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South Korea Stages Huge Show of Force Near DMZ
Pyongyang threatens 'sacred war' in response amid tensions with Seoul
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Dozens killed in Ivory Coast - UN
Post-election violence kills 173 in Ivory Coast, the UN says, as pressure mounts for Laurent Gbagbo to quit the presidency. Than Shwe's Son-in-law Named Ambassador to China |
By WAI MOE |
In his latest effort to entrench his family's status as Burma's ruling clan, Snr-Gen Than Shwe appoints his son-in-law to serve as the country's ambassador to its closest ally. |
USDP Candidates Prepare for Opening of Parliament |
By BA KAUNG |
The junta's proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party concludes a special conference in Naypyidaw to prepare for the newly-elected parliament and government. |
Military Commandeers 'Truck Porters' |
By KO HTWE |
The Burmese army forces drivers and their trucks to serve as military transport. |
More Land in Arakan State Confiscated for Railway |
By KHIN OO THAR |
More residents in Burma's western Arakan (Rakhine) State suffer as their farm land and plantations have been confiscated or damaged due to a railway project in the area. |
Volunteer Group Aids All Comers in Mae Sot |
By ALEX ELLGEE |
It is early morning and the doors to the People’s Volunteer Association office have been open for only one hour. Inside, there is already a line of people with problems queuing to talk with the staff. |
SLIDE SHOW2010: A Quake, A Meltdown, A Dramatic Rescue |
By MARCUS ELIASON |
The disruptions of earthly existence came from some unlikely places in 2010: ash from an Icelandic volcano; the contents of an airline passenger's underwear; a website called WikiLeaks spilling the secret cables of international diplomacy onto front pages across the world. |
Cyclone Giri Victims Short of Food |
By LAWI WENG |
Two months after Cyclone Giri devastated coastal regions of western Arakan State in Burma, thousands of victims still lack food, report humanitarian organizations. |
Bomb Scene Photographer Sentenced to Eight Years |
By ZARNI MANN |
Photographer Sithu Zeya is sentenced to eight years in prison for photographing the aftermath of the April 15, 2010 bomb blast in Rangoon. |
Rangoon City Development Committee has ordered the shopkeepers of Thirimingala Market to move to ...
USDP lodges poll complaint against rival lawmakers-elect
In patently hypocritical claims, the junta-backed party that won a controversial landslide victory in ...
Somali pirates let Burmese crewmen contact families
The 23 Burmese crewmen of Liberian-flagged container ship MSC Panama, hijacked early this month ...
Cyclone Giri victims have just 45pc of basic needs: UN office
Two months since Cyclone Giri ripped through Burma’s western Arakan State, residents affected have ...
An open letter of a student for SPDC Chair person