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A US Senator has arrived in Myanmar to meet military ruler Than Shwe.
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Yangon, Aug 14 (Xinhua) US Senator Jim Webb has arrived in Myanmar to hold talks with the country’s military leadership, according to an official statement Friday.
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The European Union has added four state-run media outlets to its list of Burmese sanctions targets in response to the court ruling against pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Four media enterprises…
The Irrawaddy
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YANGON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The number of people infected with Influenza A/H1N1 reached 20 in Myanmar with the latest one being a three-year-seven-month-old child, according to the Health Department S…
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SASKATOON — A former child soldier from Myanmar now living in Saskatoon has lost a last-ditch legal attempt to delay deportation back to his homeland, where he says he faces imprisonment and torture…
Canada.com |
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A Federal Court judge on Friday upheld a deportation order requiring Nay Myo Hein to return to Burma, a country the man fled after being forced into its army while he was a child. Hein, 25, has spent…
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While the world has been focused on the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese troops have been battering civilians as part of the military government’s longstanding campaign against ethnic minorities.
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U.S. Senator Jim Webb is in Burma, where he is expected to hold talks with the country’s ruling military leader, the first such meeting between a high-ranking U.S. official and General Than Shwe. Th…
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Jim Webb ’s trip to military-run Burma, a visit criticized by dissident groups and conservatives who argue that it validates a violent junta accused of massive abuses against its people.
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Chinese officials have warned the junta’s northeastern military commander not to create instability in Shan State bordering with China, according to sources on the Sino-Burmese border. BurmaNet - |
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China may well be backing Naypyitaw, when it comes to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and the over 2,000 political prisoners in Burma, but it has adopted a tough stance, twice in a week, when the Burm…
BurmaNet |
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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that Thailand had no problem with other countries putting more pressure on the military regime including arms sanctions, but opposed banning gems, the Bangko…
BurmaNet |
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Washington – The United States has welcomed the decision of Democratic Sen Jim Webb to visit Burma, where he is scheduled to meet with the leader of the military junta in the first visit by a high ran…
BurmaNet
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Four Burmese children living in a refugee camp close to the Thai-Burma border have been infected with the AH1N1 virus, according to a medical aid group working in the area.
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news archive ]. The latest sanctions are in addition to a number of sanctions already in place against Myanmar. According to the press release from the 27 member states:
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WASHINGTON—The Obama administration gave its blessing to Democratic Sen. Jim Webb’s trip to military-run Myanmar, a visit criticized by dissident groups and conservatives who argue that it valid…
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An indigenous youth beat a Myanmar refugee enlisted with the United Nation High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR) to death at Madhyampara in Bandarban district town last night. Police said the victim Swe… Daily Star |
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Singapore – Myanmar’s reduced sentence for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may be an indication the junta is becoming more sensitive to international pressure as it prepares a transition to c…
BurmaNet |
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Bangkok – A prominent US politician, Senator Jim Webb has arrived in Burma’s capital Naypitdaw and is expected to meet the country’s reclusive leader, General Than Shwe on Saturday. American diplo…
BurmaNet |
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The Burmese junta’s latest scorched earth campaign in Shan state has in the last three weeks destroyed 500 homes and uprooted around 10,000 civilians, according to a data released today.
BurmaNet |
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New Delhi– Burmese junta on Thursday invited four opposition leaders to come to the new capital Naypyitaw on Friday, but the opposition’s spokesperson said they are still unaware of the reason beh…
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Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty on Tuesday by a Yangon court of breaking the terms of her house arrest and sentenced to 18 more months house arrest for harboring…
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The Prime Minister has released a statement responding to the news that Aung San Suu Kyi will spend a further one and a half years under house arrest in Burma.
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