Mizzima

2008-05-08
Chiang Mai – Over 20 countries have pledge aid of more than USD 40 million for victims of the tropical cyclone Nargis in Burma, but most of these...
2008-05-08
New Delhi - Rangoon-based weekly journals closed down after Cyclone Nargis swept through the city and caused widespread power outages. Only a few...
2008-05-06
A secret circular by the junta has directed all security agencies to be on high alert, monitor international organizations and disallow their free...
2008-05-06
Figures released by the Burmese military junta over state-owned television and radio stated that the death toll in the cyclone was in the region of 3...
2008-05-06
Eight hundred tons of rice are sitting in a Rangoon warehouse, but can't be distributed to survivors of the deadly cyclone that ravaged Burma until...
2008-05-05
Chiang Mai – A major fire broke out in Burma's infamous Insein prison in Rangoon last Saturday, leaving at least 36 dead and 70 injured, according...
2008-05-05
Chiang Mai: An eyewitness that passed through Day Da Ye Township in Irrawaddy Division told Mizzima that deaths due to the cyclone in Day Da Ye...
2008-05-03
United States President George Bush on Thursday piled on further sanctions directed at the interests of Burma's military leaders, seeking to close a...
2008-05-03
New Delhi - Burma's pro-democracy icon and Noble Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest, will be conferred an honorary...
2008-05-02
Chiang Mai - Over 60 lucky survivors from among the illegal Burmese migrant workers from the road mishap in Thailand will be deported back to Burma...
2008-05-01
Structural violence effecting children in Burma's Karen State is said to pose the greatest threat to the well-being and future of Karen communities...
2008-05-01
New Delhi – An over cautious Burmese military junta is not taking any chances in the run up to the referendum and is taking all the precautions it...
2008-04-30
New Delhi – A Burmese social welfare activist arrested during the September protests has reportedly suffered paralysis over half of his face due to...
2008-04-30
Chiang Mai – The Thai-based Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners in Burma (AAPP) says that over 70 activists have been arrested trying...
2008-04-29
Rangoon – The Burmese military junta plans to block flow of information by controlling the internet during the ensuing referendum on May 10, a...

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