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April 5, 2012
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) delegation is scheduled to meet Naypyitaw’s Peace Negotiating Team led by U Aung Thaung sometime after the Water...
April 5, 2012
The Rakhine Women’s Union, or RWU, based in Bangladesh, staged a demonstration against the Shwe Gas Project in front of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka...
April 5, 2012
The leading Arakanese political party, the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party, has decided to continue their opposition to the regional...
April 5, 2012
Burma's political reforms have drawn international attention and sparked a boom in its still fledging tourism industry.
April 5, 2012
The United States is easing some sanctions against Burma, following Sunday's by-elections in which pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political...
April 4, 2012
Environmental activists concerned that the controversial Myitsone dam project was never in fact halted say that a recently leaked document proves...
April 4, 2012
Many are quick to point fingers at possible drug link to 24 March bomb explosions that injured at least 2-5 and might have killed a 10 year old boy,...
April 4, 2012
The final, official by-election results announced by the Burmese Union Election Commission on Tuesday gave the National League for Democracy Party (...
April 4, 2012
Two major Arakanese parties – the RNDP and ALD – have heartily welcomed the landmark victory of the NLD in the by-election that was held on 1 April,...
April 4, 2012
A campaign staffer for the National League for Democracy (NLD) confirmed the party’s victory over the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) in the...
April 4, 2012
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Bridge security personnel have been collecting atoll fromRohingyas using the bridge since it opened to the public six months...
April 4, 2012
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Col. Md Bashirul Islam, Chittagong Sector Commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), accused Burma of running yaba factories...
April 3, 2012
Villagers in southern Burma claim a local influential Karen and representatives of the Italian-Thai Development Company (ITD) want money of villagers...
April 3, 2012
The Burmese Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on state TV on Monday the names of 40 MPs-elect in the April 1 by-elections. Results for five...
April 3, 2012
Four Burma army soldiers were killed on Sunday following heavy fighting in northern Shan State's Mongkoe Township, as government forces continued an...

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