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Danish students show support in the "We support Myanmar students" Facebook campaign. Photo: We support Myanmar Students/Facebook
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01 April 2015
Online ‘support Myanmar students’ campaign grows
Over 25,000 people from Myanmar and the around the world have joined a campaign on...
Farm girls plant paddy as they work in a field near Kawkareik Township of Kayin State, Myanmar, October 3, 2014. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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01 April 2015
Asia Highway link could push farmers off their...
The Karen Human Rights Group says a road planned by the Myanmar government with funding...
Philip Blackwood with his fiance Noemi Almo. Photo: Givealittle.co.nz campaign
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01 April 2015
Parents of jailed ‘Buddha bar’ manager fear for...
The parents of Philip Blackwood, jailed for posting an image of Buddha with headphones to...
US ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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01 April 2015
US govt welcomes draft ceasefire deal
The US government has responded positively to the news that the Myanmar government and...
Workers at a jade mine area in Kachin State. Photo: Mizzima
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01 April 2015
Nine dead in jade mine landslide: state media
Rescuers are searching for more than 20 miners buried by a landslide at a jade mine in...
U Moe Kyaw Than, 47, volunteer of Myanmar Red Cross who was wounded in rescue convoy attack on 17 February, lies on bed at Lashio General Hospital, Lashio, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 19, 2015. U Moe Kyaw Than reportedly died from his wounds on March 27. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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31 March 2015
Aid worker dies from Kokang convoy attack wounds
A Myanmar aid worker injured in an attack last month on a convoy in Shan state has died...
Chin Human Rights Organization Executive Director Salai Bawi Lian answering media questions at the Summit Parkview Hotel in Yangon on March 25-26, 2015. Photo: CHRO
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31 March 2015
Conference promotes Myanmar’s multilingualism
The Chin Human Rights Organization has stressed that Myanmar should do all it can to...
The tentative deal, which comes as heavy fighting between the military and rebel groups continues to ravage a northern border area, sets out the framework for a countrywide ceasefire - a key target of the government as the nation heads towards crucial elections later this year. Negotiators shake hands on the draft text of the deal on March 30, 2015. Photo Hein Htet/Mizzima
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31 March 2015
Govt and ethnic groups agree landmark draft peace...
Myanmar peace negotiators agreed the draft text of a historic nationwide ceasefire...
Mr Vijay Nambiar, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Myanmar, observes peace talks between the Myanmar government’s peace delegation and the Kachin Independence Organization in the Kachin State capital Myitkyina on May 28, 2013. Photo: Mizzima
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31 March 2015
UN special adviser welcomes ceasefire agreement...
The Special Adviser on Myanmar to the UN Secretary-General Mr Vijay Nambiar has welcomed...
A student is brought to court in Letpadan, Bago region on March 25, 2015. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
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31 March 2015
US presses for release of Myanmar protesters
The United States voiced concern on March 30 at the arrest of and charges against...
The Arakan Army claims to have captured a Tatmadaw captain in armed clashes in Rakhine State on March 29, 2015. Arakan Army soldiers. Photo: Arakan Army/Facebook
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30 March 2015
Arakan Army claims capture of Tatmadaw captain in...
Two armed clashes between units of the Arakan Army and government troops in Rakhine State...
The Thanlwin or Salween close to the Myanmar-Thailand border. Photo: Adam Oswell/EPA
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30 March 2015
Honouring a river’s heritage
An historic two-day event was held March 27-28 to honour the natural and cultural...

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