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Nepal detains 12 for illegal recruitment of citizens in Russian army
Ma Wahkushee Tenner of the Women’s League of Burma, left, on visit to Canada. Photo: Inter Pares
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12 March 2015
Call to end human rights abuse in ethnic areas
Two ethnic women from Myanmar testified at the Canadian Parliament on March 10, calling...
Police officers at an EU-sponsored training course conducted at the Myanmar Police Force Battalion (8) at Hmawbi, north of Yangon, on November 5, 2013. Photo: Mizzima
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11 March 2015
EU 'deeply regrets' police violence...
The European Union has criticised Myanmar after baton-wielding police dispersed a student...
Myanmar military troops march along a deserted road in Chin Shwe Haw town of Kokang self-administered area, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 16, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
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11 March 2015
Myanmar fighting spills over into China
China warned over escalating violence between Myanmar's military and rebel forces after a...
The former Chief Minister of the Mizoram State of India Pu Zoramthanga meets with Myanmar Peace Center officials in Yangon in January 2015. Photo: Myanmar Peace Center
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10 March 2015
India to play role in Myanmar ethnic peace process
As Myanmar gears up to host a visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May, New...
UNODC Executive Director Fedotov addressing Special Segment of CND at the 58th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna Austria on March. 9, 2015. Photo: ungass2016/Twitter
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10 March 2015
Drug trafficking challenges probed at UN meet
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs began meeting on March 9 in Vienna, where...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) has spoken out on International Women's Day about some of the challenges women face in India. Photo: Jagadeesh NV/EPA
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09 March 2015
Indian PM voices ‘shame’ over crimes against women
Indian Premier Narendra Modi on March 8 deplored crimes against women in the country as...
The Solar Impulse 2 plane takes off for a trip around the world from Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 9, 2015. The trip will take the Solar Impulse 2 to Oman, India, Myanmar and China. The plane will then cross the Pacific to Hawaii and on to the US mainland. Following a flight across the Atlanic and over the Mediterranean region, the pilots are planning to return to the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Ali Haider/EPA 
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09 March 2015
Solar round-the-world flight takes off heading...
The first attempt to fly around the world in a plane using solar energy took off on the...
A Myanmar policeman stands guard at the border guard force camp at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar, June 7, 2014. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
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09 March 2015
Bangladesh detains trafficked migrants from...
The members of Border Guard of Bangladesh have detained 108 Rohingya migrants, who...
Myanmar migrant workers restore wooden fishing boats in a large shipyard in Ranong, Thailand, October 26, 2014. Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA 
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05 March 2015
Extension of stay for Myanmar migrants in Thailand
The Thai cabinet has endorsed guidelines for the management of migrant workers, agreeing...
Australians Mr Andrew Chan (L) and Mr Myuran Sukumaran (R) inside a holding cell waiting for trial at a Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia. Mr Chan, 31, and Mr Sukumaran, 34, are the only members of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring on death row for trying to smuggle 8.3 kilogrammes of heroin from the Indonesian resort island of Bali to Australia in 2005. Photo: Made Nagi/EPA
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05 March 2015
Australia floats prisoner swap to save Indonesia...
Australia on March 5 suggested a prisoner swap with Indonesia in an 11th hour bid to save...
Worries over new and old narcotics. Farmers harvest opium poppies in Lone Twel village, Loilen Township, Southern Shan State, Myanmar, December 13, 2014. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA 
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04 March 2015
New drugs pose serious health risks says UN body
The United Nations drugs control body says it is concerned about the proliferation of new...
A British police officer (C) is accompanied by his Thai counterparts as they inspect the murder scene where two British tourists were murdered at Sairee beach, Koh Tao island, Thailand, October 25, 2014. The British police team including Scotland Yard officers visited Koh Tao island resort to observe an investigation by the Thai police. Photo: EPA 
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02 March 2015
Questions over UK police conduct in Koh Tao...
UK-based rights group Reprieve has expressed alarm after it emerged that British police...

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