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May 13, 2009
The US state department on Monday expressed grave concern over reports of the deteriorating health of detained Burmese pro-democracy icon and Noble...
May 13, 2009
In the wake of the Burmese military junta’s directives to transform its armed wing the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) into a "border security force...
May 13, 2009
Burma’s military government has expelled two American journalists who were teaching feature writing and photography to students in the country’s...
May 13, 2009
The Thailand Ministry of Public Health has confirmed the first two cases of swine flu in the country but noted that the two patients caught the virus...
May 13, 2009
In a bid to prevent the outbreak of Swine Flu within its territory, the Mizoram government has started restricting the import of pigs from Burma...
May 13, 2009
Natala (model) villagers from Taungbro left, a sub-town under Maungdaw Township, stabbed a Rohingya villager on May 10, at about 11:00 pm, when the...
May 13, 2009
In an effort to improve the public image of the school systems, the Burmese government’s education department issued a mandate that teachers must...
May 13, 2009
The National Democratic Front cannot accept the Burmese junta's attempt at transformation of the ethnic ceasefire groups into a border force, the NDF...
May 13, 2009
Businessmen, mostly Arakanese, are suffering severe setbacks while trading with Bangladesh because of myriad restrictions imposed by local Burmese...
May 13, 2009
Leaders of the Burmese military junta are into a new activity, which is “collecting and distributing old clothes” from and to the people, sources in...
May 13, 2009
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has been busy composing a suitable response to the latest proposal made by Burma’s ruling military generals, even as...
May 13, 2009
Members of the Karen Peace Force, a cease-fire group, have been directed by the Burmese Army to form a Border Guard Force, it has been learnt...
May 13, 2009
A significant number of riot police personnel have deserted the force after Burmese authorities used them as forced labour to fence the western Burma...
May 11, 2009
About 1,000 acres of land have been confiscated in Maungdaw Township for Natala (model) villagers after the Western Command Commander Brig General...
May 11, 2009
Australia will provide A$ 700,000 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar. The fund...

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