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Left to right, Nyo Ohn Myint of the National League for Democracy (Liberated Area), Dr. Thaung Tun and Dr. Naing Aung of the Forum for Democracy in Burma at Rangoon International Airport on Friday, August 31, 2012. They returned to Burma from foreign countries following the removal of thousands of names from the country’s blacklist. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima Dr. Naing Aung of the Forum for Democracy in Burma, the ex-chairman of All Burma Students’ Democratic Front, answers questions at Rangoon International Airport on Friday, August 31, 2012. He said that he hopes for the day when there are no political prisoners and no blacklist in Burmam, and he thinks the day may come soon. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima Dr. Thaung Tun, the ex-representative for UN affairs of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the exiled government, answers questions at Rangoon International Airport on August 31, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima A group led by Arifin Muh. Hadi, the head of disaster management of the Indonesian Red Cross, arrive at Sittway [Sittwe] airport, Rakhine State on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Photo Thein Hlaing / Mizzima Rakhine State government of Minister for Social Welfare and Health, Dr Aung Kyaw Min, and Arifin Muh. Hadi, head of disaster management of the Indonesian Red Cross, meet at the Sittway [Sittwe] airport guest room on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Photo: Thein Hlaing / Mizzima India ambassador to Burma H.E. Dr. V. S. Seshadri meets with Prime Minister Hla Maung Tin at the Rakhine State Government Office on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Photo Thein Hlaing / Mizzima Devotees at a shrine in Taungpyone, Amarapura Township, Mandalay Region, on Wednesday, August 29, the third day of the Taungpyone spirit festival. More than 100,000 people from across Burma participated in this year’s Taungpyone spirit festival. Photo: Aye Kyawt Khine / Mizzima Devotees at a shrine in Taungpyone, Amarapura Township, Mandalay Region, on Wednesday, August 29, the third day of yearly Taungpyone spirit festival. Photo: Aye Kyawt Khine / Mizzima The Signing ceremony between the J-League, the Japanese national professional football league, and Myanmar National League, at the Sedona Hotel in Rangoon. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Zaw Zaw, the chairman of the Myanmar Football Federation, and J-League chairman Mr. Kazumi Ohigarhi at the signing ceremony between J-League, the Japanese national professional football league, and Myanmar National League held at Sedona Hotel in Rangoon. Photo: Hein Htet/ Mizzima Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, talks about improvement of reproductive health at a press conference at the Sedona Hotel, Rangoon, on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Six Burmese students pose with H.E.Myo Aye, the Burmese ambassador to Israel, and Yaron Mayer, the former ambassador of Israel to Burma at the Asian Science Camp at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  The students are led by Mya San Wai of the Ministry of Science and Technology and U Thura, the executive director of Myanmar Credent Technology. Photo: Hebrew Univeristy Science Camp A farmer stands in a destroyed paddy field in the Pyinmangoo village tract in Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, on Saturday,  August 26, 2012. Around 1,800 out of more than 2,100 acres of paddy fields in Pyinmangoo were inundated and spoiled. Floods hit Irrawaddy Region during the month of August. Photo: Min Min / Mizzima The grand opening ceremony of the plan of the Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation [MAPCO] to sell shares at the Strand Hotel in Rangoon on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Win Myint , Union Minister for Commerce, and Than Myint, the Rangoon Region Minister for Planning and the Econony, attended the ceremony. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Traditional dancers at the Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation ceremony  in Rangoon on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima Dancers at the Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation ceremony in Rangoon. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Win Myint, the Union Minister for Commerce, speaks at the opening ceremony of the Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation in Rangoon on Sunday, August 26, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Transport Minister Aung Khin and Planning and Economic Minister Than Myint officiated at the opening ceremony of the Sky Net Cup Men's Hockey Championship at Theinbyu Hockey field in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township in Rangoon on Saturday, August 25, 2012. Thaung Htike, the director general of the Department of Sports and Physical Education, Htin Zaw Win, the chairman of Myanmar Hockey Federation, and other officials also attended the ceremony. This was the first championship jointly organized by Sky Net and the Myanmar Hockey Federation. