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Special lighting in the area around the main stupa at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima A man identified as Okahashi,  who allegdedly slapped a female staff member of a hotel in late January, in front of Pazundaung Township Court in Rangoon on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, after the prosecutor filed a petition to request the assault case be transferred to another court. Photo: Mizzima Hostels built for Chinese workers near the Myitsone Dam site were photographed in January 2012. The Myitsone Dam project in Kachin State was suspended by Burmese President Thein Sein in September 2011. Photo: Mizzima National League for Democracy [NLD] chairman Aung San Suu Kyi campaigns in Thongwa Township, Rangoon Region, on Saturday and Sunday, February 26, 2012. More than 30,000 people from nearby areas gathered along the road and fields to hear her speak. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi stops on her way to share a few words with the crowd gathered on the roadside. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi with local NLD officials. In the Thongwa Township constituency, NLD candidate Su Su Lwin will contest for the Lower House seat in the coming April 1 by-elections. Photo: Mizzima A crowd of more than 10,000 people gathered to hear Suu Kyi, who is running an almost non-stop campaign speaking to gatherings across the country. Photo: Mizzima Suu Kyi leaves Thongwa Township to return to her home in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima A crowd of Suu Kyi supporters during her tour of Thongwa Township on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Photo: Mizzima For the 2,600th anniversary of Shwedagon Pagoda, 2,600 monks gathered at the pagoda in Rangoon on Saturday, February 25, 2012, to receive food and money in honour of the temple complex, one of the most holy sites in Burma. Photo: Mizzima People in Rangoon prepare to start a public campaign in Rangoon for cheaper SIM cards by handing out flyers and wearing T-shirts bearing the message: 'Tell authorities we need cheaper SIM cards.' Photo: Mizzima Flyers bearing the campaign's call for cheaper SIM cards. Photo: Mizzima The campaign will get under way at a location near the Sule pedestrian bridge in Rangoon. Photo: Mizzima Burmese Industry Minister Soe Thein speaks at the Mon State Economics Development forum held at the Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel in Mawlamyaing, Mon State, on Friday, February 24, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Officials at  the Mon State Economics Development forum held at the Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel in Mawlamyaing, Mon State, on Friday, February 24, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Mon girls perform a dance at the Mon peace delegation dinner party at the Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel in Mawlamyaing, Mon State, on Friday, February 24, 2012. On Saturday, the government peace delegation and New Mon State Party signed a four-point preliminary cease-fire agreement. Photo: Mizzima Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses supporters in Myitkyina on Friday, February 24, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi greets supporters in Myitkyina on Friday, February 24, 2012. She appealed for unity among Burma's disparate ethnic groups as she hit the campaign trail in the country's conflict-riven far north. Photo: AFP A massive fire sweeps through the Umpiem Mai Refugee Camp near Mae Sot, Thailand, on Thurday, February 23, 2012, leaving a large portion of the camp homeless. Photo: Karennews.org Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in early morning fog at the Rangoon Airport to fly  to Myitkyina on Thursday, February 23, 2012.  Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in early morning fog at the Rangoon Airport to fly  to Myitkyina on Thursday, February 23, 2012.  Photo: Mizzima Striking workers at the Tai Yi footwear factory in the Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone in Rangoon gather on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. The strike started on Febraruy 6. Photo: Mizzima The entrance to the Tai Yi footwear factory in the Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone. Photo: Mizzima The striking workers have voted to take their complaints to the township's labour arbitration court. Photo: Mizzima Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, left, shakes hands with Burmese Minister for Construction Khin Muang Myint during a meeting in New Delhi on February 22, 2012. Myint is in India for a two-day official visit. Photo: AFP The Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon will celebrate an important religious festival this week that was banned for 20 years by the military junta. Monks and laypeople are flocking to the temple to pay homage to the Buddha and mark the return to a more normal way of life in Burma's largest city. Photo: Mizzima Members of the Chin Progressive Party (CPP) and the Zomi National Congress (ZNC) celebrated their national holiday together in Rangoon on Monday, February 20, 2012. The CPP reregistered as a political party in 2010; its main policy is to create opportunities in Chin State for peace, health care, education and economic development. The ZNC plans to reregister in February or after the April election. Abbot Ashin Pyinnyar Thiha of Thadu Pariyatti Monastery in Rangoon speaks to a small group of supporters on Sunday,  February 19, 2012, following his eviction by sangha authorities. The abbot will move to a new Hmawbi Monastery. He has been banned from giving sermons for one year. