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Atlantic Free Press (Netherlands): How Bush Iraq invasion boosted Burma’s junta – Sherwood Ross

burmanet.org
11 hrs ago 4 related
        

Besides wrecking Iraq and killing a million people, President Bush’s illegal invasion has given a boost to military dictators around the world. “The idea, popular in the nineteen-nineties, that the world may intervene in...

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Lengthy jail term for 'Saffron Revolution' monk

independent.co.uk
13 hrs ago 2 related
        

By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent A Buddhist monk who helped organise last year's "Saffron Revolution" against the Burmese junta has been sentenced to a dozen years in jail by a secret court in Rangoon. Ashin Gambira, 29,...

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Chinese, Myanmar chambers of commerce agree to promote trade co-op

xinhuanet.com
20 hrs ago 2 related
        

YANGON, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) Tianjin Chamber of Commerce and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) reached a memorandum of understanding...

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B`desh-Myanmar maritime talks inconclusive!

zeenews.com
yesterday 8 related
        

B'desh-Myanmar maritime talks inconclusive Dhaka, Nov 17: The row between Bangladesh and Myanmar over lucrative hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay of Bengal continued unabated as a meeting called here to settle the issue ended...

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Mizzima News: Remittances take a hit, as Singapore’s economy slumps – John Moe

burmanet.org
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Over recent years, millions of Singapore dollars have found their way to Burma through the Burmese remittance system, the nexus of the operation being run out of shops and human resources agencies in the heartland of the Lion...

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Bangladesh asks Myanmar to stay off disputed waters!

zeenews.com
yesterday 9 related
        

Dhaka, Nov 17: The row between Bangladesh and Myanmar is heating up over lucrative hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay of Bengal. For the second time in the last ten days Bangladesh has warned Myanmar in continuing exploration...

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A pilgrimage to Calcutta recalls Armenian history

iht.com
yesterday 3 related
        

Before there were call centers and Indian conglomerates, before the East India Co. or the British Raj, there were Armenians who made their way to India to trade and to escape religious persecution from the Turks and, later,...

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Free Ein Khaing Oo

anorak.co.uk
16-Nov-2008
        

IN BURMA, they are coming for the journalists: Burmese media say a local journalist has been sentenced to two years in prison for covering a rally by victims of a devastating cyclone. Media sources say a court in Rangoon...

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New modern paper mill goes into production in Myanmar

xinhuanet.com
17-Nov-2008
        

YANGON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A newly-built modern paper mill in Thabaung, Myanmar's southwestern Ayeyawaddy division, has gone into production, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Monday. The 50-ton-capacity...

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Myanmar emphasizes on development of hydropower

xinhuanet.com
17-Nov-2008 1 related
        

YANGON, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- "A large number of special projects have been completed and the people have witnessed and enjoyed the benefits of the projects," the Myanmar top leader said at the committee's coordination meeting in...

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