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Pakistani Shiite Muslims mourn at the site of a motorcycle bomb attack on a bus in Karachi, 05 Feb 2010
Deadly Bomb Attacks Rock Karachi
Authorities say two bomb attacks killed at least 20 people in southern port city
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CPS statement on expensesDeadly double bombing in Karachi
An explosion kills at least 10 people at a Pakistani hospital where victims of an earlier bomb were being treated, Karachi police say.
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| QUOTE OF THE DAY | |
 |  All refugee returns to Myanmar [Burma] must be voluntary. In our interviews with the [Karen] refugees, none expressed any desire to return home.  —Kitty McKinsey, UNHCR spokesperson in Bangkok |
Thailand Begins Forced Repatriation of Karen Refugee |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| The first of some 3,000 Karen refugees are forcibly repatriated despite international pleas to the Thai government to halt the process. |
Thai Govt Responds to Karen Landmine Fears |
| By SIMON ROUGHNEEN |
| The Thai government says it has been assured that the areas where Karen refugees are to be repatriated have been cleared of landmines. |
SLIDE SHOWIn Darkness, Karen Refugees Dread Forced Return to Burma |
| By ALEX ELLGEE |
| As Thailand prepares to repatriate 30 refugee families, an Irrawaddy correspondent makes a predawn visit to their camp to hear them speak of the terror they feel as they await their imminent return to Burma. |
Suu Kyi, Brother in Court over House Dispute |
| By THE ASSOCAITED PRESS |
| A Burmese court will hear testimony next week on a dispute between the detained opposition leader and her brother over efforts to renovate her lakeside home. |
US Legislators Urge Thai PM to Halt Karen Refugee Repatriation |
| By LALIT K JHA |
| Twenty nine US congressmen and women have issued an eleventh-hour appeal to Thailand's prime minister to halt plans to repatriate Karen refugees. |
Some refugees repatriated by Thailand
Ignoring appeals from several quarters, three families from Noe Boe refugee camp ...Cremation fees to be hiked sevenfold
Cremation fees are poised to experience a sevenfold increase in price come March, ...NLD hopes for U Tin Oo’s release
The National League for Democracy (NLD), Burma’s major opposition party, ...Rights groups appeal to Thailand to halt repatriation of refugees
Citing instances of recent land mine explosion victims, several rights groups and US ...| Thai police raid Karen houses Feb 5, 2010 (DVB)–The home of a senior Karen National Union politician and a neighbouring office belonging a Karen media group in western Thailand were raided by police yesterday. - more |
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| Thailand suspends Karen refugee return Feb 5, 2010 (DVB)–A meeting is underway along the Thai-Burma border after Thailand yesterday suspended the forced return of some 3,000 Karen refugees back to Burma. - more |
MYANMAR: WHO warns of tolerance to anti-malaria drug
| Health Source > IRINnews Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:15 | |
| Tolerance to artemisinin, the most effective anti-malarial drug available, is emerging in Myanmar and could pose a major challenge to regional malaria control, says the World Health Organization (WHO)... | |
| Aung San Suu Kyi, a leaking roof, and the brother who won't let her fix it |
| National Source > Andrew Buncombe/Independent Thursday, 04 February 2010 21:00 | |
| In the time she has spent detained in her crumbling Rangoon home, the Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has endured isolation, frustration and grief... | |
| Factbox: Pipelines from Myanmar to China |
| National Source > Reuters Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:56 | |
| China will soon start receiving oil and gas through two controversial pipelines which run through military-ruled Myanmar. Here are some facts about the pipelines: ... | |
| International Airlines In Myanmar Extend Flight Services For Peak Tourism Season |
| Tourism Source > Bernama Thursday, 04 February 2010 20:50 | |
| International airlines in Myanmar have extended their flight services starting this month due to the fall of peak tourism season, China's Xinhua news agency reported Thursday, ... | |
“ထုိင္းက ဖမ္းမိတဲ့ စိတ္ႂကြေဆး ေတြဟာ ဝတပ္ဖြဲ႔တုိ႔လုိ တုိင္းရင္းသား...”
တေန႔ သူ႔ကို က်မ ေက်ာင္းကျပန္ႀကိဳလာေတာ့ သူက က်မကိုေမးပါတယ္ “ဘိုးေတာ္ဘုရား ဘယ္ တုန္းက ေလးဘက္ ေထာက္တာလဲ” တဲ့၊ ႐ုတ္တရက္ေတာ့ က်မအံၾသသြားတယ္.. 
အပစ္ရပ္အဖြဲ႕မ်ား စီးပြါးအာဏာလုရင္း အခ်င္းခ်င္းသတ္ျဖတ္အဆုံးသတ္ျခင္းကုိ ထုိင္ၾကည့္႐ုံဟု ႀတိဂံတုိင္းမႉးက ေျပာေၾကာင္း ခုိင္လုံသည့္သတင္းရပ္ကြက္ကေျပာ၏။
