http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us 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... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14615693-myanmar-says-shan-rebels-attack-oil-company-office disasters-news Wed, 15 May 2013 10:15:16 -0700 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... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14612645-burma-migration-flows-have-created-a-generational-vacuum disasters-news Wed, 15 May 2013 00:37:31 -0700 China and five Southeast Asian nations vowed Thursday to boost cooperation in the fight against illegal drugs, which they warned posed a significant threat to the region. The pledge came at the end of a meeting of ministers or representatives... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14576524-asian-nations-pledge-to-step-up-war-on-drugs disasters-news Thu, 09 May 2013 05:20:43 -0700 Two Buddhists were arrested after new attacks against Muslims spread to an area of northern Burma, said on Saturday police source. "Muslim shops were destroyed" Thursday in the town of Hpakant in Kachin State, said a local police official told... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14543687-burma-two-arrested-after-violence-against-muslims disasters-news Sat, 04 May 2013 03:18:08 -0700 According to a report by the Human Rights Watch released today, "Burmese authorities and members of Arakanese groups have committed crimes against humanity in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan State since June 2012." The report... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14462114-human-rights-watch-report-says-ethnic-cleansing-of-muslims-continues-unabated-in-burma disasters-news Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:44:19 -0700 In a report released Monday, the NGO Human Rights Watch believes that the Burmese authorities involved since 2012 in a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" and denounced "crimes against humanity" against the Muslim Rohingya minority. Authorities Rakhine State since 2012 involved... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14459069-burma-guilty-of-ethnic-cleansing-according-to-hrw disasters-news Mon, 22 Apr 2013 03:19:10 -0700 Yangon : Fire broke out in Mondale where is population of Muslims. In result of fire 200 house burnt. According to residents the fire is set by some one but police concealing the reality. The rescue teams also reached the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14400412-buma-fire-burns-200-muslim-houses-in-mondale disasters-news Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:58:17 -0700 Parent poor security forces under the junta, the Burmese police is now under pressure to fulfill its role of policing, torn between those who denounce its aggressive interventions and those who accuse him guilty of inaction. The transition is also... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14392588-in-burma-the-police-identity-crisis disasters-news Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:22:31 -0700 Muslims blame Buddhists for the fire that came aftermath of a wave of violence against Muslims in Buddhist majority country, although officials say fire might have caused by a short circuit. Local sources said that the children were all boys... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14363674-myanmar-islamic-school-fire-kills-13-children disasters-news Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:59:05 -0700 The tragedy occurred on Tuesday, April 2, in the religious school of the country's largest city of Yangon. Among the dead there are children. Police believe that the cause of PE could be a short circuit the wiring. The incident... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14329137-islamic-school-fire-kills-13-children-in-myanmar disasters-news Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:11:08 -0700 Muslim school in Yangon, police in Myanmar's (Burma's) main city say. "Thirteen people, mostly children, were killed during a fire at a Muslim religious school in downtown Yangon," a police officer at the scene told AFP on Tuesday. "We assume... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14327240-13-dead-in-fire-at-muslim-school disasters-news Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:54:57 -0700 Many weren't even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s. noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/14319318-a-step-toward-democracy-privately-owned-newspapers-return-to-myanmar disasters-news Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:05:22 -0700 YANGON, Myanmar (Mon, Mar 25) -; Reported by madn3wz Sectarian violence spread further across the country as anti-Muslim throngs stormed through three more towns over the weekend, demolishing mosques and setting fire to dozens of homes in Myanmar's mainly Buddhist... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14296623-myanmar-muslimbuddhist-violence-spreads-in-more-towns-across-the-country disasters-news Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:12:32 -0700 President of Myanmar, U Thein Sein, declared a state of emergency in four locations Meikhtila district, in northern Myanmar, after three days of rioting that began last Wednesday, reported Friday the state radio and television. The four locations are Meikhtila... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14289146-myanmar-president-declares-state-of-emergency-in-meikhtila-after-three-days-of-riots disasters-news Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:50:46 -0700 sectarian and Ethnic riots have erupted in Myanmar due to which 20 people have been killed 20 injured. Three Mosques were also martyred. Today is the third day of riots in between Buddhists and Muslims in a central Myanmar. Curfew... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14288448-myanmar-sectarian-riots-kills-20-people-10-mosques-destroyed disasters-news Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:12:57 -0700