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February 28, 2012
| Mizzima
In another example of the West reaching out to Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi will receive her first European delegation of lawmakers on Wednesday in...
February 28, 2012
| Mizzima
The 88-Generation students who arrived at Myitkyina in Kachin State on Thursday have offered to help broker a peace deal between ethnic groups and...
February 28, 2012
| Narinjara
Maungdaw, Arakan State: No Rohingya businessmen were selected as central executive committee (CEC) members during the Maungdaw Trade Association’s...
February 28, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma's National League for Democracy (NLD) has sent out about one million party applications forms prior to the April 1 by-election, but only about...
February 27, 2012
| KNG
Speaking at press conference at the UN headquarters on Friday February 24, UN special envoy for Burma Vijay Nambiar, claimed that the UN had recently...
February 27, 2012
| Mizzima
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) signed a four-point preliminary peace agreement with the Burmese Union government on Sunday, according to state-run...
February 27, 2012
| Mizzima
A sign of changing times in Burma: a high profile public campaign to end sexual harassment on public buses by blowing a whistle.
February 27, 2012
| Narinjara
Thandwe: Shopkeepers in the main market in Thandwe in southeastern Arakan State, which was recently damaged by fire, are facing additional burdens as...
February 25, 2012
| KNG
During a visit to the capital of war-torn Kachin state on Friday, Burma's famed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke about peace and an...
February 25, 2012
| Kaladan
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Maungdaw township authority issued a warning to the trustees from the administration office of the Muslim religious...
February 24, 2012
| Kaladan
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Rohingyas attended the European Burma Network (EBN) meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on February 18-19, according to Tun Khin,...
February 24, 2012
| IMNA
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) will meet with peace representatives of the Burmese government again on February 25, according to a decision announced...
February 24, 2012
| IMNA
The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the peace agency of the Burmese government will meet again in the first week of March to discuss...
February 24, 2012
| S.H.A.N
Since the ceasefire agreement was signed on 2 December 2012, between the Shan State Army and Naypyitaw, the Burma Army appears to have been more...
February 24, 2012
| Mizzima
Burma took a whack at destroying a portion of the huge opium crop, citing a total of 22,432 hectares of illicit poppy plants destroyed across the...