February 1: Rangoon: Vice Sr Gen Maung Aye, vice-chairman of the State Peace and Development Council SPDC deputy commander in chief of the Defence Services and commander in chief of the Army of the Union of Myanmar Burma , met Gen Chaisit Shinawatra, supreme commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, and party, at the Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha in Yangon Rangoon at 1900 0230 gmt today.

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Burma’s regime has escalated its military offensives against the Karen and Karenni ethnic groups in eastern Burma, despite calling for a new round of peace talks.

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Four local officials in Myanmar were sentenced to prison terms from eight to 16 months last Monday, for using forced labor in public development projects, a U.N. official said Thursday.

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A low-intensity earthquake felt in the Myanmar capital Thursday prompted some residents to flee their homes.

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The lion’s share of the tax levied at 3 border crossings with China goes to the armed ethnic groups that have concluded ceasefire pacts with Rangoon, say border watchers in Thailand.

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Dhaka: The Burmese authorities sent a proposal to both India and Bangladesh, to hold the first meeting of the working committee of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline, in Rangoon on Feb 14, said an official report of the Bangladeshi Energy Ministry.

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Dhaka: The Burmese authorities sent a proposal to both India and Bangladesh, to hold the first meeting of the working committee of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline, in Rangoon on Feb 14, said an official report of the Bangladeshi Energy Ministry.

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Legislators from seven countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, will send a fact-finding team to Burma to meet government officials and also hope to see opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, currently under house arrest. They are members of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Caucus.

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Legislators from seven Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) grouped in the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Caucus (IPC) will send a fact- finding team to Myanmar to meet government officials and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Construction will begin in the first week of March on the first section of the Asian Highway linking Thailand and Burma, an official of Burmese Ministry of Construction said Thursday.

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Beijing: China has busted a baby trafficking gang in which village women sold 70 newborns in an operation that spanned several provinces as well as Myanmar, where seven babies came from, state media said Thursday.

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Text of telephone interview with NLD Spokesman U Lwin, in Rangoon, carried by Burmese opposition radio Democratic Voice of Burma web site on 1 February

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