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February 28, 2012
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
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
Maungdaw, Arakan State: No Rohingya businessmen were selected as central executive committee (CEC) members during the Maungdaw Trade Association’s...
February 28, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Maungdaw township authority issued a warning to the trustees from the administration office of the Muslim religious...
February 24, 2012
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Rohingyas attended the European Burma Network (EBN) meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on February 18-19, according to Tun Khin,...
February 24, 2012
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
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
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
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...

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