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Irrawaddy: Bangladesh, election preparations top meeting agenda in Naypyidaw – Wai Moe

Tensions between Burma and Bangladesh and preparations for the general election planned for 2010 topped the agenda of the latest meeting of Burma’s ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), according to Burmese...

Top Bangladesh, Myanmar leaders to meet over gas exploration row

Dhaka - Bangladesh's chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed is expected to meet Myanmar junta chief General Thein Sein to discuss disputes over territorial waters on the sideline of the BIMSTEC summit to be held in New Delhi Thursday,...

Kachin News Group: Severe torture and extortion of Naga gold trader by Burmese troops

Severe torture was inflicted on an innocent Naga businessman and money was extorted by Burmese Army soldiers in Hukawng Valley in Burma’s northern Kachin State after he was accused of being a ‘Naga rebel’, said local sources....

Burma blogger jailed for 20 years

A Burmese blogger has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for posting a cartoon of the military leader Than Shwe. Nay Phone Latt, 28, was sentenced by a court in Rangoon's Insein prison, said his mother, Aye Than. Nay Phone...

Dissident blogger given 20 years

A young Burmese blogger who fed the outside world news from a locked-down country on the September 2007 uprising was sentenced to 20 years and six months imprisonment today. Nay Phone Latt, 28, is one of more than a dozen...

The Press Association: Junta leader congratulates Obama

Burma’s military leader has sent US President-elect Barack Obama a congratulatory message on his election victory. The official Myanmar Ahlin daily newspaper reported that the country’s leader, General Than Shwe sent a...

Junta leader congratulates Obama

Last Modified: 08 Nov 2008 Source: PA News Burma's military leader has sent US President-elect Barack Obama a congratulatory message on his election victory. The official Myanmar Ahlin daily newspaper reported that the...

Irrawaddy: Two more join Burma’s list of detained journalists – Wai Moe

Burma’s military junta arrested two Rangoon-based journalists on Wednesday, bringing the number of reporters put behind bars since the beginning of the year to at least ten. Sources told The Irrawaddy that Khin Maung Aye,...

Bangladesh-Burma (Myanmar) maritime boundary dispute escalates

The oil-rich Bay of Bengal has been contested territory for years. By Huma Yusuf posted November 04, 2008 at 9:45 am EST Naval ships from Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar) are facing off in the Bay of Bengal as a maritime boundary...