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38 dead after ferry sinks in Burmese delta
About 38 people are dead after a ferry sank in a river in Burma yesterday afternoon.It sank in Burma's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta."The motorized ship sank in the Yway river in Burma, also known as Myanmar, Tuesday after water entered its stern section, the New Light of...
Myanmar: Passenger motor boat sank, 38 people killedm
Myanmar state run media today comfirmed 38 people have been killed in a motor boat sank in Yway river in Irrawaddy delta in this week. The motor boat named Myo Pa Pa Tun with 82 passengers left to Myaung Mya from... United Nations: Long On Talk, Short On Action
I like what I see in Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations. He says what he needs to say. He talks about food security, the importance of caring for the starving or malnourished, he is a protector of children.But, after the rhetoric disappears... Burma: Act Now, Think Later! Let's Go!
OK, here is an unbelievable, "once in a lifetime" opportunity to help those suffering immensely in Burma -- both as a result of the dictators complete lack of response to the devastation of the May 9th cyclone, which is estimated to have adversely affected over 2... News from Insein prison
According to the Yangon source Zarganar, popular Burmese comedian and Zaw Thet Htway were sent to Khanti prison in Sagaing Division. Zay Yar Thaw and Kyaw Kyaw are also locked up in a tiny dark cell, in Insein... Burmese Plea for Independent Tourist Support
Anyone who has been to Burma (Myanmar) over the last 15 years or so and visited the mystical Inle Lake situated on the high plateau of the Shan State would have stopped in at the most famous backpacker cafe in Nyong... Drug scandal from Myanmar most powerful leader’s family
Nay Shwe Thway Aung , the favorite grandson of Senior General Than Shwe is reportedly involved in using drug. He is known to be Than Shwe's favoured successor in the future. "He usually accompanies his grandfather on... Burma blocks emergency telecoms
Continuing its crackdown on foreign aid agencies Burmese government has expelled aid workers serving the emergency telecom services. "Two teams of foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms in...Burma, 84,500 reported dead: aid and the online community
Death tolls are now at 84,500. Forcasted to grow larger, this number has a stunning effect. Though it is not in our own backyard, netizens the world over have demonstrated that we can help. "Burmese officials... Myanmar's two most powerful generals retirement from military
Myanmar junta leader Senior General Than Shwe and Vice Senior-General Maung Aye have reportedly announced retirement from controlling military power. According to military source Senior General was given to General... UN issues urgent plea for more funding to Burma
The United Nations issued an urgent plea today to stress to the international community that more funding is still needed. The UN says it will be forced to ground helicopters that have been ferrying aid unless more... Aung San Suu Kyi birthday marked in Burma
Aung San Suu Kyi is now being illegally detained according to Burmese law, and should have the house arrest restrictions lifted.
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In Burma supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi gave alms to monks as they marked the... Burma junta gang hits Suu Kyi birthday rally
Worst birthday ever: it's bad enough that Burma's elected leader. Aung San Suu Kyi, has been under house arrest for 13 years, but to attack a rally on her birthday?"At least six truckloads of Swan-Arr-Shin, or... Too Little, Too Late for Burma
The cyclone which hit Burma killed more than 78,000 people and left another 56,000 missing. Five weeks later and there are still isolated villages which have received no aid from the Junta, or the international... 75 Percent of Thailand's Foreign Workers From Myanmar, Many Sex Workers: Huma...
The ingredients are these: 1 nation oppressed by a cuel and relentless military junta that even pushed away international humanitarian aid after a natural disaster. The second country, a close neighbour, needs foreign workers and is tolerant of human trafficking and sex...
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