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AFP – US Senator Jim Webb did a Southeast Asian tour earlier this month, which also incorporated Myanmar. He …
WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2009 (AFP) – US Senator Jim Webb, back from a rare trip to Myanmar, called sanctions against the military regime “overwhelmingly counterproductive” and asked the opposition to consider [...]

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AFP/File – An extended family of ethnic Chin refugees from Myanmar gather in the living quarters of a relative at …
BANGKOK (AFP) – More fighting is expected in northeastern Myanmar after tensions between the junta and ethnic rebel groups forced tens of thousands to flee across the Chinese border, activists said [...]

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YANGON, Myanmar – Police in Myanmar arrested six people after a recent drug bust that officials said Thursday was considerably smaller than initial reports in state media.
An anti-drug squad seized nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets and 104 blocks of heroin totaling 80 pounds (36 kilograms) during a raid of two homes in a [...]

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Reuters – Thousands flood into China after Myanmar army standoff
AFP – US senator lashes Myanmar sanctions
AP – Myanmar reports major drug bust near Thai border
The Jakarta Post – ASEAN urged to form human rights court
NPR – Does Myanmar Want Nuclear Weapons?
The New York Times – We Can’t Afford to Ignore Myanmar
Irish [...]

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- Robert A. Gatenby is Chairman of Radiology and Integrated Mathematical Oncology at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center.
TAMPA – Patients and politicians increasingly demand a “cure” for cancer. But controlling the disease may prove to be a better strategy than striving to cure it.
A century ago, the German [...]

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Floods from dam near Thai–Burmese border cause concern
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:53 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) –The incident of flash floods near the Thai-Burmese border last week points to the ineffectiveness of the authorities in addition to its blatant …
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Myanmar seizes nearly 3 [...]

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Burma army standoff forces 10,000 into China
Burma lawyer: Detention now ‘worse’ for Suu Kyi
Thousands flood into China
West must engage with evil for the ultimate good of Burmese people
Australia Says ‘No’ to Cross-border Relief
Junta Tries to Discredit Kokang Leaders Linked to Drugs
Junta Warns Buddhist Monks Online
Myanmar reports major drug bust near Thai border
ASEAN urged to form [...]

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As many of you know from the latest E-Notes (or otherwise) the fighting has intensified over the past several weeks in Karen State. Many more refugees are coming over daily and aid groups are stretched thin trying to provide emergency food and shelter. The timing of the assault (rainy season) makes it [...]

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The Irrawaddy : By ARKAR MOE : Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Several exiled Buddhist monk leaders have told The Irrawaddy that Burmese monks across Burma are preparing to launch another boycott of military personnel and their families due to ongoing abuses against Buddhist doctrine and clergy by the ruling military junta.
Known as a “pattanikkujjana” in Pali, [...]

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ABMA Irrawaddy refounding 2009 August
ABMA (RGN) refounding 2009 August
ABMA (Pegu) refounding 2009 August

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S.H.A.N.Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:57 S.H.A.N.
Laogai, the capital of Kokang, just 5 months after celebrating the 20th anniversary of peace with the country’s military rulers, is under Burma Army control since Monday night, 24 August, according to sources.
“I haven’t seen any Kokang fighters all day,” said one of the few remaining residents [...]

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Several exiled Buddhist monk leaders have told The Irrawaddy that Burmese monks across Burma are preparing to launch another boycott of military personnel and their families due to ongoing abuses against Buddhist principles by the ruling military junta.
Known as a “pattanikkujjana” in Pali, a Buddhist monks’ boycott involves refusing morning alms from those said to [...]

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YANGON, Myanmar – Police in Myanmar seized more than 100 blocks of heroin and nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets near the border with Thailand in one of the military-ruled country’s largest drug seizures, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday.
An anti-drug squad confiscated two guns and ammunition and arrested four people in the raid Monday on two [...]

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AP – Myanmar lawyer: Detention now ‘worse’ for Suu Kyi
AP – Bangladesh awards gas exploration rights
Reuters – Daewoo in $5.6 bln Myanmar gas export deal to China
News-Leader.com  – Yettaw to tell of arrest in Myanmar on CNN
Asia Times Online – On the march to do business in Myanmar
The New York [...]

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S.H.A.N. Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:29
In anticipation of any hostilities that might break out between Kokang and the Burma Army, China’s People’s Liberation Army has moved more than 700 troops to the Sino-Burma border, according to a ceasefire source last evening.
On the opposite side of the border are some 2,000 Burma Army troops [...]

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