Rangoon Division

Myanmar strives to introduce wireless internet system next year

tmcnet.com
11-Nov-2008 1 related
        

YANGON, Nov 11, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Myanmar is striving to introduce a wireless internet system of WiFi by early next year, the local weekly 7-Day News reported Wednesday. Arranged by the local IT company of Exotic...

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New ambassador of Germany

thenews.com.pk
12-Nov-2008
        

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Ishrat Hyatt Islamabad German Ambassador Dr. Michael Koch presented his credentials to the president recently along with other new diplomats. He was born in Kansas City (USA) on September 30, 1955....

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Sri Lankan Buddhist coordinates delta construction project

buddhistchannel.tv
12-Nov-2008
        

By Ye Lwin, MMTimes, Nov 11, 2008 Yangon, Myanmar -- A NEW modern village is to arise from the destruction wrought by cyclone Nargis, thanks to the generosity of Buddhist well-wishers coordinated by a religious advisor from Sri...

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Myanmar Cyclone Nargis Bogale Hub Update No. 1

reliefweb.int
12-Nov-2008
        

OVERVIEW & KEY DEVELOPMENTS - Township Medical Officer and the representatives of INGO/LNGO and UN agencies based in Bogale presented their activities. Kyun Thar Yar, Kyein Chaung Gyi, Set San, Daunt Gyi, Nga Pyay Ma, Ka Done...

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timesonline.co.uk: Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe timesonline.co.uk

Blogger jailed for 20 years over poem that mocked Burmese dictator

timesonline.co.uk
11-Nov-2008 14 related
        

A young blogger and a writer who disguised an attack on the country’s dictator in the form of a love poem have received heavy jail sentences, in the latest blow to opponents of Burma’s military dictatorship.

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Myanmar is said to give long terms to activists

iht.com
11-Nov-2008 8 related
        

One of the best-known examples of the use of these laws was against James Nichols, an honorary consul for Norway, who was sentenced in 1996 to three years for possession of a fax machine in his Yangon home without a permit. He...

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Thai Airways cuts fuel fees again

tmcnet.com
11-Nov-2008 34 related
        

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 10--Thai Airways International has cut fuel surcharges further on international routes by an average of 30 percent from the previous cut last month in response to the continued drop in world oil...

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Democratic Voice of Burma: Saw Wai gets two years for writing coded poem – Yee May Aung

burmanet.org
11-Nov-2008
        

Poet Saw Wai who was arrested early this year for writing a poem containing anti-junta leader message has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by a court inside Insein jail, according to his lawyer. U Soe Maung, lawyer for...

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guardian.co.uk: A Myanmar activist at a march in New Delhi to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's 63rd birthday guardian.co.uk

Cathy Scott-Clark: Not such a hero after all

guardian.co.uk
11-Nov-2008 21 related
        

Aung San Suu Kyi made the world take notice of Burma's struggle for democracy. By Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy A Myanmar activist at a march in New Delhi to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's 63rd birthday Photograph: Gurinder...

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Myanmar, DPRK agree on visa exemption

xinhuanet.com
11-Nov-2008 5 related
        

YANGON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have agreed on bilateral visa exemption for diplomatic, service and official passport holders, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar...

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