony to form a committee to protect deceased writer Paragu’s books from copyright infringement  held in the City Star Hotel in Rangoon on Monday, August 29. Aung Soe Oo is a legal adviser to the committee. Photo: Mizzima The Myit Myat Irrawaddy Social Network held its fourth blood donation ceremony at Kantakkone Masoeyain Monastery in South Yemon Quarter in Mahaaungmyay Township, Mandalay Region, on Wednesday, August 24. Monks from Pyinoolwin and Mandalay donated about 500 units of blood. Photo: Mizzima On Thursday, the last day of a five-day visit to Burma, the United Nations human rights special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana speaks to the media. An outspoken critic of the Burmese government over human rights violations, he said he welcomed the new government's stated commitments to reform. However, he expressed his concern about reports of human rights violations in ethnic area where a civil war is underway, and he reiterated his call to release all political prisoners. Photo: Mizzima UN special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana reads from a statement at Burma's international airport before his departure from the country on Thursday. Photo: Mizzima Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN special envoy on human rights in Burma, surrounded by the press as he reads a statement on Thursday, the last day of his five-day visit to engage the new government, talk to opposition leaders and inspect Insein Prison. Photo: Mizzima A large tree opposite the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters on Shwegondine Road in Bahan Township in Rangoon fell in front of a truck on Thursday, August 25. The driver and a female passenger were slightly injured. The tree was located at the back of a tea shop that police usually use to monitor the activities of NLD members. Photo: Mizzima Workers begin to cut up a tree and remove it from the road opposite the NLD headquarters in Rangoon on Thursday, August 25. The tree fell from natural causes. Photo: Mizzima A tree fell in front of a pickup on the road near  NLD headquarters in Rangoon on Thursday, August 25. Workers clean up debris. Photo: Mizzima A large tree at the back of a tea shop used by police to observe the headquarters of the National League for Democracy fell on Thursday, August 25, blocking the road. Workers remove the debris. Photo: Mizzima UN special envoy on human rights Tomas Ojea Quintana and Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 24. Photo: Mizzima Tomas Ojea Quintana prepares to speak with the media in the home of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday, August 24, after a one hour meeting. Photo: Mizzima Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to the Rangoon media after a meeting with UN human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana in her home in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 24. Photo: Mizzima Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations human rights envoy to Burma, after their meeting at her home in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 24.  Quintana will submit  a human rights report to the UN General Assembly in September. Photo: Mizzima UN special envoy on human rights Tomas Ojea Quintana leaves the home of Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 24, after meeting with the opposition leader for about one hour. Photo: Mizzima A view of a joint session of the Burmese Parliament on Wednesday. On Tuesday, in reply to an MP’s question, Health Minister Dr. Pe Thet Khin said that his ministry had received a very small health budget––about 43 percent of its essential needs. Photo: Mizzima Tomas Ojea Quintana, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, meets with Upper House Speaker and Union Assembly Speaker Khin Aung Myint in Naypyitaw on Tuesday. Quintana will go to Rangoon on Wednesday to meet with Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He will also inspect Insein Prison in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima UN human rights special rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana meets with the speaker of  the Burmese Lower House Thura Shwe Mann at Naypyitaw on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. The UN envoy will go to Rangoon on Wednesday to meet  opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and to visit Insein Prison. Burma has an estimated 1,995 political prisoners. Photo: Mizzima The entrance to Tatmadaw Hall, the site of the Monsoon ICT Fair in Rangoon, on Sunday afternoon, August 21, 2011. The Myanmar Computer Federation organized the three-day fair that ended Sunday. The fair attracted a large turnout, according to a company official. Photo: Mizzima Visitors snap up discounted computers and accessories at the Monsoon ICT Fair in Rangoon on Sunday. Photo: Mizzima A sales person describes a computer to  a potential customer at the Monsoon ICT fair on Sunday afternoon in Rangoon. The Burmese kyat has strengthened  on the foreign exchange rate lowering the price of electronic equipment. Photo: Mizzima A model displays a small laptop computer at the Monsoon ICT Fair on Sunday in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Dr. Myint, an adviser to Burmese President Thein Sein, and National League for Democracy General-Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi. Photos: Mizzima. Economic adviser Dr. Myint and Suu Kyi listen to a discussion at a three-day economic forum in Naypyitaw. Photos: Mizzima. Suu Kyi, Dr. Myint and two unidentified guests at a dinner. Photos: Mizzima. Suu Kyi and Dr. Myint, an economic adviser to President Thein Sein, at a theee-day forum on economic development in Naypyitaw, the captial.  