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1 hr ago | Burmanet

Mizzima News: Burma to commission a Yea TM hydro-power project in December a " Kyaw Thein Kha

" The Burmese Ministry of Electric Power will commission the Ye village hydro-power project in December, billed as the biggest in the country.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Hydroelectric Power, China, Asia

17 hrs ago | Burmanet

Democratic Voice of Burma: Jail term extended for 2007 activist a " Khin Hnin Htet

An activist whose group played a key role in sparking the September 2007 monk-led uprising in Burma has had his 10-year prison sentence extended by eight years, sources close to his family said.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Burmanet

BBC News: Sri Lanka protest at Burma visit a " Charles Haviland

Colombo a ' There has been a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, against the visit of the Burmese head of state, General Than Shwe.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, World News, Asia, Travel, Sri Lanka Travel, Than Shwe

Sat Nov 21, 2009

People's Daily Online

Myanmar to build new railroad to link Chinese border town

Myanmar will construct a new railroad to link Myanmar's border town of Muse with China's Jie Guo, Yunnan province to facilitate commodity flow in bilateral border trade, sources with the Rail Transportation Department said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, China, Asia,

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Burmanet

Kantarawaddy Times: Burma's election: Road map to more military rule

The final piece in the Burmese military regimes, 'Road Map to Democracy', is the national elections planned for 2010.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Prison, Charitable Organizations, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Activism

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Burmanet

Democratic Voice of Burma: Burmese troops torch border island a " Min Lwin

Burmese troops have razed huts and infrastructure belonging to illegal Burmese settlers on an island on the Thaung Yin river, which separates Burma's eastern Karen state from Thailand.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Thailand, Drugs, Fire

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Independent

A scene from the Dispatches documentary about the effects of cyclone Nargis

If a shocking documentary about the fate of Burma's cyclone orphans wins a prestigious video-journalism award in London tomorrow night, it will be some time before one of the men who shot it gets a chance to celebrate.

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Related Topix: World News, Prison

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

Possible Release of Suu Kyi Cheers Political Prisoners

A 73-year-old mother broke into tears when she heard the message from her son, Tun Tun Oo, who is in Meik-Hitla Prison, one of thousands of political prisoners in Burmese jails.

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Related Topix: World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

The New Nation

Myanmar claim on Bay: UN body suspends action

UNB, Dhaka Further action by the UN commission concerned on Myanmar's claim on the outer-limits of the continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal has been suspended.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Bangladesh, Asia

WCTV Tallahassee

8 Dead, Dozens Missing in Burma Ferry Accident

A ferry carrying nearly 200 passengers sank after colliding with an oil barge in a river in Burma, killing at least eight and leaving more than three dozen missing, officials said Monday.

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Related Topix: World News

Independent Online

Fifty feared dead in Myanmar ferry collision

At least 50 people are believed to have drowned in Myanmar when a wooden ferry packed with 178 people collided with a tugboat on a river in the southern Irrawaddy delta region, officials said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Karachi News.Net

Aung San Suu Kyi sends letter to Myanmar's top military general

Myanmar's opposition leader has sent a letter to the military dictatorship. In the letter, the Nobel Prize winner has said she wants to work with the government for the common good.

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Related Topix: Aung San Suu Kyi, Southeast Asia, World News

BBC

Burma's Suu Kyi calls for talks

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has reportedly sent a letter to the head of the country's military government, calling for direct talks.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi

CTV.ca

8 dead, dozens missing after Myanmar ferry crash

The motorized ferry "Nay Win Tun" carrying 176 people sank in the Ngawun River after the collision, 84 miles west of Yangon.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, World News, Social Software

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche

Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi

President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Thein Sein, National League for Democracy, Southeast Asia, Singapore

Burmanet

Democratic Voice of Burma: Dhaka restarts India-Burma pipeline talks a " Joseph Allchin

The Bangladesh government has restarted tri-nation talks over a proposed 950-kilometer gas pipeline to run from western Burma to eastern India, through Bangladesh.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, World News, Asia, India,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Burmanet

Reuters: Myanmar's Suu Kyi's lawyers file detention appeal a " Aung Hla Tun

YANGON a ' Lawyers for Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday they had lodged an appeal against her house arrest with the Supreme Court but expected no rapid decision.

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Related Topix: World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Burmanet

Mizzima News: Burmese currency touches record high a " Kyaw Kha

" The Burmese currency - Kyat'A touched a record high in seven years with the black market exchange rate prevailing below Kyat 1,000 against the US dollar.

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Related Topix: World News

The Straits Times

Junta leader has stomach bug

MYANMAR junta leader General Than Shwe was treated for a mild stomach bug hours after his arrival in Sri Lanka, a doctor from the hospital that treated him said Friday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Sri Lanka, Asia

Squamish Chief

Myanmar democracy leader Suu Kyi appeals house arrest sentence

Lawyers for detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed a new appeal Friday against her 18-month house arrest sentence, asking the court to lift an order that would keep her in detention during elections next year.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Aung San Suu Kyi, Prison

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