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May 28, 2009
An unidentified armed group from Burma entered a remote village in Bangladesh near the border and fired several rounds in the air, said a villager. “...
May 28, 2009
A week after Panghsang, the capital of free Wa territory, turned down the ruling military council’s proposal to transform itself to a junta-...
May 28, 2009
Consumers in Mon State are now buying imported salt from Thailand because of the fall in salt production in Burma. Many salt fields were destroyed by...
May 28, 2009
People of Chin State in western Burma have been praying daily in churches, monasteries and other places of worship, for Aung San Suu Kyi’s freedom...
May 28, 2009
The Burmese military junta’s surveillance of internet cafés has given cold feet to internet users in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State in...
May 28, 2009
| Sar Yin and Blai Mon
Two bomb blasts occurred this morning in Moulmein, say residents. No casualties have been confirmed, but the explosions occurred near government...
May 28, 2009
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has posted a message on a new website launched Wednesday calling for the release of detained Burmese opposition...
May 27, 2009
| Mungpi
Burma’s military authorities on Tuesday lifted the house arrest order of opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said. But she remains...
May 27, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
An Indian Member of Parliament and activists on Tuesday echoed the international outcry for the release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
May 27, 2009
Cyclone Aila ripped through the Burma-Bangladesh border area, accompanied by heavy rains and raised river tide levels, burst mud embankments, flooded...
May 27, 2009
| Salai Pi Pi
An Indian human rights advocacy group on Wednesday condemned Burma’s military rulers for conducting a trial against Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung...
May 26, 2009
Nyan Win, one of the defence counsels of Aung San Suu Kyi, said the pro-democracy leader will give her testimony on Tuesday, as the court had...
May 26, 2009
| Usa Pichai
The European Union has announced its support for Thailand’s statement as ASEAN Chair on the political situation in Burma, according to Thailand's...
May 26, 2009
| Tun Kyaw
Cyclone, Aila, lashed the coasts of Bangladesh and India on Monday, breaching dams and embankments and leaving at least 300,000 people marooned due...
May 25, 2009
| Phanida
Border based pro-democracy opposition forces have rubbished the junta’s allegation that it had planted a bomb found in Pyinmana railway station near...