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April 8, 2010
The Burmese military junta is gearing up to celebrate New Year festivities in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, but Arakanese people are not...
April 8, 2010
| Larry Jagan
Every day Burma’s ethnic minority children face forced relocation, forced labour for the army, starvation, disease and death, according to a report...
April 8, 2010
The Burmese junta is imparting military training to soldiers of 20 battalions under the northwestern military division in Kalemyo and Tamu Townships...
April 8, 2010
Amnesty International urged regional leaders to address immediately Burma’s violation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) human...
April 7, 2010
| Myint Maung
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is glad that her party the National League for Democracy (NLD) decided unanimously not to register with the Election...
April 7, 2010
| Phanida
Election tempo in Burma seems to be picking up, albeit slowly, with three ethnic political parties having registered with the Election Commission...
April 7, 2010
| Tun Tun
Wild life in Arakan State has become scarce given the indiscriminate killing by hunters and locals, said an environmental worker...
April 7, 2010
| Takaloo
Cox's Bazaar: The UNHCR on Monday started a Bengali language class for Burmese urban refugees in Cox's Bazaar,....
April 7, 2010
| Hseng Khio Fah
Burma’s ruling military junta is reportedly erecting barriers more densely than ever against ethnic ceasefire groups, especially the United Wa State...
April 7, 2010
Fourteen people died in a forest fire on March 26 in Cikha, Sub-township of Tonzang Township, Chin state.....
April 7, 2010
| Phanida
The lawsuit filed by a brother of Aung San Suu Kyi to stop her continuing repairs on her crumbling two-storey villa was rejected by a court in...
April 7, 2010
Chin people coming from Cikha Township in Burma to Manipur have been stopped from entering the state by the Assam Rifles....
April 6, 2010
| Phanida
The National League for Democracy (NLD) will abide by the principles of non-violence even if the party ceases to exist in keeping with the Burmese...
April 6, 2010
The National League for Democracy (NLD) apologised to the country today for failing to achieve national reconciliation during...
April 6, 2010
A passenger jeep has plunged into a steep ravine along a remote stretch of the Tio River near the India-Burma border about a week ago, leaving one...