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Health
Source > IRINnews
Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:15
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Tolerance to artemisinin, the most effective anti-malarial drug available, is emerging in Myanmar and could pose a major challenge to regional malaria control, says the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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National
Source > Andrew Buncombe/Independent
Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:00
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In the time she has spent detained in her crumbling Rangoon home, the Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has endured isolation, frustration and grief...
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National
Source > Reuters
Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:56
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China will soon start receiving oil and gas through two controversial pipelines which run through military-ruled Myanmar. Here are some facts about the pipelines: ...
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Tourism
Source > Bernama
Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:50
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International airlines in Myanmar have extended their flight services starting this month due to the fall of peak tourism season, China's Xinhua news agency reported Thursday, ...
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National
Source > Aye Nai/DVB
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:54
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Seven villagers in central Burma remain in captivity after being abducted by the Burmese troops in December last year, while a neighbour claimed they had been forced into the army...
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Regional
Source > SIMON ROUGHNEEN/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:52
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Thai authorities will start deporting 3,000 Karen refugees living in Tha Song Yang camp back to Burma on Friday. Karen Women's Organization (KWO) spokesperson Blooming Night Zan said ...
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National
Source > Maung Too/DVB
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:49
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An armed ethnic Karenni party has admitted to the recent bombing of two electricity towers in eastern Burma, but claimed that it did not intend to disrupt civilians...
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Media Freedom
Source > Kyaw Kha/Mizzima News
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:48
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A surprise raid was carried out by Thai police and soldiers on Thailand border town Mae Sot based Karen Information Centre (KIC) this morning...
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Media Freedom
Source > ALEX ELLGEE/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:47
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Thai police raided the office of Karen journalists and the home of David Takapaw, the vice chairman of the Karen Nation Union (KNU), in Mae Sot on Thursday, and issued a warning ...
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Politics
Source > AFP
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:44
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The detained deputy leader of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party in military-ruled Burma should be released next week and is set to resume political activities, a party spokesman said Thursday...
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Regional
Source > Usa Pichai/Mizzima News
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:43
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A police officer from Phop Phra district is suspected of killing nine migrant workers, whose bodies were found last week in Thailand, after he demanded money and they tried to flee...
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Regional
Source > SAW YAN NAING/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:42
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Pol Sen Sgt Maj Somchai Pinkaew, a police officer at Phop Phra district police station who admitted to being involved in the killing of nine Karen job-seekers, committed suicide on Jan. 30 ...
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National
Source > Kyaw Kha/Mizzima News
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:40
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Young lawyer Pho Phyu put in prison after taking up the case of farmers relating to farmland confiscation, is likely to be released, lawyer Myint Thwin, fighting his case said...
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National
Source > Khin Hnin Htet/DVB
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:39
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The Burmese-born US citizen detained in a Rangoon jail has declined food sent by his family, according to prison officials who spoke to a relative...
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National
Source > BA KAUNG/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:36
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Members of United Liberation Front Assam (ULFA), an armed separatist group from Assam State in northeast India, have established four camps inside Burma and recently started moving camps ...
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Business
Source > Min Thet/Mizzima News
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:35
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Myanmar Airways, Burma’s national carrier has sold 80 per cent of its shares to the privately held Kanbawza (KBZ) bank along with control of the management, sources and media reports said...
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Politics
Source > AFP
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:34
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Aung San Suu Kyi may be freed during the national elections in Burma, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Tuesday, predicting that the polls could be held during the second half of 2010...
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War
Source > LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy
Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:27
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The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of a number of ethnic cease-fire groups under pressure to transform itself into a border guard force under Burmese army command ...
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Regional
Source > NAM NEWS NETWORK
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:59
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is expected to press South Korea to speak up about human rights abuses in Myanmar when he meets top South Korean officials this week ...
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Business
Source > Xinhua
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:58
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A South Korean company based in Seoul is seeking investment in Myanmar's fishery sector, planning to set up a joint venture company with local fishery entrepreneurs, sources with the Myanmar ...
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National
Source > Xinhua
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:57
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An assessing oil well in Myanmar's Mottama offshore oil field is estimated to be able to start commercial production in the dry season this year after test-fire of gas was successfully done on Monday ...
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