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Cheerleaders with pompoms at the opening ceremony of the Sky Net Cup Men's Hockey Championship at Theinbyu Hockey field in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township in Rangoon on Saturday, August 25, 2012 Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima The opening ceremony of the Sky Net Cup Men's Hockey Championship at Theinbyu Hockey field in Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township in Rangoon on Saturday, August 25, 2012. The Championship will end on Sept. 8. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Transport Minister Aung Khin and Planning and Economic Minister Than Myint at the opening ceremony of the Sky Net Cup Men's Hockey Championship. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Min Ko Naing, a leader of the 88-generation student group, speaks at a weekly forum titled “Reform and the future of Myanmar” held at the Tawwin Hninzi Restaurant in Bahan Township in Rangoon Region on Saturday, August 25, 2012. His speech, “Why does civil society need to be strong?” addressed the role of history and the need for people to join together to work for the future of Burma. The weekly forum is held every Saturday. National League for Democracy [NLD] chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi at NLD headquarters in Bahan Township, Rangoon, after a central executive committee meeting on Friday, August 24, 2012. NLD MPs did not attend the parliamentary session in order to hold a meeting to discuss the party’s internal affairs, according to spokesman Ohn Kyaing. Suu Kyi has met with President Thein Sein two times in the past two weeks. Details of the talks were not disclosed. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima American scholar Dr. Francis Fukuyama, right, the author of  “The End of History” and Wave Magazine editor Kyaw Win, the translator of many of Fukuyama's books into Burmese, in Rangoon on Thursday, August 23, 2012. Fukuyama will speak on economics and poverty alleviation at business workshops in Rangoon and Naypyitaw. Photo: Theingi Tun / Mizzima Singaporean Ambassador to Burma Robert Chua at a workshop on businesses and poverty alleviation on Thursday, August 23, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Ballot boxes for electing executive members of the Myanmar Music Association (Central) in Rangoon on Thursday, August 23, 2012. The association represents singers, composers and musicians Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Singer Nay Thaw considers his vote in the election of executive members of the Myanmar Music Association (Central) on Thursday, August 23, the fourth day of the election. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima The opening ceremony of the 17th Southeast Asian Junior Men’s Volley Ball Championship at Thuwana National Stadium in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A young fan holds the Burmese flag. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima The Burmese volleyball team and Indonesian team at the first match of the 17th Southeast Asian Junior Men’s Volley Ball Championship at Thuwana National Stadium in Rangoon. Burma won the match (20-25, 25-11, 25-16, 25-22). Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Players line up during a ceremony for the games. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima The Burmese volleyball team holds a meeting during the matches. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima The American scholar and author Dr. Francis Fukuyama at Rangoon International Airport on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. He is in Burma to speak on economics and poverty alleviation at business workshops in Rangoon and Naypyitaw. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Cyn-Young Park, center, the assistant chief economist of the Economics and Research Department of the Asian Development Bank, speaks at a press conference about the bank's new report, “Myanmar in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges” in Rangoon on Tuesday August 21, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Putu Kamayana, the head of the Asian Development Bank's Extended Mission in Burma, discusses the bank's report, “Myanmar in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges” at a press conference in Rangoon on Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Vehicles on a flooded section of the Rangoon – Pathein express road in Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, on Monday, August 20, 2012. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima An ambulance on the Rangoon – Pathein express road in Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, on Monday, August 20. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A worker repairs a section of the Rangoon-Bassein express road that was damaged by the flooding on Monday, August 20, 2012. Authorities have  announced that vehicles are not allowed on the road from 8 p.m. to  5 a.m., because the roads were damaged by the flood. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A driver on the Rangoon-Bassein Road that has been damaged by flood waters. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A flooded house the Rangoon-Bassein Road in Kangyidaung Township on Monday, August 20, 2012. Flooding began about one week ago and is slowing subsiding. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A passenger  bus stops overnight on the Rangoon-Bassein express road in compliance with the traffic curfew overnight. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima A flooded  house on Rangoon-Bassein Road in Kangyidaung Township on Monday, August 20, 2012. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Arakanese [Rakhine] wear T-shirts with messages such as “UN / INGOs…Stop discriminating against Arakanese” and “Stop creating conflicts in Arakan” at a demonstration against alleged UN and INGO discrimination in Rakhine State. The protestors marched along Shinsawpu Road in Rangoon from 11:30 a..m to noon on Monday.  Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Former Japanese football superstar Hidetoshi Nakata and Myanmar Football Federation president Zaw Zaw on Monday, August 20, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima  The second gathering of former political prisoners at a ceremony to re-elect their working committee members was held at Thiri Hall in Rangoon on Sunday, August 19, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Buddhist monks at the second gathering of former political prisoners at a ceremony to re-elect their working committee members at Thiri Hall in Rangoon on Sunday, August 19, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Flooding inundates a main road in Shwekyin in Pegu [Bago] Region. Photo: Theingi Tun / Mizzima A Buddhist monastery on the main road in Shwekyin, Pegu [Bago] Region, is flooded on August 16. Photo: Theingi Tun / Mizzima Residents put up a bamboo bridge to negotiate the flood waters in Shwekyin in Pegu [Bago] Region. A notice board requesting vehicles to take a service road because of flooding on August 16 in Shwekyin in Pegu [Bago] Region. Photo: Mizzima Thein Soe, the chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal, speaks at a press conference held at the tribunal’s office in Naypyitaw on Monday, August 20. Photo: Myanmar Journalists Association Thein Soe, the chairman of the Constitutional Tribunal, speaks at a press conference held at the tribunal’s office in Naypyitaw on Monday, August 20. Photo: Myanmar Journalists Association The Darka Police Station in Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, is flooded on August 17. About 60 houses in Darka Village were flooded. Photo: Min Min / Mizzima Phayarni village in  Thapaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, on August 17. Phayarni village in Irrawaddy Region, on August 17. Forty villages including Nwenichaung, Oatshit, Lintakya, Alelkyun, Hlaygyipyak, Kyakthunkwin, Thaminkon, Sitpingyi, Kanyinpin, Magyikon, Yaylelgyi, Thabyaykyun and Takupon villages have been inundated since August 8. Phayarni village in Thapaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, on August 17. Some residents are taking refuge in Buddhist monasteries on high areas, and in tents on railway embankments and roadsides. The Tayokekon village Buddhist Monastery in Kyaunggon Township, Irrawaddy Region, on August 17. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima The telecommunication office in Darka in Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, on August 17. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima A notice board says no vehicles are allowed to pass because a section of the Pathein-Darka Road in Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, is flooded. Photo: Min Min/ Mizzima A Buddhist monastery near Phayarni Village in Thapaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, which was hit by widespread flooding last week. Only the stupa remains above water. Residents are taking refuge at monasteries on high ground, and in temporary tents on railway embankments and roadsides. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima Phayarni Village in Thapaung Township, Irrawaddy Region, has experienced widespread flooding from massive monsoon rains. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima A few structures on high ground have escaped flooding. Residents have sought shelter in monasteries and along railroad tracks and roads. Photo: Myo Thant / Mizzima A delegation of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, in Burma to discuss investment opportunities, at a press conference in Bahan Township, Rangoon, on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima US Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell talks about US investment opportunities at a press conference in Bahan Township, Rangoon, on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima US Ambassador to Singapore David Adelman US businessman Mr. Siman Kahan US businessman Mr. Tim Love The Darka River, a tributary of the Ngawun River, has overrun its banks. This photograph on August 13 shows a dike in Kangyidaung Township in Irrawaddy Region that has been overrun. Thousand acres of farmlands have been inundated in Kangyidaung and Kyaunggon townships. Photo: Min Min / Mizzima A home in  Kangyidaung Township, Irrawaddy Region. Photo: Min Min / Mizzima Because of the flooding, residents put sandbags on the Rangoon-Pathein Road to try to stop the flow of water. Photo: Min Min / Mizzima Twenty-seven camps for displaced residents have been opened in Kyaunggon Township. Officials say foodm medicine and other aid is