Photos: Mizzima. Suu Kyi is introduced to members of the economic forum by Dr. Myint, back to the camera, an adviser to Burmese President Thein Sein. Photos: Mizzima. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a high-level governmental workshop forum on economic development in Naypyitaw, which took place  from August 18-20. Photos: Mizzima. Aung San Suu Kyi, left, and Burmese President Thein Sein during their first-ever meeting on Friday in Naypyitaw, the capital. Photo: MRTV4 A state-run television network showed video of Burmese President Thein Sein and the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw on Friday in their first-ever meeting. Photo: MRTV4. Suu Kyi and Thein Sein reportedly found common ground for the benefit of the people while setting aside differences. They met at the president's house at 4 p.m., according to reports. This undated handout picture released by Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on August 17, 2011 shows Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, right, meeting with a DPP delegation in Rangoon. Taiwan's main opposition party said its top officials paid a rare visit to Burma's democracy icon Suu Kyi, who praised the role of women in the island's politics. AFP PHOTO / DPP Suu Kyi at the opening of the Aung San Jarmon library in Thanatpin, Pegu. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo paying homage to at the Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Pegu at 7:50 a.m., Sunday, August 14, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi pays homage to the Abbot of Sasana Mandine Pali University Monastery in Pegu at 8:10 a.m., Sunday, August 14, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi at the Aung San Jarmon Library in Thanatpin at around 9:00 a.m., Sunday, August 14, 2011. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister Aung Kyi following their second meeting at a government guesthouse in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister Aung Kyi following their second meeting at a government guesthouse in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi and Minister Aung Kyi following their second meeting at a government guesthouse in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Information Minister Kyaw San speaks to journalists at the first press conference of the central government in Naypyitaw on Friday, August 12, 2011. The controversial Myitsone Dam hydropower project was the centre of discussion. Observers said that the minister shed tears after answering questions about the project. Photo: MIzzima Rising water reaches the Pegu (Bago) train station on Thursday, August 11, 2011. The town has been hit by the worst flooding in 30 years, and several thousand people have fled their homes. Pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to travel to the troubled town on Sunday. Photo: Mizzima People dance inside a shrine to spirits on Tuesday, August 9, the first day of the Taungpyone spirit festival. During the six-day traditional festival, Taungpyone in central Burma was crowded with pilgrims and spirit-mediums. The organizers believe that taking part in the ceremonies can make people richer. Photo: Mizzima On Monday, August 8, Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes part in a ceremony at the Sadu Monastery in Kyimyindaing Township in Rangoon, marking the 23rd anniversary of the “8888” pro-democracy uprising.  The nationwide anti-government uprising led to a  bloody coup, in which the military killed at least 3,000 people. Photo: Mizzima The Sadu Monastery abbot in Kyimyindaing Township in Rangoon delivers a talk to Aung San Suu Kyi, members of political parties and activists on Monday, August 8, 2011. Student-monks listen to a Buddhist sermon on the Internet at Sukha Tite (Sukha Monastery) Buddhist University in Mandalay. The university provides 700 students access to a Web site called 'Dhamma Web Portal: Dhamma Server Delivering Buddhist Sermons.' Photo: Mizzima More than 700 student-monks at Sukha Tite (Sukha Monastery) Buddhist University in Mandalay can access an Internet Web site called 'Dhamma Web Portal' to hear Buddhist sermons. Photo: Mizzima Many municipal workers, in blue shirts, are posted around Rangoon to launch a crackdown on roadside vendors. Despite a ban on roadside selling, many vendors are still doing business because the new locations arranged by the Rangoon Municipality are not good for business. Photo: Mizzima Municipal workers in Rangoon, in blue shirts, prepare for a roadside vendor crackdown. There are more than 49,000 roadside vendors in the Rangoon municipal area. Most of the vendors in the downtown area come from townships on the outskirts of Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Representatives from five ethnic parties: the Chin National Party, All Mon Region Democracy Party, Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party, Shan Nationalities Democratic Party aka White Tiger Party and Rakhine Nationalities Development Party in front of the White Tiger Party office in Rangoon after a meeting on Wednesday, August 3, 2011. The five parties urged the central government to form a peacemaking committee in ethnic areas. Photo: NBF Well-known artist Rahular died of throat cancer  on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at his home in Mingun. He had suffered from throat cancer since last year. His body will be cremated at 3 p.m. on Monday. Photo: Mizzima Rahular was painting until he died, friends said. He also had a lending library and held public readings. Photo: Mizzima


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