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President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington after the Senate passed the health-care reform bill, 24 Dec 2009
Obama Hails Historic Senate Health Care Vote 
US president calls vote a landmark piece of legislation and acknowledges toughest part of process may lie ahead
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Burma's Poor Performance at SEA Games Slammed |
| By ARKAR MOE |
| Burma's poor performance at the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientane, Laos, has come in for sharp criticism by leading commentators. |
Suu Kyi's House Repair Halted |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Work to renovate the home of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been halted by the government following an objection by her brother Aung San Oo. |
Dissident Dies in Prison |
| By BA KAUNG |
| Tin Tin Htwe, who was arrested during the 2007 Saffron Revolution, died in Insein Prison hospital on Wednesday night. |
US Demands Immediate Access to Jailed Citizen |
| By LALIT K JHA |
| The United States urges the Burmese junta to provide immediate consular access to Kyaw Zaw Lwin, the US national who is being subjected to a “military dog confinement” in Insein Prison. |
Burma's State Media Finally Reports on EU-Nyan Win Talks |
| By WAI MOE |
| The New Light of Myanmar has reported on a meeting in Copenhagen between Foreign Minister Nyan Win and his Swedish and Danish counterparts—one week after it occurred. |
| Revival of delta mangroves begins Dec 23, 2009 (DVB)–In a bid to rejuvenate Burma’s cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, a Burmese environmental group is replanting swathes of mangrove forests and boosting the breeding of salt water fish. - more |
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| Suu Kyi’s brother lodges house complaint Dec 23, 2009 (DVB)–Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s proposal to renovate her Rangoon house-cum-prison has been met with resistance from her estranged brother, who claims part-ownership. - more |
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| Russia to deliver 20 fighter jets to Burma Dec 23, 2009 (AFP)–Russia has signed a contract to deliver 20 MiG-29 fighter planes to military-run Burma, the Russian daily Kommersant reported Wednesday. - more |
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| Pro-junta activists hospitalized after attack Dec 23, 2009 (DVB)–Five members of a pro-government political group in Rangoon have been hospitalized after an attack by another proxy government organization, with both sides now pressing charges. - more |
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