Yangon: Ten ethnic Shan activists including the leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) have been arrested in Myanmar and charged with conspiracy against the state, a top junta official said Tuesday.

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The National Convention has been working on the drafting of a new national constitution for a month now, and hopes of more ethnic ceasefire groups joining the assembly are running out.

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Wa troops attacked a Shan State Army (SSA) position across the border in Burma, opposite Mae Hong Son province, on Sunday evening 13 March .

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Wa troops attacked a Shan State Army (SSA) position across the border in Burma, opposite Mae Hong Son province, on Sunday evening 13 March .

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A Thai government order means Burmese immigrants in Thailand with documents issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR, will quickly have to register to go to border refugee camps, the agency’s Bangkok office announced today.

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Yangon: Malaysian companies are well placed in terms of expertise and capability to work together with companies in Myanmar Burma to identify new opportunities and develop the untapped resources in the country, Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said Monday 14 March .

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The issues confronting Burma – democracy and human rights – will be tabled for debate in the Malaysian parliament when it reconvenes on 21 March.

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March 14: The Burmese Rohingyas detained for staging a protest outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kuala Lumpur last week claim that their refugee cards issued by the agency were confiscated by immigration officers.

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March 13: The furniture in Grace Htoo’s Carrboro apartment is second-hand and mismatched. The paint on the front door is peeling. She doesn’t have a job or a car.

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