Burma’s junta released more than 240 political prisoners on Wednesday, and the well-known 75-year-old journalist Win Tin, who has served 16 years of a 20 year sentence, was reported to be among them.
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July 5: The secrecy behind building a new military township in Pyinmanar in central Burma has led the military junta in Burma to warn ministerial staff not to talk to the media about its plans to move. Anyone caught talking to the media about the new township faces punishment.
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Maungdaw: Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) is being substituted for Military Intelligence Service (MIS) and starting their activities in Northern Arakan.
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Burmese authorities on Tuesday arrested three armed members of ethnic minority group the Shan State Army-North, according to a Shan official.
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China’s efforts to prevent its citizens gambling at casinos in Burmese border towns are having only limited success, according to reports from the region.
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New Delhi: Myanmar is likely to import diesel from India but has said no to Indian firms exploring in onland blocks in that country.
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Dhaka: Bangladesh has decided to stay away from the talks on the much-talked-about trans-Myanmar gas pipeline project scheduled to be held in New Delhi Wednesday.
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July 5: Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to China, Thailand, Japan and South Korea this week, but will skip a key security meeting in Southeast Asia later in the month, officials said on Tuesday.
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Burma’s generals target former ministers in corruption clean-up

Three former Burmese government ministers, including the ex-foreign minister Win Aung, have been arrested in the past week and are expected to stand trial for economic crimes and corruption in the near future.
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Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association voiced “relief and joy” at the announced release by Burma’s ruling military junta today of more than 200 political prisoners including journalist Sein Hla Oo and documentary filmmaker Aung Pwint.
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