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The accelerating trend comes amid intensifying conflict near the border with Thailand.
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.”The Secretary-General welcomes the release of a limited number of political prisoners as part of a larger amnesty,” Ban’s spokeswoman Michele Montas said.Earlier Friday,
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YANGON (Reuters) – A Myanmar court heard on Friday an appeal by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi over her conviction for an internal security breach earlier this year.
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No causalities and injuries reported Nay Pyi Taw —Two bomb blasts occurred in Hlinethaya Township at midnight yesterday, one in the compound of Komatsu hydraulic bulldozer & excavator Co, five …
BurmaNet |
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New Delhi – The Rangoon divisional court on Friday heard arguments on an appeal against the verdict of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and scheduled October 2 for announcing its decision.
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Yangon – Myanmar official media stressed on Friday that there shall be a single Tatmadaw (armed forces) in the country to stand in accordance with the new state constitution approved in May last…
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Stars shine by their own light and occupy the highest position in the sky. On clear, unclouded nights, you can look up and see them sparkling as bright as diamonds.
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Ayeyarwady Delta, – Nine-year-old Chit Lin Nwe owes her life to a tree. As Cyclone Nargis swept away her home, family and friends in Aung Chan Thar village in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River De…
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New Delhi – Unless the over 2,200 political prisoners languishing in prisons across the country are included among the prisoners being freed, the amnesty announced by the military rulers on Thur…
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Chiang Mai – The Thai Labour and Human Rights Groups have submitted a petition to the United Nations Special Rapporteur Jorge A. Bustamante demanding an urgent investigation of the ‘Nationality Ve…
BurmaNet |
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Myanmar activists Friday called on Japan’s new government to take a tougher stance on the military junta as they rallied in Tokyo on the 21st anniversary of the coup that brought the regime to p…
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Tokyo,– The new Japanese government should undertake a thorough review of Japan’s policies designed to promote human rights in Burma, Human Rights Watch said in a letter today to the newly inaugur…
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Yangon- MYANMAR’S state media on Thursday defended the ruling junta’s decision to bar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi from court during final arguments in her appeal against her detention…
BurmaNet
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Eight democracy activists including one Buddhist monk in Myingyan Township in Mandalay were detained by Burmese military authorities on Wednesday, according to local sources.
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New Delhi – Unabated rat infestation continues to create acute food shortage for people in Chin state and northwest part of Burma, a new report said.
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A United Nations relief agency is to resume work in the Kokang region of northeastern Burma after fierce fighting last month caused dozens of aid workers to flee.
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Thirty-four Burmese separatists facing trial in India on gun-running charges have accused Indian military intelligence of double-crossing them. The Burmese – all members of the National Unity P…
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The ballot is expected in 2010, although so far no details have emerged of how it will be run. The regime could yet give any number of excuses to postpone it if Senior General Than Shwe or his astrolo…
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Yangon, Myanmar: At least 25 political detainees have been released as part of a massive amnesty for prisoners in Myanmar, a number representing just over 1 per cent of the total number of political p…
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Friday, 18 September 2009 21:40 New Delhi (Mizzima) – While welcoming the release of a few political prisoners, a veteran politician on Friday said, ‘it is not enough’ and deplored the ruling junt…
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Friday, 18 September 2009 20:31 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Thingangyun Township National League for Democracy (NLD) party chairman U Tin Mya (74), who was accused of being involved in a bombing case…
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AYEYARWADY DELTA, 18 September 2009 (IRIN) – After spending most of her life fishing in the Andaman Sea off the Delta’s southern coast, Daw Aye Kwe, 60, a fisherwoman, has been forced to hang up her n…
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