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October 16, 2009
A group of delegations visited the Kutupalong refugee camp on October 13 and met government officials, UN agencies, NGOs and the refugees themselves...
October 16, 2009
| Myint Maung
Detained Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday afternoon met her legal counsels and went over plans to appeal at the High Court...
October 16, 2009
| Nai Saing
An international conference, featuring performing arts and exhibitions on “Shan Studies”, is being held for the next 3 days (from the 15th to 17th of...
October 16, 2009
Rat infestation has caused severe famine for the second time in recent memory in the Kachin hills in military-ruled Burma's northern Kachin State,...
October 16, 2009
More than 27 unregistered Arakanese Rohingya refugees from the Kutupalong makeshift camp were arrested yesterday by the Ukhiya police, while they...
October 16, 2009
| Kyaw Kha
Mice infestation has destroyed paddy fields in Rakhine State causing food scarcity in villages in Tungup Township. Mice in large numbers have...
October 15, 2009
Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh: Bangladeshi authorities pushed back over 80 Arakanese Rohingyas to Burma in a week along the Bangladesh-Burma border and...
October 15, 2009
| Mungpi
Two exiled ethnic political organizations have expressed their opposition against the Burmese military junta’s planned 2010 election, saying it is...
October 15, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
Burmese pro-democracy activists on Wednesday urged the United Nations to use strong language to condemn the Burmese military regime in its...
October 15, 2009
Land confiscation by the Burmese military junta has left indigenous Kachins in food-rich Hukawng (also spelled Hugawng) valley in northern Kachin...
October 15, 2009
| Usa Pichai
Nearly three months have elapsed yet only about 2,000 Burmese migrant workers have gone in for nationality verification from among an estimated one...
October 15, 2009
| Kyaw Kha
The Myaingyingu abbot U Thuzana has implored to the two Karen factions, which are at each other’s throat to stop fighting and offered to mediate and...
October 15, 2009
| Asah
According to Burmese and Mon onion and fish traders who regularly traffic their wares to Thailand through Myawaddy Town in Karen State, Burmese...
October 14, 2009
Local authorities from Morischa border check post under the Ukeya police station have restricted Arakanese Rohingya refugees from Kutupalong to cross...
October 14, 2009
Some arms and explosives have been seized by authorities in Sittwe (Akyab), the capital of Arakan State, in the first week of October, said a source...