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Myanmar PM on Post-Storm Relief, Rehabilitation Work

Myanmar PM on post-storm relief, rehabilitation work YANGON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 1 million people in Myanmar's storm-hit regions have been rescued in time, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar quoted Prime...

Thai prime minister toppled by court for hosting cookery show

The entire Thai cabinet must stand down because prime minister Samak Sundaravej hosted a cookery programme on television, the country's constitutional court has ruled. Samak Sundaravej's signature dishes include salmon...

The UN at a dead-end in Myanmar

United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari's left Myanmar at the weekend embarrassed and empty-handed. His latest failure to break the deadlock between the military junta and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi raises...

No top-rank talks for Burma envoy

Mr Gambari has paid several visit to Burma since violence last year The United Nations envoy on Burma has left the country without meeting either its top military ruler or detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi....

Thai foreign minister on official visit to Myanmar

Bangkok - Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag left for an official three-day visit to Myanmar Saturday with plans to meet with Prime Minister General Thein Sein, government officials said. Tej, who was appointed Thailand's...

Beijing Olympics draws much concern of Myanmar people

YANGON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Olympic Games has drawn much concern of Myanmar people over the last few days ahead of the opening ceremony of the world event in Beijing, China. The Beijing Olympic Games has topped the...

Burmese junta arrest 48 on uprising anniversary eve

Burma's junta have arrested 48 activists during a protest march marking 20 years since the army crushed a pro-democracy uprising, killing 3,000 people. "They were all picked up and are being questioned at the moment," Ko Thein...

Chinese premier meets Japanese prime minister, Pakistani prime minister

BEIJING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met here Friday afternoon with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who are here to attend the opening ceremony of the...

Myanmar arrests "8-8-88" anniversary marchers (Reuters)

Reuters - Myanmar's junta arrested 48 activists on Friday for a protest march marking 20 years since the army crushed an "8-8-88" democracy uprising with the loss of an estimated 3,000 lives, an opposition official said.

Burma: No Rights Reform 20 Years After Massacre

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, August 7, 2008) – Twenty years after the uprising in Burma, the military government continues to sharply restrict fundamental rights and violently suppress dissent, Human Rights Watch said ...

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