needed. Photo: Min Min / Mizzima Khin Maung Lay, the chairman of the organizing committee of the Myanmar Journalists Association, delivers the opening speech at the association’s National Congress at the Yuzana Garden Hotel in Dagon Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Ko Ko, the general secretary of the organizing committee of Myanmar Journalists Association, speaks at the association’s National Congress at the Yuzana Garden Hotel in Dagon Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, August 11, 2012 Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Soe Thein, the president of the organizing committee of the Myanmar Journalists Association, speaks at the association’s National Congress at the Yuzana Garden Hotel in Dagon Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Ko Ni of the Myanmar Journalists Association speaks at the group's National Congress on Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Dagon Township. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Ballot boxes for electing executive members of the Myanmar Journalists Association at the group's National Congress in Dagon Township on Saturday, August 11, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Members of Myanmar Journalists Association cast their votes to elect executive members of the association on Saturday, August 11, 2012, in Dagon Township. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Officials of the election committee of the Myanmar Journalists Association on Saturday, August 11, 2012, in Dagon Township. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation led by Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu provided aid relief to Rakhine fire victims in Sittway [Sittwe] on Friday August 10, 2012. They visited the Bawbuta Rohingya refugee camp in Sittway Township and a Rakhine fire victims camp in Sutaungpyae Monastery. Photo: Mizzima Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrives in Sittway [Sittwe], Rakhine State on Friday, August 10, 2012. The delegation was on a fact-finding mission for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Photo: Mizzima Firefighters tap out a fire that broke out near Aungzayya Bridge in Hlaingthaya Township on Thursday, August 9, 2012. The fire was triggered by a natural gas leak in a pipeline. Thirteen fire engines responded to the fire. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Part of a group of firefighters at the site of a natural gas leak and fire near Aungzayya Bridge in Hlaingthaya Township at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Burmese President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu during a meeting in Naypyidaw on August 9, 2012. Davutoglu arrived in Burma on Thursday, and he will visit Rakhine State on Friday. Photo: AFP The 24th anniversary of the “8.8.88” pro-democracy uprising at the Tawwin Hninzi Restaurant in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. More than 1,000 people attended. Photo: Ye Min/ Mizzima Sadu Buddhist Monastery’s Abbot Bhaddanta Okgantha at the 24th anniversary of the “8.8.88” pro-democracy uprising at the Tawwin Hninzi Restaurant in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Photo: Ye Min/ Mizzima Buddhist monks who participated in the “2007” Saffron Revolution at the 24th anniversary of the “8.8.88” pro-democracy uprising ceremony at the Tawwin Hninzi Restaurant in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Photo: Ye Min/ Mizzima Tin Oo, a patron of the National League for Democracy, speaks at the 24th anniversary of the “8.8.88” pro-democracy uprising at the Tawwin Hninzi Restaurant in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. He said that he would urge authorities to mark August 8 as “Democracy Day” in Burma. Photo: Ye Min / Mizzima Buddhist monks who participated in the “2007” Saffron Revolution attend the 24th anniversary of the “8.8.88” pro-democracy uprising at the Tawwin Hninzi Restaurant in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Photo: Ye Min/ Mizzima Burmese residents in Japan hold flags during a rally in Tokyo on August 8, 2012, to mark the 24th anniversary of the failed bloody uprising against the ruling junta in 1988. Student-led protests against Burma's military rulers began on August 8, 1988 and were joined by hundreds of thousands of people, before an army crackdown the following month that killed more than 3,000. Photo: AFP United Nations human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana arrives for his departure at Yangon international airport on Saturday, August 4, 2012, after a fact-finding mission to Burma. Photo: Hein Htet UN Human Rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana talks to journalists during a press conference before he departs from Yangon international airport on Saturday, August 4, 2012. He called for a credible investigation by the Burmese government into the sectarian violence in Rakhine State. Photo: Hein Htet United Nations human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana answers journalists questions on Saturday, August 4, 2012, before departing Rangoon after a six-day fact-finding mission to the country. Photo: Hein Htet Journalists wearing T-shirts displaying the campaign slogan “Stop Killing Press” during a rally in Rangoon on Saturday, August 4, 2012. The rally went off without incident. