Text of report by Norway-based Burmese Democratic Voice of Burma website on 21 January
[Newsreader] It has been learned that Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy is currently visiting Burma and discussing weapons sale with the SPDC [State Peace and Development Council] leaders. (more…)

The junta-sponsored National Convention, tasked with drafting a new constitution, is to recess at the end of next week after sitting for nearly two months, an ethnic ceasefire group reported today.
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Yangon: A group of European-led donors plans to replace funding worth millions of dollars that Myanmar will lose from the withdrawal of the UN-created Global Fund to fight disease, diplomats said Tuesday.
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Senior General Than Shwe’s stepson is reported to be in a stable condition after being seriously injured in a car accident.
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Companies in Burma (Myanmar) cannot not join the display of commodities organized by the Thai-Burma border committee in Three Pagoda town slated to begin on January 28, according to an implementing committee Member.
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Hundreds of formerly stateless ethnic Shan in Mae Fa Luang district were granted Thai citizenship today in a ceremony at the district office in Chiang Rai province.
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Thailand may be becoming more aware of the plight of Myanmese workers in the wake of the tsunami’s anniversary.
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Authorities in the Burma-Thailand border town of Tachilek have begun cracking down on drug trafficking in the city.
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Bangkok: Myanmar’s illegal timber trade with China has picked up in recent days, after an unexplained halt of several months, a forestry watchdog said Tuesday.
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Text of report by Norway-based Burmese Democratic Voice of Burma website on 21 January

It has been learned that Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy is currently visiting Burma and discussing weapons sale with the SPDC [State Peace and Development Council] leaders. (more…)

January 22: Meet the contenders: A “dictator” is a head of state who exercises arbitrary authority over the lives of his citizens and who cannot be removed from power through legal means.
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Amnesty International USA yesterday sent a letter to US President George W Bush urging his administration to help ensure the creation of a UN Human Rights Council, given its previous work on the situations in Burma and North Korea. (more…)

Singapore: India and China are performing an awkward tango. Each is wary of the other as partners; both are talented and experienced on their feet. But dance together they must.
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The junta-sponsored National Convention, tasked with drafting a new constitution, is to recess at the end of next week after sitting for nearly two months, an ethnic ceasefire group reported today.
(more…)

Yangon: A group of European-led donors plans to replace funding worth millions of dollars that Myanmar will lose from the withdrawal of the UN-created Global Fund to fight disease, diplomats said Tuesday.
(more…)

Senior General Than Shwe’s stepson is reported to be in a stable condition after being seriously injured in a car accident.
(more…)

Companies in Burma (Myanmar) cannot not join the display of commodities organized by the Thai-Burma border committee in Three Pagoda town slated to begin on January 28, according to an implementing committee Member.
(more…)

Hundreds of formerly stateless ethnic Shan in Mae Fa Luang district were granted Thai citizenship today in a ceremony at the district office in Chiang Rai province.
(more…)

Thailand may be becoming more aware of the plight of Myanmese workers in the wake of the tsunami’s anniversary.
(more…)

Authorities in the Burma-Thailand border town of Tachilek have begun cracking down on drug trafficking in the city.
(more…)