Burma’s press scrutiny board has warned the media that any publications attempting to violate the censorship guidelines will be banned as tougher enforcement of the rules starts today.
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We have learned that a unit of the Karen National Liberation Army’s (KNLA) 6th Brigade under the Karen National Union (KNU) ambushed a car belonging to the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) near Thingan Nyi Naung on Kawkareik-Myawadi road in Karen State.
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Myanmar top leader Senior-General Than Shwe on Tuesday urged workers in the country to join government efforts for the smooth implementation of the nation’s seven-step roadmap.
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An outspoken Burmese activist says doctors repeatedly ignored his requests for care when he was hospitalized after a severe beating at the hands of government-backed thugs.
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A Christian human rights organisation has claimed that the Burmese army has executed a relief worker there.
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Dimapur: The Khaplang faction of the NSCN has dismissed Delhi’s efforts to clear out its camps and flush out ULFA militants from Myanmar, claiming that the military junta in that country would not fully co-operate with Indian security forces, The Telegraph reported on April 30.
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A remote township called Yamethin in Myanmar’s Mandalay division has become a region of good prospects for gold mining especially in most recent years when gold production in the region has been on rise, reported the Voice journal for this week.
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Former minister tells AEC he tried to stop deal to lease satellite feed: source

Former foreign minister Surakiart Sathirathai, a key member of Thaksin Shinawatra’s Thai Rak Thai Party, told the Assets Examination Committee (AEC) yesterday the former premier gave an order to lend Bt4 billion to the Burmese junta in spite of his objections, according to a source.
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Burma struggles to keep bird flu at bay

The pandemic risk is great, the timing is unpredictable and the severity is uncertain,” said Margaret Chan, a senior official of the World Health Organization, about the international threat posed by bird flu. The international community is fighting an invisible enemy, and nowhere is the foe harder to discern than in Burma.
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