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Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a delegation led by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell at Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon for two hours today, according to US officials. US Embassy officials...
Tags: Burma, Kurt Campbell, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Mr Obama, leader aung, Rangoon, obama administration, U.S, Burmese
Kurt Campbell, the US assistant secretary of state for east Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived in the Burmese capital, Naypyidaw, on Tuesday morning for a two-day visit during which he will meet government officials, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi...
Tags: Mr. Kurt Campbell, Burma, East Asian, assistant secretary, Rangoon, Burmese, Aung San Suu Kyi, US State Department, Barack Obama, Southeast Asian
Analysts say the talks in Rangoon are believed to be about recent shifts in the West's approach to trying to bring about change in Burma. The diplomats are reported to be ambassadors from the United States, Australia and Britain. The US has said it will...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Ms Suu Kyi, Myanmar, western diplomat, kyi meeting, Burma, Australian, United States, Barack Obama, Rangoon
An owner of a private clinic in Rangoon said she received a government notice in September that private hospitals, clinics and health services in Rangoon and other cities must apply for a government license and must pay fees and duties to the Health Ministry...
US policy on Burma is aimed at all players in the region and afar, directly and indirectly, involved in the Burmese quagmire. Coming as it did at this juncture, the policy will be used as a new benchmark to gauge Rangoon’s genuine desire for dialogue...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Rangoon
Ed/Op Analysis Burma’s 2010 elections to test new US policy Burma’s 2010 elections to test new US policy by Brian McCartan Friday, 02 October 2009 12:33 Mizzima News – The United States is seeking to more actively engage with Burma’s military rulers,...
Tags: Suu Kyi, Burma&, Burma Monks’ Alliance, Rangoon
Burma’s notorious censorship board, called the Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, has allowed a private Rangoon journal to publish translated versions of articles that have appeared in the international media. The Voice Weekly published translated...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Rangoon
The statements issued by the All Burma Students Union said branch organizations under the aegis of the underground All Burma Monks Organization were formed in Pegu, Irrawaddy and Rangoon Division. The information is being disseminated among Burmese internet...
Tags: Rangoon
Senior Asian officials met in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss issuing an unprecedented call for amnesty for Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, Indonesia's foreign ministry said. Myanmar, were considering a "joint appeal" for Suu Kyi's release from...
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, Jim Webb, Burma, senator jim, democracy leader, Rangoon, icon aung, American, John Yettaw
Burma's national police chief says 15 dissidents have been arrested in connection with a plot to plant bombs during the visit of U.N...At a news conference Friday, Burma Police Chief Khin Yi linked the bomb plotters to a number of dissident organizations,...
Tags: Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Khin Yi, U.N., Rangoon, Myanmar, leaders aung, Singapore, police chief, opposition leaders