Dozens of people from the persecuted Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar may have drowned
Posted by: fibonnaci
Paungde :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-18 00:03:57 -0700 | disasters-news
A cyclone could bring with it the makeshift homes of tens of thousands of people belonging to the people of Rohingya in Myanmar. Already, several dozen have drowned as they tried to get away before the cyclone hit. Many from...
Myanmar opts for ‘beauty contest' competition for licences
Source: Myanmar News
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-16 06:35:43 -0700 | political-news
Myanmar opts for beauty contest' competition for licences Myanmar's government has selected Munich-based consultancy firm Roland Berger to assist in the auction of two telecoms licences, local news portal Mizzima writes. The company will map out selection criteria for a...
Plight of the Burmese Muslims... By Almasur
Source: Pak Tribune
Arakan :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-16 05:06:58 -0700 | political-news
Burma has a population of 75 million, with the Muslim population being just 10.7 million. The Burmese Muslims have been a minority since 1962 when the army usurped Burma. It all started in June 2012, when two innocent Muslims were...
PTTGC seeks co-investment with Sinochem in China
Source: The Nation
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-15 11:55:12 -0700 | business-news
The two companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding on a joint feasibility study on co-investment in petrochemical business focusing on polyurethane and bio-based chemicals to serve the growing auto, construction, and electronics industries.
Myanmar says Shan rebels attack oil company office
Source: Boston.com
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-15 10:15:16 -0700 | disasters-news
Myanmar (AP) Myanmar's government says ethnic Shan guerrillas have attacked a state oil and gas company compound near the Chinese border, leaving two dead and three wounded. The state-owned Myanma Ahlin newspaper reported Wednesday that guerrillas from the Restoration Council...
Cronyism v proportional representation
Source: Myanmar News
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-15 05:05:43 -0700 | political-news
This important summit will see telecom operators, service providers, ICT vendors & distributors, handset & device manufacturers and network technologists congregate to discuss new opportunities and current concerns faced ... Wednesday 15th May, 2013 The following is a food security...
Behind the Land of Smiles Human Trafficking in Thailand
Source: Myanmar News
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-15 03:04:30 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday 15th May, 2013 (1 hr 35 mins ago) The UN says a cyclone churning through the Indian Ocean appears to have weakened but could still bring ';life-threatening'' conditions to 8.2 million people along the coasts of India, Bangladesh and...
Burma : Migration flows have created a generational vacuum
Posted by: rsa76
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-17 11:36:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Residents call it "the old man of the earth." The Mon State, in eastern Burma, is populated by old and young children, since its forces are parties to Thailand to escape poverty. Some say that 70% of adults of working...
Religious violence threatens to tear Myanmar apart
Source: Myanmar News
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-14 12:43:52 -0700 | political-news
The first signs of fragile freedom that have emerged over the last two years have given us hope. There is greater freedom of expression, the release of many political prisoners, preliminary ceasefires with most of the armed ethnic resistance organizations,...
Burma - Former political prisoner re-imprisoned in Burma on defamation charges
Source: Myanmar News
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-14 11:34:01 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday 8 May 2013 that the cancelation of amnesty for former political prisoner Nay Myo Zin is "a disturbing warning sign to former political prisoners conditionally released under section 401 (1)".In January 2012, Nay Myo Zin, a former army captain...
EB start favourite against Yangon side in AFC Cup pre-quarters
Source: Zee News
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-14 08:58:35 -0700 | sports-news
East Bengal start as favourites when they take on Yangon United of Myanmar in the AFC Cup pre-quarterfinals at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Wednesday. Placed fourth in the ongoing Myanmar league, the Yangon United made the last-16 stage...
Reflecting on Myanmar's religious strifes on Good Friday
Source: Myanmar News
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-13 23:50:10 -0700 | political-news
The violence against Muslims in Meiktila, which then spread to Naypyitaw, Bago and threatened Yangon, is so serious it has drawn the attention of the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide.
Boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims sinks off Myanmar
Source: Myanmar News
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-14 09:29:37 -0700 | political-news
A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar while evacuating people ahead of a coming storm and an unknown number of people are missing, a senior U.N. official said on Tuesday.The boat struck rocks off Pauktaw township...
Report on Burma : Severe Human Rights Abuses
Source: Asian Tribune
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-13 16:52:59 -0700 | political-news
30 editor Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) released a new report on human rights in Burma following a four-week fact-finding visit to the country. The report welcomes signs of political change in the country, including significantly increased freedom for media,...
Rory MacLeans top 10 books on Burma
Source: Myanmar News
Pyinmana :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-13 11:00:17 -0700 | political-news
Rory MacLean's top 10 books on Burma Burma is three lands for the British reader. First, it's the old colony of temple bells, flying fishes and dynastic despots (home-grown as well as imported). Second, it's the betrayed golden land enslaved...
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