Burmese authorities kept up pressure on dissidents in Rangoon with the arrest this weekend of another protestor from the February 22 demonstration.
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Following the recent arrest and intimidation of Burmese scholars seeking further education abroad, activists in Rangoon called on the military regime to respect the right to education.
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More than 600 Karen on Sunday took the unusual step of staging a public protest to demand armed groups stop fighting because it threatens the peaceful life of the villagers.
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The CNF delegation, which went for peace talks with the Burmese military junta, has come back to its headquarters on the Indo-Burma border area on Saturday following negotiations between March 15 to 16.
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Kuki activists have urged the Burmese military junta to intervene and rescue over 400 Kuki villagers who were allegedly ‘deported’ by an India based insurgent outfit in cahoots with the Burmese Army to an unknown destination in Burma.
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Yangon: Military-run Myanmar has signed a contract with Russian and Singaporean firms to jointly explore for inland oil and gas, state media said Saturday.
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Aythaya, Myanmar: The landscape could well be mistaken for the rolling, sun-drenched hills of Tuscany. But the monasteries perched on hilltops are Buddhist. And the workers aren’t Italians with centuries of viticulture coursing through their veins, but Asian farmers new to the grape at Myanmar’s first winery.
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MkOne, the high street value fashion store, has withdrawn a range of clothes after The Observer told the firm that they were made in Burma, which is ruled by a military dictatorship.
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Yangon: Lao President Choummaly Sayasone will pay a state visit to Myanmar in the near future to boost  bilateral and regional ties with the Southeast Asian neighbor, an  official announcement from new capital Nay Pyi Taw said Sunday  without giving specific date of the visit.
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Burma’s democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was given the first Netaji Subhas Award by the Netaji Subhas Foundation in Kolkata today for her tireless struggle to restore democracy in Burma.
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