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Volunteers of Myanmar Red Cross organisation carry wounded volunteer U Moe Kyaw, 45, as the war vrefugees fleeing from Laukkai sit on the truck after vehicles of a rescue convoy were attacked by Kokang rebels near Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Two volunteers from Myanmar Red Cross Society injured in rescue convoy attack. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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19 February 2015
Media group calls on army to protect journalists...
The Myanmar Journalist Network on February 18 issued a statement urging government troops...
Myanmar people gather as they await the arrival of rescue trucks to flee fighting in and around the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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19 February 2015
Accusations traded over Red Cross convoy attack
The Myanmar government and Kokang rebels are trading accusations over the February 17...
U Kyaw Min, chairman of the Democracy and Human Rights Party, speaks at a press conference in 2014 in Yangon. Photo: Thein Zaw/Facebook
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19 February 2015
Democracy and Human Rights Party expels 1,000...
The Democracy and Human Rights Party has expelled more than 1,000 members who are...
Amnesty International has just issued a written statement on human rights concerns in Myanmar to be presented at the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council to be held from March 2 to 27 in New York. Image: Amnesty International
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19 February 2015
Amnesty issues stark human rights warning on...
Myanmar’s backsliding on human rights reforms – only a few months before the general...
Professor Tha Hla Shwe, president of the Myanmar Red Cross. Photo: Myanmar Red Cross Society
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19 February 2015
Red Cross and UN coordinator deplore attack on...
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement said it was deeply saddened to...
Shayam Brang Shawn, known as Brang Shawng, (2nd L), has been fined K50,000 [US$50) for defamation. Photo: Kachin Wave News
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18 February 2015
Kachin man convicted over call to probe daughter’...
A Kachin man convicted of making false allegations against the Tatmadaw after he called...
President U Thein Sein visits injured military personnel and families of soldiers killed during clashes with Kokang fighters in Laukkai area, Shan State, on February 16, 2015. Photo: President's Office
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18 February 2015
President vows not to ‘lose an inch’ of land to...
Myanmar’s president has vowed “not to lose an inch” of territory in clashes with ethnic...
A wounded Red Cross volunteer lies on ground after vehicles of a civilian rescue convoy were attacked by Kokang rebels near the self-administered Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Two volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society were injured in the convoy attack. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo
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18 February 2015
Two Red Cross volunteers shot in troubled Kokang
In what is said to be the first attack against the Myanmar Red Cross, two Red Cross...
A girl watching her family's cows on farmland near Mawlamyine city, Mon State, Myanmar, July 5, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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18 February 2015
Mon farmers push for land rights: report
A report just released highlights the ongoing land conflict that many farmers reportedly...
Electric power pylon at Biluchaung Hydropower Station in Kayah State, Myanmar. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
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18 February 2015
Myanmar suffers major electricity black out
Electric power to the whole country was cut at about 1:30 pm on February 17 due to a...
(File) Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: EPA
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Myanmar's ousted leader Suu Kyi faces new...
Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be hit with fresh corruption charges from...

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