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September 16, 2009
Natural Gas transmission from Burma and the Thai Gulf has been disrupted due to a technical snag, with damages estimated at 1 billion Baht for...
September 16, 2009
Mongyang, home to 1,000 households surrounded by the Wa and Mongla armies, 102 km northeast of Shan State East capital Kengtung, certainly reminds...
September 16, 2009
In two separate incidents, violence has continued to occur in Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) Township, according to local sources. In both incidents,...
September 16, 2009
Representatives of the Burmese military junta and Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) will meet in an attempt to resolve the deadlock over...
September 16, 2009
The concerned authorities of an official refugee camp (under UNHCR), refused to solve problems between registered refugees and unregistered refugees...
September 16, 2009
In the wake of the Burmese Army capturing the Kokang area, ceasefire groups on the Sino-Burma border have been left wondering on whose side China is...
September 15, 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi’s request to the Rangoon Division of the Special Branch of Police to allow her to be present in court, which will hear her appeal...
September 15, 2009
The City Sessions Court in India’s Kolkata city on Tuesday sought clarifications from 34 Burmese rebels, who are currently facing trial on charges of...
September 15, 2009
National League for Democracy, Burma’s main opposition party, is consolidating its youth and women party members across the country and has formed ‘...
September 15, 2009
Acute food shortage is staring over 7,000 Karen in the face in Bu Tho and Lu Thaw townships,Karen State since early 2009. Displaced Karen people hide...
September 15, 2009
To meet mounting telecommunication needs, Burmese authorities have decided to provide 150,000 CDMA telephones to residents of Mandalay and Rangoon,...
September 15, 2009
The Burmese army stationed in Arakan State has been forcibly recruiting youth from villages to serve in the army, said a retired teacher. "The system...
September 15, 2009
Even before hostilities break out thousands of civilians in Mongla in eastern Shan State of Burma are fleeing to neighbouring China for two reasons,...
September 15, 2009
A new political party dubbed the Democratic Party, floated by former politicians will be contesting the forthcoming general elections in 2010, as it...
September 15, 2009
The Action Contre la Faim (ACF) distributed soaps to unregistered refugees in Kutupalong as part of its hygiene programme to keep refugees in good...

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