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September 25, 2008
Many students have dropped out of schools in remote areas of Chin state, western Burma because of acute food shortage from rat infestation in the...
September 24, 2008
Captain Win Htein, a member of Burma's opposition party – National League for Democracy – who was among those prisoners freed on Tuesday from Katha...
September 24, 2008
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staff member Keith Luse along with social worker Fred Gilbert, visited the Fort Wayne Mon Buddhist...
September 24, 2008
Shan groups in exile have called the regimes' mass prisoner release a publicity stunt and demanded immediate and unconditional release of all...
September 24, 2008
The United Wa State Army (UWSA)'s southern command operating along the Thai-Burma border was recently urged yet again by the Burmese military...
September 24, 2008
With none of their leaders among the 9,002 prisoners released by the Burmese military junta on Tuesday, Shans both inside and outside Burma are...
September 24, 2008
The preceding year saw public corruption further cement itself in the fabric of Burmese society, according to the latest annual survey by...
September 24, 2008
The Burmese military junta or the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) released 9,002 prisoners on Tuesday all right but it is deceiving the...
September 24, 2008
Burma's Health Ministry has began conducting a surprise check on Chinese-made milk powders in wholesale markets and are reportedly seizing them as...
September 23, 2008
A new survey on the foreign policy priorities of prospective American voters ahead of November's Presidential election reveals majority support for...
September 23, 2008
Ashin Gambira, facing trial, felt unwell during his last appearance in court, his defence counsel U Khin Maung Shein said. Leader of last September's...
September 23, 2008
There was a firefight between the Chin National Army (CNA), the armed wing of the Chin National Front (CNF) and Burmese troops in Chin state, western...
September 23, 2008
A Burmese Army officer allegedly attempted to rape two women in Matupi Township in southern Chin state, Burma on August 30..
September 23, 2008
Unlicensed motorcycle owners will have to shell out 100,000 Kyats to the Department of Transportation (Ka Nya Na) for a license if they apply after...
September 23, 2008
Dhaka: China has agreed to help fund the construction costs of a large stretch of the Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road, the Bangladesh Communication...

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