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 |  | Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolves parliament, paving the way for national elections, his spokesman says. |
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 |  We want a free, fair and an inclusive election [in Burma]. We should give everybody a chance, including Aung San Suu Kyi.  — Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman |
The Case for China's Intervention in Burma |
| By MIN ZIN |
| There are now more reasons than ever for China to press Naypyidaw for genuine reconciliation in Burma. |
SLIDE SHOW Celebrating Shan National Day |
| By THE IRRAWADDY |
| Ethnic Shan villagers celebrate the 63rd anniversary of Shan National Day with soldiers from the rebel Shan State Army–South at their headquarters on the Thai-Burmese border. |
Authorities Threaten Violence at Rangoon Strike |
| By BA KAUNG |
| Authorities block roads to Factory Zone 3 and order striking textile workers to disperse |
End of February Deadline for BGF |
| By WAI MOE |
| The junta's chief negotiator urges main cease-fire groups to accept the border guard force plan by the end of the month |
Eggs Withdrawn at Markets after Flu Outbreak |
| By LAWI WENG |
| Authorities have banned the sale of eggs in markets in Rangoon after the discovery of the A/H1N1 virus at a chicken farm. |
Returning Karen Refugees Fear Landmines |
| By SAW YAN NAING |
| Recently deported families returned to Thailand expressing fear of landmines. |
Burmese Navy Participates in Asia-Pacific War Games |
| By BA KAUNG |
| Burma's navy works alongside a patrol boat from the Australian navy during a four-day naval war game exercise hosted by India. |
Workers strike spreads in industrial zone in Rangoon: Riot Police deployed
About 2,000 workers from three factories in the Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone continued ...Boat capsizes, two bodies recovered
A motor schooner carrying 23 people capsized on the 5th of this month while traveling ...Internet cafes ordered to keep tabs on users
In a renewed attempt at putting internet users on the leash, internet cafe owners ...Wa leader again refuses to meet MAS Chief
The United Wa State Party (UWSP) Chairman Bao Yuxiang has again refused to meet with ...| Malaysia calls for Suu Kyi’s release ahead of polls Feb 9, 2010 (AFP)–Malaysia Tuesday called on military-run Burma to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi ahead of national elections it expects to be held around October. - more |
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| Shan leader ‘losing hair and weight’ Feb 9, 2010 (DVB)–A senior member of the Shan political party that came second in the 1990 Burma elections is reportedly in declining health, five years into a 79-year prison sentence. - more |
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| Australia in joint navy exercises with Burma Feb 9, 2010 (DVB)–Australia’s announcement yesterday that it will carry out joint military exercises with the Burmese navy has been met with condemnation by Australian activists. - more |
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| Sweeping privatisation in Burma continues Feb 9, 2010 (DVB)–Three major Rangoon shipping ports handling 90 percent of Burma’s imports and exports are to be privatised, the latest in a major overhaul of Burmese industry, the ruling junta has announced. - more |
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| Burma’s double-edged sword Francis Wade |
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| Burma revels in Kim Jong Il Feb 9, 2010 (DVB)–The many faces of bilateral diplomacy were on show last week as the Burmese junta lauded Kim Jong Il at a film screening to mark the ‘Dear Leader’ of North Korea’s birthday. - more |
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| Karen refugees threatened on media contact Feb 8, 2010 (DVB)–The Thai army has reportedly told Karen refugees at the centre of a dispute over their forced repatriation to Burma not to speak to media, otherwise they may face arrest. - more |
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| Australia to increase Burma aid Feb 8, 2010 (DVB)–Australia will increase aid to Burma by 40 percent over the next three years, despite maintaining sanctions on the pariah Southeast Asian state, the Australian foreign minister announced yesterday. - more |
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| Exiled media ‘should be charged with libel’ Feb 8, 2010 (DVB)–Burmese exiled media should be sued for broadcasting a “skyful of lies” in relation to forced recruitment of child soldiers by the ruling junta, state-run media said on Saturday. - more |
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| Anti-malarial tolerance rising in Burma Feb 8, 2010 (DVB)–Resistance to what is hailed the most effective drug for malaria prevention is rising in Burma, the World Health Organisation has warned. - more |
“ၿမိဳ႕ထဲဆိုင္ေတြ မပါဘူး။ လစဥ္ ေၾကးက (၆) လတခါ ေပးရတယ္။ (၃) သိန္း ...” 
“စည္ပင္က ၀န္ထမ္းတေယာက္က ေျပာတယ္။ ဒညင္ကုန္းေစ်းဘက္ကို ေျပာင္း...” 
‘သွ်မ္းျပည္အမ်ဳိးသားေန႕မ႐ွိလွ်င္ ျပည္ေထာင္စုေန႕မ႐ွိႏိုင္’- ဟု သွ်မ္းျပည္တပ္မေတာ္လြယ္တိုင္းလ်ဲန္း ဌာန ခ်ဳပ္၌ က်င္းပသည့္ ၆၃ ႏွစ္ေျမာက္ သွ်မ္းျပည္အမ်ဳိးသားေန႕ ဂုဏ္ျဳပပြဲတြင္ သွ်မ္းေခါင္းေဆာင္တဦးက မိန္႕ခြန္းေခြၽခဲ့သည္ ဟုဆိုသည္။