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A journalist wears a “Stop Killing Press” T-shirt. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Journalists walk in a rally in Rangoon on Saturday,  August 4, 2012. The free speech campaign started after two local newspapers were suspended. Journalists are collecting signatures for a letter to be sent to Burmese President Thein Sein and Parliament calling for press freedom in Burma. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima 88 Generation Student leader Min Ko Naing talks to journalists. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Zin Yaw Maung Maung of Envoy newspaper and Min Ko Naing, an 88 Generation Student leader, at the free press demonstration in Rangoon on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A truck hit an overhead electricity cable post and turned over on Bogyoke Street in downtown Rangoon on Saturday, August 04, 2012. The vehicle carried purified water bottles. No causalities were reported. Photo: Mizzima Protesters hold banners bearing the message “We support our President’s statement on Rohingya” as they sing the Burmese national anthem and shout anti-Rohingya slogans in front of UNHCR office in Rangoon on Friday, August 3, 2012. The Rohingya issue and sectarian unrest during the past weeks in Rakhine State has caused emotions to flare over the stateless Rohingyas, who are one of the world's most persecuted groups, according to the UN. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A sign held by Burmese protesters supporting Burmese President Thein Sein's ant-Rohingya position, says: “We support our President’s statement on Rohingya.” A demonstration was held on Friday, August 3, 2012, in front of the UN High Commissioner of Refugees in Rangoon. The UN human rights envoy to Burma just completed a tour of Rakhine State, where Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhist clashed in violent attacks claiming 77 lives, according to government figures. The UN and human rights groups have called for an independent, credible investigation into the violence and the plight of the Rohingyas. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A protester speaks to the media during an anti-Rohingya demonstration in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in Rangoon on Friday, August 3, 2012. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima An anti-Rohingya protester speaks to the media in Rangoon. The protesters said that they supported the position of Burmese President Thein Sein, who said Rohingyas were not welcome in Burma. He asked the UNHCR to take care of the Royingya in refugee camps or have them sent to third countries. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima A security force officer talks with protesters in front of the UNHCR office in Rangoon during an anti-Rohingya protest. UN special rights envoy Tomas Quintana visited Rakhine State in western Burma this week on a fact-finding mission, after the UN and human rights groups expressed concern over the plight of Rohingya Muslims during more than six weeks of unrest and tension in the state. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima United Nations human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana meets with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her  home in Rangoon on Thursday, August 2, 2012. The UN special rapporteur on Burma arrived on Sunday. He has visited Rakhine State and is scheduled to visit Kachin State on Friday. Photo: NLD United Nations human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana and Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Rangoon on Thursday, August 2, 2012. Photo: NLD People flocked to Shwedagon Pagoda in central Rangoon on Thursday, August 2, 2012, on Full Moon Day, a Buddhist holy day, according to the Burmese lunar calendar. According to tradition, Buddha was born during a full moon, renounced his layman's life, was enlightened, delivered his first talk, and died, all on full moon days. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima People tour Shwedagon Pagoda on Full Moon Day. The pagoda is renown for its display of gold and jewels embedded in the massive pagoda's spire. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizzima Shwedagon Pagoda in central Rangoon is one of the most popular holy sites in Burma. Photo: Hein Htet / Mizima Karin Finkelston, left, International Finance Corporation vice president for Asia Pacific, Pamela Cox, center, a World Bank East Asia and Pacific vice president, and Carl Hanlon, right, World Bank director of communications, at a press conference in Rangoon on Wednesday, August 1, 2012. The World Bank pledged $85 million in development grants to Burma and assistance in clearing its arrears as part of its efforts to support political reforms. Photo: AFP Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, left, speaks to Burmese Muslim leader Muhammed Yunus during a meeting in Ankara on Monday, July 30, 2012.  Muslim governments and groups are expressing support for Rohingya Muslims in Burma's Rakhine State, where sectarian unrest has claimed up to 77 lives in clashes involving Muslims and Buddhist. Photo: AFP


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