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New UK Burma sanctions welcomed by Burma Campaign UK
A survivor of the ferry sinking rescued by a Myanmar Navy vessel arrives at the Kyaukphyu port in Sittwe, Myanmar, March 14, 2015. Photo: EPA
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15 March 2015
Dozens dead in Myanmar ferry sinking
Rescuers were frantically searching for survivors March 14 after an overloaded ferry sank...
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15 March 2015
KIA, Tatmadaw to meet in Nay Pyi Taw on March 16
Leaders of the Kachin Independence Army and the Tatmadaw are due to meet in Nay Pyi Taw...
Rohingya family members ride a trishaw as they travel through Thet Kel Pyin Muslim refugee camp near Sittwe, Rakhine State, western Myanmar, November 11, 2014. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
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14 March 2015
NGO calls for freeing five ‘prisoners of...
NGO Fortify Rights has called on the Myanmar government to immediately and...
Student protesters and Buddhist monks jostle with police at barricades set up by police at the students protest site in Letpadan, Bago Region, March 10, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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14 March 2015
UN condemns Myanmar crackdown on protesters
The United Nations criticised on March 13 a crackdown on student-led protests in Myanmar...
Student protester San Lin Htike (C) talks to media after his release from Tharyarwaddy district administrative office in Bago division, Myanmar, March 12, 2015. Photo" Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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14 March 2015
NGO condemns alleged ‘torture’ of arrested...
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners claims to have received reports of torture...
The Myanmar Air Force uses several models of Russian helicopters and jets. Photo: Military Wikia  
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14 March 2015
China summons Myanmar ambassador over border...
China summoned Myanmar’s ambassador in Beijing on March 13 after four Chinese were killed...
A government soldier takes a position at the corner of a street in self-administered Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 16, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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13 March 2015
Government soldiers killed in Laukkai fighting
Several government soldiers have been killed in fighting with the Kokang armed forces...
President U Thein Sein inspects an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur on March 12 at the start of a two-day state visit to Malaysia. U Thein Sein’s discussions with the Malaysian Prime Minister, Mr Najib Razak, would involve bilateral issues and matters of regional concern, the Malaysian government said. Malaysia this year holds the rotating chairmanship of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Photo: Azhar Rahim/EPA
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13 March 2015
President Thein Sein visits Malaysia
Myanmar President Thein Sein arrived in Kuala Lumpur on March 12 for a two-day stay, his...
Student protester Ma Yi Mon Mon Aung (C) talks to media as her parents stand beside after she is released from Tharyarwaddy district administrative office in Bago division, Myanmar, March 12, 2015. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
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13 March 2015
17 students released from custody after signing...
Seventeen students arrested during the police crackdown in Letpadan were released from...
Democratic Karen Benevolent Army soldiers marching during 19th anniversary of DKBA day held on the Thai-Myanmar border in Kayin State on December 21, 2013. Photo: Hong Sar/Mizzima
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13 March 2015
DKBA and government troops in firefight
Fighting between government troops and soldiers from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army...
Student protesters jostle with police at barricades set up by police at the students protest site in Letpadan, Bago Region on March 10, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
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11 March 2015
US condemns crackdown on Letpadan student rally
The United States condemned a violent police crackdown on a student rally in Myanmar on...
Policemen holding shields as they block the road in front of Yangon City Hall after a crackdown on a students' protest demanding an amendment to National Education Bill in Yangon, Myanmar, March 5, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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11 March 2015
Official inquiry to be held into protest crackdown
Myanmar state media has announced an inquiry into a Yangon protest crackdown, the first...

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