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2008-11-11
U.S. President George Bush has made his nomination to fill the recently created post of Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, a...
2008-11-11
At least 14 prominent student activists in Burma, detained for their involvement in the September 2007 protests, have been sentenced to 65 years...
2008-11-11
The Burmese censor board has abruptly censored 'melamine free' advertisements for food items in weekly journals. As such the journals had to ink over...
2008-11-11
The Burmese regime's recent prosecution of four lawyers, who represent detained political activists, has spotlighted the regime's increasingly...
2008-11-10
With at least 10 Burmese workers in Singapore getting laid off in the past two weeks, workers in Singapore worries that more will follow in the...
2008-11-07
Following a standoff between Burma and Bangladesh over disputed waters, the Burmese military junta to order four of its warships to be positioned...
2008-11-07
Burma's Supreme Court on Friday sentenced two lawyers, who work as defense counsels to detained political activists, to four month prison terms for...
2008-11-07
Burma has refused to stop exploration of gas from the disputed waters in the Bay of Bengal after a four-day standoff with neighbouring Bangladesh...
2008-11-07
Burma's Supreme Court on Friday sentenced two lawyers, who work as defense counsels to detained political activists, to four month prison terms for...
2008-11-06
A secret directive sent by the Burmese military government's Information Ministry to set up a press committee in each ministry has sparked...
2008-11-06
For the first time after temporarily banning rice exports, about 40,000 tons of rice have been exported, an official at the Commerce and Trade...
2008-11-05
Bangladesh's Foreign Secretary will hold talks with his Burmese counterpart on Thursday on the ongoing oil-and-gas exploration in the disputed waters...
2008-11-05
The International Labour Organization is trying to mediate with the Burmese military junta to free a child soldier. The liaison office of the ILO on...
2008-11-05
Authorities in Burma's southern Shan state have tightened security in fear that bombs may be planted as residents in the state's capital city of...
2008-11-05
His highness Pope Benedict XVI told the Burmese Archbishop Charles Maung Bo that he is prepared to visit military-ruled Burma if he ever undertakes...