Aung San Suu Kyi returns to court

The trial against Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed in Rangoon, Myanmar.
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial resumes amid tight security

The trial of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumed Friday amid tight security with a defence witness scheduled to testify.
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Suu Kyi’s trial adjourned, next hearing on July 17

Friday, 10 July 2009 14:23 New Delhi (mizzima) – The trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was adjourned till July 17 by the special court in Rangoon’s Insein prison on Friday, even as scor…
Mizzima News

Aung San Suu Kyi meets legal team refuses comment on Ban visit – Myint Maung

Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to comment on the just concluded visit of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, after she was briefed by her legal team, who m…
BurmaNet

Jade tycoons distribute food, water to flood victims

In the aftermath of floods in the Uru River and landslides, jade tycoons are distributing much-needed food and drinking water to victims in Hpakant jade land in Burma’s northern Kachin State, sa…
BurmaNet

Hype heads off druglord from moving into new mansion

Wei Xuegang, wanted in Thailand and the US on drug charges, has decided to give up his newly constructed maximum security mansion west of the Wa capital Panghsang on the Sino-Burma border, according t…
BurmaNet

U.N. Chief Meets With Myanmar Junta

was on trial . Early Saturday, Mr. Ban said that his request to see her before he left the country Saturday night had been rejected. Mr. Ban is hoping to win the release of political prisoners — …
International Herald Tribune

The junta hit men – Saw Yan Naing

According to Karen sources on the border, he ordered the week-long offensive against the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 7 that ended on 21 June, and he has ordered his forces to move ag…
BurmaNet

A infected girl discharged from hospital after recovering from illness

A 13-year-old girl visited Singapore together with her family on 21 June and arrived back in Yangon on 26 June at 1.30 pm. Although she was found to have no fever while she was screened by health staf…
BurmaNet

Thai PM proposes visit to Burma

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjejiva proposes to visit neighbouring military-ruled Burma later this month, sources in the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
BurmaNet

G8 calls on Burma to release political prisoners

Leaders from the Group of Eight welcomed the United Nations secretary-general’s efforts to communicate the international concerns to Burma’s military government. But the G8 statement said…
BurmaNet

US ‘concerned’ about North Korea-Burma nuclear trade – Francis Wade

The United States has expressed concern over the possibility of an emerging nexus between North Korea and Burma that would see the two countries trade in material for nuclear proliferation.
BurmaNet

With No Clear Path Out of a Diplomatic Thicket, a Push to Redraw the Map

Ban Ki-moon , the United Nations secretary general, who, despite the weight of his personal intervention, failed to secure so much as a chat with Asia’s most famous political prisoner, much less…
International Herald Tribune

Myanmar Junta Rebuffs Effort by U.N. Leader to Meet With Jailed Dissident

Ban Ki-moon , that it was prepared to accept any outside pressure about the future of democracy here, rejecting his request on Saturday to visit the opposition leader
International Herald Tribune

Burma and North Korea, brothers in arms – Aung Zaw

The North Korean ship that tried to steam to Burma last month isn’t the only problem facing the U.S. and its allies. There’s a much broader military relationship growing between the two pa…
BurmaNet

Russian mine to supply uranium to junta – Khun Chan Khe

However, the reason for the UN’s inability to effect positive change in Burma has less to do with these failed diplomatic visits than with the remaining obstacles at the UN Security Council. Conven…
BurmaNet

Advocate Democracy in Myanmar – John Smith Thang

Members of the Chin Democracy and Human Rights Network staged a rally against the Myanmar government in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Korea on July 5.
BurmaNet

Blue Cross Foundation Grants Focus on Improving Immigrant Health

EAGAN, Minn., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation recently awarded $290,000 in grants under its
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Ban lifted on some tea products

Thursday, 09 July 2009 19:33 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) –Some tea products, which were banned earlier, were given clearance certificate by Burma’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it was learnt on Th…
Mizzima News

First Burmese A patient recovers

Thursday, 09 July 2009 18:30 Chiang Mai (mizzima) – A 13-year old girl, who was diagnosed as the first human case of the A (H1N1) virus in Burma, has recovered and has been discharged from hospital, t…
Mizzima News

KNLA 7th Brigade loses a quarter of its territory

Thursday, 09 July 2009 13:20 Chiang Mai (mizzima) – After a month-long fierce military offensive, the joint forces of the Burmese Army and Karen splinter group – the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army…
Mizzima News

Gold shop looted in Northern Burma

Thursday, 09 July 2009 13:20 Ruili (Mizzima) –Two armed men looted a famous gold shop near No. 1 Central Market in Bamo town of Kachin State  in Northern Burma on July 6 and fled with gold ornament…
Mizzima News

Indonesian President Set for Re-election

After polls closed, an unofficial quick count at 2,000 polling stations with more than half of ballots tallied gave President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 58 percent of the vote, which would be enough to …
The Irrawaddy

G8 calls for multi-party elections in Myanmar

L’AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) – Major powers in the Group of Eight called on Wednesday for transparent, multi-party elections in Myanmar and the release of all political prisoners. Copyright © 2008 …
The Star

Senate hears dangers of Burmese pythons, other invasives

WASHINGTON – A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has …
TBO.com

Aung San Suu Kyi ready for resumption of her trial, lawyer says

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was briefed for two hours by her defence team Wednesday and is well prepared for her trial which is scheduled to resume on Friday, one of her lawyers said.
BurmaNet

Burma’s youth ‘to look for another way out’ – Htet Aung Kyaw

The political stalemate in Burma following Ban Ki-moon’s visit could push youth activists to increase pressure on the regime themselves rather than wait for the UN, said a former Burmese ambassador …
BurmaNet

Landslide caused by rain kills 30 in Myanmar

A landslide caused by torrential rain killed about 30 people in northern Myanmar at the weekend when it swept away their homes, which were built on a mine dump, people in contact with the area said on…
BurmaNet

Internet clampdown during UN chief’s Burma visit – Ahunt Phone Myat

Internet users in Burma were impeded by slow connections and faced questioning by authorities last weekend as surveillance on internet cafes increased during Ban Ki-moon’s visit.
BurmaNet

US concern over state of democracy in Burma – Mungpi

The US State Department has given vent to its concern with the political developments in Burma and has specifically called for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained opposition leader currently…
BurmaNet