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Myanmar arrests 11 accused of plotting bombings
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AP - Thursday, January 28
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s military junta on Wednesday announced the arrests of 11 people accused of planning bombings to disrupt elections planned for this year.
Myanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed NovemberMyanmar minister says Suu Kyi to be freed November
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YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year’s elections.
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Home Minister Major General Maung Oo told a January 21 meeting of local officials [...]
Punk’s not dead in military-ruled Myanmar
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Wed Jan 20, 12:53 am ET
YANGON (AFP) – The singer smashes his guitar to pieces on the stage as thousands of spiky-haired punk fans cheer loudly — a rare display of countercultural exuberance in military-ruled Myanmar.
At this concert in a land where all song lyrics must be submitte
Myanmar sentences alleged spies to death
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Published: Jan. 8, 2010 at 11:05 AM
YANGON, Myanmar, Jan. 8 (UPI) — A former army major and a foreign ministry official were sentenced to death for leaking government information, sources at a Myanmar prison said.
Myanmar election could spark rise in refugees
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By Damir Sagolj Damir Sagolj – Thu Jan 7, 2:12 am ET
MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) – The rubbish dump outside the Thai town of Mae Sot steams with rancid rotting fish and other debris, a squalid haven for hundreds of refugees from Myanmar that aid [...]
Myanmar video journalist jailed for 20 years: rights groups
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Wed Jan 6, 11:47 am ET
BANGKOK (AFP) – A Myanmar court has handed down a 20-year jail term to a video journalist who worked with exiled media, rights groups said Wednesday, as the ruling junta continues its crackdown on dissent.
Little word from U.S. on Nyi Nyi Aung, jailed in Burma
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By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 24, 2009; A07
After his arrest in September, the American was held for 17 days in a dank Burmese jail and denied food, medical treatment, sleep and the chance to speak with a U.S. government official. Even after he finally met with a representative from the U.S. Embassy, [...]
Myanmar political prisoner dies in jail
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Obama has powerful tool to pressure Myanmar
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By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press Writer Foster Klug, Associated Press Writer Tue Dec 22, 3:03 am ET
WASHINGTON – If talks with Myanmar over democratic reforms fail, the Obama administration could tie up large amounts of money that the [...]
Yangon rotates power supply between zones
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Yangon city has been forced to rotate its power supply this month to ensure households get at least six hours of electricity per day, media reports said yesterday.
The Yangon City Electric Power Supply Board launched a rotation system on December 3 to manage the electricity needs of Myanmar’s largest city and former capital, [...]
Russia to sell Myanmar 20 MiG fighters - paper
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The Star Online > Worldupdates
Wednesday December 23, 2009 MYT 12:02:09 AM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has agreed to sell Myanmar 20 MiG-29 jets for 400 million euro ($572.2 million), the Vedomosti daily reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources in Russia’s defence industry.
Myanmar’s reclusive military government, which has ruled the country for almost 50 years, is shunned [...]
Why Chrysler ads star Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi
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Why Chrysler ads star Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi
As a brand, there is nothing worthwhile left of Chrysler. Why not begin to remake it in the image of what it will become — globalized, sophisticated, European — instead of what it was?
Dan Neil
December 8, 2009
The newest star of a Chrysler ad couldn’t get [...]
Myanmar suspends doctor for fatal appendectomy
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Myanmar starts investigation into death case of mistakenly operated patient
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YANGON, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — The Myanmar medical authorities have begun an investigation into a recent case of a girl patient who died after mistakenly undergoing a surgical operation for wrong diagnosis, the local weekly Popular News reported Thursday.
www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-03 20:22:40
An unidentified surgeon from a famous private special clinic, [...]
