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Made Popular Nov 6 2009
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Conquering armies of centuries past avoided this remote, mountainous area along the present-day border with China, a place once described by a British colonial official as “an unpenetrated enclave of savage hills.”

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The recent aborted voyage of a North Korean ship, photographs of massive tunnels and a top secret meeting have raised alarm bells that one of the world’s poorest...
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Pho, Yangon
US President Barack Obama has called for the “immediate and unconditional” release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. In a written statement,...
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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...
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Hariharan Iyyer, Bombay
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...
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By Ashin Metacarra The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful...
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Pooja, Shimla
More than six weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, leaving a trail of flattened villages and broken lives and...
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Vikas, solan
Tens of thousands of people killed in last month’s cyclone may never be identified because their bodies have decomposed so badly and many ended up far from home,...
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Kevin, Columbia
Women around the world have launched an ambitious international program entitled \’Panties for Peace\’ in which they would donate panties to the Burmese...
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week to try to speed up troubled cyclone relief, his spokeswoman said on Sunday, as signs mounted of a...
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Jitaditya, Ahmedabad
The world has seen some major disasters over last few weeks. First was the cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (I don’t really know why do they come up with sweet feminine...
made popular May 17 2008
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Apr 30 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 monsoon rains and mired in a life of poverty, humanitarian groups said Thursday.

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

Key facts about Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar one year ago:

 
 
Apr 29 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 region a year ago.

 
 
Apr 28 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 with democratic standards before deciding if they will contest the polls.

 
 
Apr 28 2009 by AP0 Comments

Myanmar’s military government tightened security as the country’s pro-democracy party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Tuesday to discuss political issues including next year’s planned election.

 
 
Apr 24 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 border with Thailand.

 
 
Apr 24 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 release of political prisoners, a party spokesman said Friday.

 
 
Mar 17 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 U.N. called for the release of more than 2,000 political prisoners in the military-run country

 
 
Mar 17 2009 by AP0 Comments

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 for the release of 2,100 political prisoners.

 
 
Mar 12 2009 by AP0 Comments

The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday it would increase its focus on areas of Myanmar from which Muslim migrants have recently fled.

 
 
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