The Burmese junta disarmed members of two separate ethnic ceasefire groups in northern Shan State on Sunday, according to sources in the groups.
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July 24: Yangon: Myanmar’s former premier Khin Nyunt once wielded immense power in this military-ruled state, but the general’s recent corruption conviction cements his downfall despite signs the junta will let him serve his term at home instead of prison.
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July 23: Yangon: Brutality and neglect by Myanmar’s military regime have created a pariah state with a wretched and desperate people
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The order is out to units in northern Shan State to keep an eye on foreigners engaged in humanitarian activities, according to reports from Lashio, the state’s northern capital.
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July 22: Mon members accused of state assassination plot two years ago are being interrogated after the bomb explosion in Rangoon recently, says a Mon political source from Rangoon.
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July 23: Yangon: Myanmar will send about 2,000 workers to Japan annually to work as trainees in the small and midsize enterprises, according to local media reports.
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Thailand moved to secure further oil and gas interests in Burma on Monday, signing a petroleum exploration agreement in Rangoon witnessed by the Thai Energy Minister Dr Prommin Lertsuridej.
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Vientiane: Myanmar’s military government hinted on Monday it may skip its turn as chairman in 2006 of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), sparing the 10-member bloc criticism over Yangon’s human rights record.
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Vientiane: Southeast Asian nations were split over whether military-ruled Myanmar should heed U.S. pressure to forgo their bloc’s chairmanship, marring their annual security dialogue with Western and Asian partners, diplomats said Monday.
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Asean should bar Burma from taking over its chairmanship next year if the military-ruled country refuses to voluntarily skip its turn, Southeast Asian lawmakers said Monday.
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Vientiane: Southeast Asian nations have agreed to consider creating panels on the rights of woman and children as possible precursors to a regional human rights commission, an official said Monday.
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Yangon: Thai Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai arrived in Yangon on Monday as a special envoy of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and held talks with Myanmar’s top leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, diplomatic sources said.
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On her recent visit to Thailand, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she was there to show that she cares about Southeast Asia. If so, skipping this week’s meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a bad way to show it.
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July 23: Ostracising Myanmar has not helped its people. It is time to explore the possibility of a deal
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