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A Pakistani man reads an Urdu-language evening newspaper reporting the capture of a top Taliban commander at a news stand in Karachi, 16 Feb 2010

Pakistan Confirms Capture of Top Taliban Commander

Statement from Pakistan's military says 'detailed identification procedure' shows Baradar is among several people recently arrested

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
	Even if I lost the sight in both of my eyes, I would continue in politics until Burma gained democracy. — Tin Oo, NLD vice-chairman.

UN Rights Envoy Meets Judges Who Jailed Activists

By BA KAUNG

In a sign of how seriously the Burmese junta is taking the UN envoy's calls for judicial reform, it arranged for him to meet with two of the country's most hardline judges on Monday.

The Key to Decide

By KYAW ZWA MOE

Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds the key to whether her party decides to take part in the upcoming election.

Another Strike in Rangoon, as Labor Unrest Continues

By BA KAUNG

Riot police have been deployed around a garment factory in Insein Township as workers demand a salary increase in line with pay hikes for public employees last month.

Abbot's Opposition Stalls BGF Plan in Karen State

By WAI MOE

Approval by the Karen ceasefire group Democratic Karen Buddhist Army of the regime's plan for a border guard force has been stalled because of opposition from the DKBA's spiritual leader.

Junta Woos Rohingyas

By LAWI WENG

A Junta-backed organization and a pro-junta political party are issuing temporary IDs to Rohingya to get their support in the 2010 election

Malaysia Cracks Down on Migrants

By ALEX ELLGEE

Thirteen Burmese are among 116 foreigners arrested in western Malaysia in a police crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Rights Group Takes Nyi Nyi Aung Case to UN

By LALIT K. JHA

The Washington-based organization Freedom Now has asked the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to investigate the case of the Burmese-American Nyi Nyi Aung, who was sentenced by a Rangoon court last week to three years imprisonment.

Win Mya Mya's shop auctioned

In a high handed action, civic authorities auctioned off a shop owned by ...

Chinese killed in twin bomb blasts in Kokang

A Chinese national was killed and eight people were injured when two bombs ...

Nine hundred Karen refugees “return” to Burma

Over 900 Karen refugees from a camp on the Thai- Burma border returned to Burma ...

Rangoon sans lights, water

Residents living in upper floors in Rangoon Division are in a quandary, facing as they are severe water shortage due to frequent ...