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April 1, 2008
At the third triennial summit of the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), held March 30 and 31, leaders from China, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and...
April 1, 2008
Sittwe, Arakan State : Thirty five boat-people were sentenced to three to seven years in prison on March 23 in Sittwee and 42 others were detained on...
April 1, 2008
A leader of Burma's main opposition party – the National League for Democracy – in Rangoon was severely injured when an unidentified assailant...
March 31, 2008
Senior Chinese and Burmese military officials met in Kachin Independence Army (KIA) controlled Laiza today afternoon to discuss security on the Sino-...
March 31, 2008
New Delhi - Burmese parliamentarians today appealed to law makers around the world to exert pressure on the Burmese military regime to implement...
March 31, 2008
New Delhi – In an apparent indication of India's success in gaining a foothold in Burma, an agreement for India to develop Sittwe port will be signed...
March 31, 2008
In an act which is not likely to go down well with democracy activists the world over, the Kachin ceasefire group, Kachin Independence Organization (...
March 31, 2008
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Myanmar Muslim Council’s office was raided by a team comprising the police, Military Intelligence (Sarapa), BSI (Special...
March 28, 2008
The fifth day into the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Kachin Theological College (KTC) in Northern Burma today, ethnic Kachin Baptists...
March 28, 2008
In an address to military personnel and dignitaries, Senior General Than Shwe linked today's Burmese armed forces with the battles of Burma's dead...
March 28, 2008
Pauktaw, Arakan State : A boat carrying bricks capsized today at about 9 am near Pauktaw jetty of Pauktaw Township in Arakan State , Burma .
March 28, 2008
Dhaka: Thirteen Arakanese in exile, including five monks, began a long march on Thursday from the Bangladesh capital Dhaka to the southern town of...
March 28, 2008
Cox's Bazaar: Seventy Burmese nationals were detained on Tuesday by Bangladesh Rifles personnel on the border in Teknaf in southern Bangladesh when...
March 28, 2008
Mraybon: Desperate to have the draft constitution approved by the people local Burmese military junta authorities in Arakan State are conducting...
March 27, 2008
New Delhi – Given that the UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari's visit to military-ruled Burma did precious little in resolving the country's political...

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