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At Least 20 NATO Tankers Attacked in Pakistan
There have been a series of recent attacks targeting trucks carrying supplies for troops battling Taliban militants across the border
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Militants fire a rocket-propelled grenade at a British embassy car in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, as a French contractor working for an Austrian gas firm is killed in a second attack.Nato tankers ambushed in Pakistan
Gunmen in Pakistan set fire to at least 10 oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato vehicles in Afghanistan, in the latest such attack in the last week. USDP Blatantly Flouts Election Law |
By LAWI WENG |
Members of Burmese junta's proxy party break the election law with impunity, using state property and giving out cheap loans. |
NEWS ANALYSISDemocratic Space and a Military Apartheid |
By HTET AUNG |
Scholars, academics and Burma experts weigh in on Burma's upcoming election and the prospects for democratic change in the country. |
Dozens Dead In Boat Tragedy |
By KO HTWE |
At least 36 drowned after a boat overturned in the Irrawaddy Delta on Wednesday morning. |
Army Trains Company Staff in Hugawng Valley |
By SAW YAN NAING |
About 500 Yuzana Company employes in the Hugawng Valley, Kachin State, receive military training by the Burmese army. |
The Burma-Russia Connection |
By ALEX ELLGEE |
The flight status monitor for the Burmese cadets revealed their destination. It read: “MOSCOW, RUSSIA—on time—Gate No.2.” |
Death Toll from Asian Floods Tops 100 |
By LAODE MURSIDIN |
The number of people killed by floods and landslides across Asia climbs to more than 100. |
Burmese media decries ongoing cyber attacks
International media watchdogs add voices to statement calling for an end to ongoing cyber attacks against exiled Burmese media groupsYuzana employees given weapons training
Company behind mass land grab in world's largest tiger reserve bolsters defence as fears rise over retaliation from displaced villagersSuu Kyi files lawsuit against Burmese junta
Opposition icon to challenge the dissolution of her National League for Democracy party one month prior to controversial elections General and Than Shwe confidant to head military-run conglomerateFormer Coastal Region Command chief Khin Zaw Oo, who is on Britain’s financial sanctions ...
A close friend of Burma withdraws from public life
The cause of democracy for Burma is not short of proponents, but few can be said to carry a better ...
Pegu official’s office bombed
A bomb was detonated last night in a ward peace and development council office ...
Arakanese abbot handed eight years in jail on sex charges
Arakanese abbot and historian Ashin Pyinnya Sara yesterday received eight years and ...
Student unions condemn 'unlawful' arrest of activists urging poll boycott
The All Burma Federation of Student Unions yesterday condemned the unlawful arrest of ... Junta crony uses influence to cut voters’ power bills
Burmese junta crony businessman Htay Myint has reached a price-cutting deal with ...