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Is Myanmar heading towards democracy? On last Saturday, the country’s military regime has announced that it would ask voters to approve a new constitution in May that will allow the country to go for democratic elections in 2010. Last October the...
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Is business a bad word? What will be your opinion while watching this commercial supporting Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been imprisoned in...
made popular Jun 24 2009
US President Barack Obama has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In a written statement,...
made popular May 27 2009
There is an uproar in the world over indicting Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. However, nine Nobel peace prize recipients are bearing the torch...
made popular May 19 2009
Isn’t it ridiculous that the world lauds and celebrates the awarding of the Nobel Pace Prizes, but at what cost and what commitment?
Aung San Suu Kyi Has spent the...
made popular May 12 2009
AP, Bangkok
Hundreds of thousands of people are still without decent jobs and housing a year after Cyclone Nargis ripped through Myanmar, leaving many vulnerable to the coming...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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Key facts about Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar one year ago:
made popular Apr 29 2009
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The boat’s owner points to a palm-covered bend in the river where dozens of bamboo huts perched on spindly stilts _ until Cyclone Nargis devastated this remote...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Yangon
Members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party said Tuesday they will wait to see whether laws governing next year’s elections conform...
made popular Apr 28 2009
AP, Yangon
Myanmar’s military government tightened security as the country’s pro-democracy party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Tuesday to...
made popular Apr 28 2009
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U.S. senators urged Malaysia to probe claims by refugees from Myanmar that Malaysian immigration officials handed them over to human traffickers on Malaysia’s...
made popular Apr 24 2009
AP, Yangon
Two members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party were arrested and charged with insulting religion after they prayed for the...
made popular Apr 24 2009
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Authorities in Myanmar have arrested five members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, a spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the...
made popular Mar 17 2009
AP, Yangon
Authorities have arrested five members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, a spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the U.N. called...
made popular Mar 17 2009
AP, Yangon
The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday it would increase its focus on areas of Myanmar from which Muslim migrants have recently fled.
made popular Mar 12 2009
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Myanmar’s military junta angrily dismissed two recent U.S. government reports critical of its human rights record and counter-narcotics efforts as unfounded and...
made popular Mar 5 2009
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Two explosions shook parks near busy thoroughfares in military-ruled Myanmar’s largest city Tuesday night. An official said there were no casualties although...
made popular Mar 3 2009
AP, Yangon
Witnesses say two explosions hit Myanmar’s largest city, but that no casualties have been reported.
made popular Mar 3 2009
AP, Yangon
Witnesses say an explosion has rocked a park in Myanmar’s largest city, but that it caused no casualties.
made popular Mar 3 2009
AP, Cha-am
Prominent activists from military-ruled Myanmar and Cambodia were barred Saturday from a meeting with Southeast Asian leaders, upstaging the opening of a summit billed...
made popular Feb 28 2009
AP, Cha-am
Southeast Asian officials on Friday praised a proposal for the creation of a regional human rights body as a historic first step toward confronting abuses, but the body...
made popular Feb 27 2009
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Myanmar is a picture of protests these days from all walks of life, be it students, monks, professionals or the like. The crisis has its roots in the political set up...
made popular Sep 14 2007
Protests against fuel hike continue in Myanmar even as the military junta takes to repressive measures detaining protesters.
Protesting means an act of defiance in...
made popular Aug 23 2007
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