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September 26, 2012
Two of the seven men indicted in the murder case of U Kyaw Maung Chay broke out from their detention in the lock-up in police station in Kyauktaw in...
September 25, 2012
The demand made by local people in Paletwa Township of Chin state, Burma, not to split off the area of Sami Sub-Township from Paletwa has been...
September 25, 2012
Burma’s President Thein Sein will arrive in the US this week to address the UN General Assembly on Thursday in New York, offering him a chance to...
September 25, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to a university in Kentucky on Monday, saying she worries that Americans take for granted the freedoms her countrymen have...
September 25, 2012
The Kachin National Organization (KNO), a group representing Kachin political exiles sent an open letter on September 23 to UN Chief Ban Ki Moon...
September 25, 2012
Organizers of a peaceful protest in Rangoon last week said at the time that they were willing to test the law, now that authorities have arrested...
September 25, 2012
People traveling in Matupi Township of Chin state, Burma, are being checked without reason by personnel of locally-based Infantry Battalion No. 304.
September 24, 2012
International Peace Day was celebrated with an appeal to end all armed conflict in Burma. The event was organized by the Chin Taung Tan Foundation (...
September 24, 2012
The regions biggest development investment will threaten local livelihoods, cause environmental risks, and could displace thousands of locals,...
September 24, 2012
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released copies of draft consultation reports covering 11 key sectors of Burma’s energy, transportation, poverty...
September 24, 2012
In a joint press conference on Friday at the UN in New York City, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Aung San Suu Kyi spoke after private talks...
September 24, 2012
As Burmese President Thein Sein prepares to speak to the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, his closest aides said they are not worried...
September 24, 2012
Four families of the Hindu community were moved to Sittwe from their residences in Pauktaw Township with the assistance of the responsible...
September 22, 2012
Senior officials from the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) have told the Kachin News Group that the number of Burmese troops who have died...
September 22, 2012
The release of 19 Karen political prisoners has raised the hopes that the country’s remaining 800 prisoners of conscience will soon be freed.

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