Burmese opposition groups and politicians today suggested that the United Nations needs to play a more proactive role in order to solve the political problems in Burma.
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The Yangon (Rangoon) Times journal last week was permitted to publish the new year messages of renowned 88 Generation Student leaders Ko Ko Gyi and Htay Kywe, and other well-known personages.
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A spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization today said the group was not going to back down as it pursues answers relating to the killing of five members at the hands of Burmese government troops.
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Yangon: The food-for-education project of the World Food Program (WFP) in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state has brought about a gender-balanced school enrollment in the academic year of 2004-05, the Myanmar Times reported Monday.
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One person was killed in the Indo-Burma border town Tamu today after two bombs rocked a local market.
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Yangon: Unexplained delays in importing a drug to treat tuberculosis in children has sent prices sky-rocketing in Yangon pharmacies, alarming parents who have desperately scoured shelves for the medicine.
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Monday that he would insist on seeing detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits Myanmar as a representative of ASEAN.
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Kuala Lumpur: Myanmar’s ruling generals have retreated further into isolation by forcing a frustrated United Nations envoy to quit and shunning neighbouring nations’ attempts to push for reforms, analysts say.
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The Convener of the Indian Parliamentarian’s Forum for Democracy in Burma has urged the Indian government to support people suffering in Burma and to stop exploiting the country for economic gain.
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Port Blair: The biennial event of the Navy, in which warships from littoral navies participate, will be held here from January 9.
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Pro-democracy Burmese activists in Europe held a two-day long conference at the German city of Cologne starting on 7 January, to discuss matters relating to the prevailing situation of Burma.
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One woman’s experiences have shaped her into a human rights advocate and fierce critic of the Burmese junta.
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