Burma’s National League for Democracy said today the well-known activist Su Su Nway had been released from military custody and was in hospital suffering from “ill health”.
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In what appears to be the latest move to fight fire with fire, the Burmese junta yesterday decided to form another civilian militia in every township in Rangoon to take on democracy activists.
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A cyber-city is being built close to Maymyo, also know as Pyin U Lwin, where Burma’s ruling generals have built a luxurious residential area for themselves.
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Akyab, Arakan: Curfew has been imposed in Akyab and people from Akyab are not able to go out of their homes after 8 pm to till 5:00 am starting from June 5, said a local from Akyab.
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The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) has announced free admission at the primary level putting a burden on school administrations.
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Members of an unknown pro-military group staged their own prayer campaign in Rangoon yesterday, calling for an end to “destructive elements” in Burma.
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A major outbreak of dengue fever has hit Burmese communities living at the Three Pagodas Pass, o­n the border with Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province.
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A recent ban o­n diesel sales to private freight companies has fueled an increase in transport fees and a spike in the cost of diesel o­n the black market, according to business sources in Pyinmana.
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Eleven HIV/AIDS patients in Burma have been detained since Tuesday in Rangoon following the group’s demonstrations calling for the release of a prominent HIV/AIDS activist who was arrested earlier by authorities, according to a Rangoon-based activist.
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Beijing’s support for the Burmese junta has strengthened over the past few months as China’s leaders see Rangoon as a corner stone of their strategy towards South-East Asia . (more…)

Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest in Myanmar was supposed to end last month, but the country’s military junta decided to extend it for another year anyway.
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Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo met here Wednesday with a delegation of Myanmar’s State Peace and Development Council led by its First Secretary Thein Sein.
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