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August 9, 2011
Residents of Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp in northern Thailand are bracing themselves against further flooding that has already swamped 400 houses,...
August 8, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Burmese government has turned over security on Aung San Suu Kyi’s one-day trip to Pegu (Bago) to the National League for...
August 8, 2011
Due to continual attacks by the Shan State Army (SSA), Burma Army units on the frontline are facing morale and disciplinary problems rising out of...
August 8, 2011
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Camp security police and local villagers have increased harassment against the refugees of Nayapara official camp since Ramadan...
August 8, 2011
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Maungdaw Township General Administrator (earlier known as Mayaka in Burmese) U Aung Kyaw Oo on July 22 released an order...
August 8, 2011
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Western Command Commander Brig-General Htun Nay Linn visited Maungdaw on Friday, August 5, to oversee the situation of...
August 8, 2011
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Personnel of the Nasaka, Burma’s border security force, arrested and tortured a primary school student over the accusation...
August 8, 2011
Tekanf, Bangladesh: The bodies of two fishermen, one Bangladeshi and one Rohingya, were recovered at the Naf riverbank of Shapuri Dip under Teknaf...
August 8, 2011
(Commentary) – August 8, 2011, is the 23rd anniversary of the “8888 Uprising” in Burma in which more than 3,000 people were killed by the Tatmadaw...
August 8, 2011
Kachin Students distributed over 1,600 anti-government posters written by hand on A-4 paper around Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on August...
August 8, 2011
Villagers in the Bu Tho Township of Papun district in northern Karen state say Burma Army forced recruitment of villagers as unpaid labor has seen at...
August 8, 2011
Two people were killed on the spot and 11 persons were injured in a truck accident on the No-2, Indo- Burma border trade road on Friday.
August 8, 2011
Mrauk U: Farmers from Mrauk U Township in western Burma’s Arakan State are facing difficulties with paddy seeds needed to re-cultivate the farms that...
August 8, 2011
Sittwe: Local traders have been suffering from illegal taxation by naval ships deployed near Sittwe, the capital city of Arakan State in western...
August 8, 2011
A 3 day Festival of Indigenous Peoples in Thailand 2011, in honor of the International Day for World’s Indigenous Peoples, is being held in Chiangmai...

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