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Strong quake strikes Myanmar, 12 feared dead

Source: SeacoastOnline.com, Nov 11 2012, 7:21am CST

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A strong earthquake of magnitude-6.8 struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead. The ...

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Myanmar: Police Who Attacked Protestors Must Be Prosecuted

Source: Scoop - New Zealand News  |   May 22 2013, 5:29pm CDT

Myanmar: Police Who Attacked Peaceful Protestors Must Be Prosecuted 1. The struggle of farmers and their allies in the Letpadaung Hills of central Myanmar against the expansion of a copper mining operatio ...

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2 hours ago

Myanmar reforms ‘bear fruit,’ growth to accelerate—IMF

Source: Inquirer  |   May 22 2013, 4:44pm CDT

A man ties a boat to a huge bamboo raft in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Monday, May 20, 2013. Myanmar’s economy expanded 6.5 percent last year, the IMF estimated Wednesday, as sweeping reforms h ...

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27 weeks ago


Quote:
"Landslides occurred at some old ruby mines, but there were no casualties because these are old mines"


Source: SeacoastOnline.com

 
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3 hours ago

Technology › Sumitomo Corp, NEC provide communications infrastructure in Myanmar

Source: Japan Today  |   May 22 2013, 3:57pm CDT

Sumitomo Corp and NEC Corp, in cooperation with NTT Communications, have concluded a contract with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Myanmar in support of the country’s emergency communications network improvement plan. ...

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3 hours ago

J-School in the Land of the Junta

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 22 2013, 3:41pm CDT

The future of Burmese journalism is in a shopping mall. At least, that's what the government hopes. Up the glass escalators of Yangon's sparkling new Junction Square, past the ice cream parlors and kiosks offering cosmetics, je ...

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4 hours ago

Yangon's flowering art scene

Source: Bangkok Post  |   May 22 2013, 2:42pm CDT

A dilapidated house in Yangon has undergone a renaissance and become a temporary art space for the months of April and May. MAIN PHOTO & ABOVE Ko Z’s pieces are juxtaposed with the busy, polluted street outside by using natural materials such as wood, ch ...

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4 hours ago

ERI to U.S.: Giving Trade Preferences to Myanmar Can Have Human Rights Consequences

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 22 2013, 2:21pm CDT

Forced labor, land grabs, and other serious abuses are still common in the extractive industries and plantation agriculture sectors in Myanmar (Burma), according to a brief ERI submitted to the U.S. Government on Friday. In the brief, ERI a ...

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12 hours ago

Japanese PM to visit Myanmar for first time in 36 years

Source: Sify  |   May 22 2013, 7:05am CDT

-ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Myanmar from May 24 to 26 to boost bilateral economic ties, becoming the first prime minister to visit the Southeast Asian country in 36 years, Japanese Chief Cabinet Se ...

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12 hours ago

Myanmar outplays India in Women's Qualifiers

Source: The Hindu  |   May 22 2013, 6:42am CDT

The Indian women’s football team failed to overturn a two-goal deficit as it went down 0-2 to Myanmar in its first group ‘D’ encounter of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup (Qualifiers) here. Myanmar rode on its two first half goals f ...

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15 hours ago

U.S. starts using Myanmar as well as Burma

Source: SINA English  |   May 22 2013, 4:05am CDT

The Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma received further backing from the White House on Monday in its campaign to be called Myanmar. Successive U.S. governments have refused to acknowledge the name change made in the ...

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