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Patrizia Zotti, of Lecce, Italy is all smiles as she waits for boarding her Alitaria flight AZ785 bound for Rome at Narita International airport in Narita, near Tokyo, 20 Apr 2010

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	About half Europe's planned flights are to go ahead on Tuesday, officials say, as airlines try to cope with the ash cloud.

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The ousted leader of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, is staying in the Belarus capital Minsk, the country's president says.			Somali pirates seize three Thai fishing vessels in what the EU Naval Force says is the furthest off-shore attack to date.

SLIDE SHOW Tension Mounts in Bangkok Standoff

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN

A walk around the protest site in the Thai capital and analysis by an Irrawaddy correspondent.

Wa Still Say “No” to Border Guard Force

By WAI MOE

The United Wa State Army is still refusing to capitulate to Burmese government demands that it join the Border Guard Force.

Mon Prepare for Jungle Warfare

By LAWI WENG

With a BGF deadline looming and negotiations at a standstill, many NMSP members are preparing to evacuate to jungle bases if war breaks out.

Three Arrested for Taking Pictures of Festival Bombing

By KO HTWE

Rangoon authorities arrest at least three people for taking pictures of the New Year Festival bombings.

US Senators Want Burma Policy Assessed

By LALIT K. JHA

Seven US senators introduce a resolution calling on the Obama administration to assess its policy of engagement with Burma's military junta

Lightless Life(Educational Publication Report)

The negligence of the Military Regime, lack of opportunity in education and the futureless live’s of Ta’ang people

UDD's petition for injunction rejected

20/04/2010 : The Supreme Administrative Court has rejected the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's petition for it to issue an injunction against the imposition of the emergency decree in Bangkok and parts of nearby provinces on April 7.

Khunying Porntip appointed to CRES

20/04/2010 : Khunying Porntip Rojanasunan, director of the Justice Ministry's Central Institute of Forensic Science, has been appointed another member of the Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES), acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said on Tuesday. Military commander critically injured in Rangoon blasts A regional commander of the Burmese Army was critically injured in one of ... Myitsone blasts injure Chinese worker Serial bomb blasts at Myitsone hydropower dam project in the northern state of Kachin ... Junta raking candidate backgrounds Authorities begin collecting background information on election candidates as 19 political parties await approval after registering   Kachin army holds mass public forum Meeting comes as fears grow about a possible outbreak of fighting in northern Burma with both sides strengthening forces and unable to compromiseJapan and Malaysia urge free elections Two countries issue joint statement arguing that free and fair elections in Burma this year are a prerequisite for stability in the countryIs drug policy a human rights abuser?

JOSEPH ALLCHIN

Prohibition on the global drugs industry is born of a moralistic, not pragmatic, viewpoint and has had a devastating impact on poor countries such as Burma