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Renewed international pressure is being put on Burma's military regime to release political prisoners, end oppression of minorities and institute democratic reforms. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's...
It was dubbed the Saffron Revolution. Last September thousands of monks marched down the streets of Rangoon to call for democratic change. By the end of 27 September at least 30 people were dead and thousands of monks...
On the anniversary of last year's uprising by monks, Imogen Wall finds a Burma cowed by its rulers and shattered by nature Villagers waiting for aid in the Irrawaddy delta in Burma. There was no shooting in Bagan, but...
BOGALAY, Myanmar, 26 September 2008 – In an area heavily affected by Cyclone Nargis in May, it was a special day at Auk Paing Primary School in Bogalay. All 619 students were to receive new UNICEF backpacks filled with...
When a plane crashes or the earth shakes, we tend to view the survivors as the lucky ones. The recent earthquake in China and the cyclone in Burma, not to mention the battery of tornadoes and wildfires ripping through the...
