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The Return of the Bicycle |
By LESTER R BROWN |
The bicycle alleviates congestion, lowers air pollution, reduces obesity, increases physical fitness, does not emit climate-disrupting carbon dioxide, and is priced within the reach of the billions of people who cannot afford a car. |
Burmese Authorities Deny Plague Reports |
By WAI MOE |
An announcement published in the state-run media claims the National Health Department has found no evidence of the plague in dead rats taken from areas considered at risk. |
NLD Renegades Register for Elections |
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
A new party formed by renegade members of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's disbanded party has received a permit to participate in Burma's first elections in two decades, state media reports. |
UN Condemns SKorea Ship Sinking |
By EDITH M LEDERER |
The UN Security Council condemns a deadly attack on a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors and pointed a finger toward North Korea but didn't directly blame the reclusive communist nation. |
Getting Under the Generals' Thick Skins |
By WITHAYA HUANOK |
A visitor to Rangoon doesn't have to look too deeply to find that beneath the deluded pride of Burma's rulers lies a shameful legacy of neglect. |
Rangoon East District municipal committee is to file cases against 10 central ..
Northern battalion arms depot explodes, panicking villagers
Massive blasts from shells exploding at an army ordnance depot in Kachin State ...
Naypyidaw plague and dengue outbreaks infect troops, children
Outbreaks of plague and dengue fever are spreading through military units ...
Political parties open to forming alliances in run-up to polls
Five political parties are trying to build a political alliance as a part of their ...

Mentally-ill orphan used in Burma army
17-year-old with condition that stunts mental and physical development is recruited by notorious Burmese army unit in central Burma
Rangoon bomb suspect put in solitary
Phyo Wei Aung barred from contact with other inmates in Insein prison and complains that he is being denied basic prisoners' rights such as exercise