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi is shielded by an umbrella at Pyapon Township on Friday, February 17, 2012, as she campaigns for NLD candidates. Photo: Mizzima Vijay Nambiar, the U.N. special envoy to Burma, talks to reporters after his meeting with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Rangoon on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Photo: AFP Vehicles and motorcycles clogged the road following the caravan of Aung San Suu Kyi during her campaign swing on Wednesday in Helgu Township in Rangoon Region. Photo: Mizzima The German minister for development and economic cooperation, Dirk Niebel, and Aung San Suu Kyi met in her home in Rangoon on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Photo: Mizzima EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi following a meeting at her home in Rangoon on Tuesday, February 14,  2012. The EU has allocated US$ 200 million to Burma for development aid in the health, education and infrastructure sectors. Photo: Mizzima NLD chairman Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech in front of a picture of her father, Aung San, the father of modern Burma, at Warthinkha village on Saturday, February 11, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Ryuhei Hosoya, the executive director of the  Office of the Director-General UNESCO, presents  Aung San Suu Kyi the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence at Suu Kyi’s home in Rangoon on Friday, February 10, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and  Albert F. Del Rosario, the Philippine secretary of foreign affairs, met in Suu Kyi's home in Rangoon on Thursday, February 9, 2012. Earlier, the foreign minister met Burma's President Thein Sein to discuss bilateral relations. Photo: Mizzima U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Burmese comedian and recently released former political prisoner Zarganar; National League for Democracy women’s empowerment activist Khin Than Myint; and National Democratic Front Kachin ethnic minority rights activist Daw Bauk Gyar. The visitors discussed political prisoners, women’s rights, and the situation of ethnic minorities in Burma with senior officials on Thursday, February 8, 2012. Clinton previously met Zarganar in Rangoon where he participated in a civil society roundtable in December 2011. This is the delegation’s first visit to the United States. Photo: U.S. State Department The faces of Aung San Suu Kyi's supporters say it all. Photo: Mizzima National League for Democracy chairman Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a campaign tour at Koethein Football Stadium in Pathein (Bassein) in Irrawaddy Region on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Photo: Mizzima National League for Democracy chairman Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a campaign tour at Koethein Football Stadium in Pathein (Bassein) in Irrawaddy Region on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. Photo: Mizzima  National League for Democracy (NLD) chairman Aung San Suu Kyi is sworn in at the Thanlyin Election Commission in Rangoon Region as an electoral candidate for the Kawmhu constituency, on Monday, February 6, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Aung San Suu Kyi greets her supporters outside the Thanlyin Election Commission in Rangoon Region on Monday, February 6, 2012. Photo: Mizzima U.N. special rapporteur on human rights Tomas Ojea Quintana speaks at a press conference before his departure at the Rangoon International airport on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Photo: Mizzima U.N. envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana speaks to the press at Rangoon International airport on Sunday, February 5, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N. human rights envoy to Burma, and  opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Rangoon on Friday, February 3, 2012.This is Quintana’s fifth visit to Burma. Photo: Mizzima Tomas Ojea Quintana speaks at a press conference at the home of Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon during his  fifth visit to Burma. Photo: Mizzima Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters after meeting with Tomas Ojea Quintana, the U.N. human rights envoy to Burma, on Friday, February 3, 2012. Photo: Mizzima Burma’s  Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters after her meeting with Tomas Ojea Quintana, on Friday, February 3, 2012. He visited Burma to assess its progress in redressing human rights abuses. Photo: Mizzima Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh smiles during a photo-op at a press conference promoting The Nagaland state Chief Minister Neiphu Rio at the international conference on 'Myanmar: Bridging South and Southeast Asia' held in New Delhi on Monday, January 30, 2012. The conference allowed ethnic groups a chance to discuss how to achieve a lasting peace with the Burmese government. Photo: Mizzima New Mon State Party (NMSP) and Burmese government peace delegates met in the Strand Hotel in Mawlamyine in Mon State on Wednesday,  February 1, 2012. NMSP Vice Chairman Nai Rao Sa is in the middle and Minister Aung Min is on the right. Photo: Mizzima NMSP Vice Chairman Nai Rao Sa, second from left, Minister Aung Min, third from left, and Soe Thein, fourth from left. Photo: Mizzima The New Mon State Party and Burmese government agreed to a five-point peace program on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Photo: Mizzima


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