Myanmar’s military government has banned domestic publications from printing articles by a veteran journalist who wrote that democracy in the country was inevitable, industry sources said Thursday.
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In accordance with the European Union’s renewed sanctions against Burmese military officials and their relatives, the Bank of England has extended its freeze on their assets.
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Burma’s information ministry has kindled a minor civil war among some Burmese journalists. In late April, according to Rangoon-based journalists, it formed a group of editors and publishers with a mission to counter the democratic opposition, activists and Western critics.
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Maungdaw, Burma: Nasaka, Burma’s border security force along with Natala (model) villagers robbed a Rohingya villager of “Maung Nama” village in Maungdaw Township, reports our correspondent.
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The Salween river, Myanmar – Driven by a boyish urge to swim across an international border, I left my clothes on a rock in Thailand before plunging into the murky waters of the Salween River and striking out for Myanmar.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has permitted Burma’s ‘long-neck’ Kayan people in Thailand to apply for resettlement in third countries.
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An armed group from Karenni Nationalities People’s Liberation Front (KNPLF), which agreed to a ceasefire with the Burmese military junta, entered Huay Pu Kay village, Mae Hong Son province, Thailand to look for the village headman.
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A truck apparently carrying Burmese illegal immigrants crashed in Thailand’s Kanchaburi province early on Tuesday, killing one woman and injuring 14 others.
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“The law in Burma [Myanmar] is like an old dog,” said a veteran ethnic-Kachin politician along Myanmar’s rugged northern border with China. “It barks if you kick it, otherwise it stays silent.” Global Witness, a London-based environmental watchdog, has inadvertently set the old dog howling in northern Myanmar.
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China and Myanmar signed one more general loan agreement on utilization of the preferential buyer’s credit loan of 200 million U.S. dollars here on June 8.
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Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited has launched bird flu drug, Oseflu, in Myanmar for the prevention and treatment of human cases of Avian influenza.
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Burmese authorities handed more than 90 Chinese inmates from prisons in Mandalay, Monywa and Myintkyina to authorities in Jie Gao at an extradition ceremony on Wednesday.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged the military government in Burma to release all political activists who are being held in custody.
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