2.14.2010

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British soldiers in Nad Ali on 14 February 2010 (Ministry of Defence photo)
US, UK and Afghan forces face gun battles and booby-traps on day two of a major offensive against the Taliban.

Clinton seeking Arab help on Iran
The US secretary of state arrives in the Gulf to rally Arab support for harsher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.

Waves hit surf contest spectators
Thirteen spectators at a surfing contest in California are injured after large waves hit the seawall where they were standing.


QUOTE OF THE DAY
It is certainly time we need to establish a democratic nation. For that, we need to rebuild national reconciliation and ethnic unity.
—Win Tin, a leading NLD member

Tin Oo Released

By BA KAUNG
The detained deputy leader of the National League for Democracy is released as the term of his house arrest expires.

Fire Destroys Rangoon Market

By BA KAUNG
More than 600 shops are destroyed as a fire consumes one of the largest markets in Rangoon.

Security Concerns Dampen Chinese New Year Festivities in Rangoon

By AUNG THET WINE
The Year of the Tiger looks set to begin not with a roar, but a whimper, as worries about bombs and protests get in the way of the traditional Chinese New Year shopping frenzy.

Timor-Leste: Choosing Between Asean and Burmese Reform?

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN
Timor-Leste says it continues to back democratic reform in Burma, despite suggestions that it is softening its stance on the military-ruled country to win membership in Asean.

Weekly Business Roundup (February 13, 2010)

By WILLIAM BOOT
A leading European independent think-tank says the European Union's economic sanctions against Burma have been a failure and may have actually strengthened the military government's position.

Tin Oo expects Suu Kyi to be released
(Interview with Dr. Win Naing) Mizzima Assistant Editor Ye Yint Aung interviews NLD ...

NLD leaders in anxious anticipation of Tin Oo’s release
As rumors concerning the release of NLD No. 2 Tin Oo gather momentum throughout ...

Burmese-American activist transferred to Prome prison

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Nyi Nyi Aung, alias Kyaw Zaw Lwin, the American recently sentenced to three years ...

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s aide Tin Oo released tinoo1s


Tonight in Rangoon, after six-years of detention, Tin Oo, the eighty-two year old deputy chairman ...

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