News: Burma

We have started to collect the most important news related to Burma in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Burma: news

Suu Kyi meets government official

Monday, July 25th 2011, 10:30

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi holds her first formal meeting with a minister of the army-backed civilian government.
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Healing the enemy

Saturday, July 16th 2011, 0:07

The clinic that treats both sides in Burma's civil conflict
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Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Rangoon

Monday, July 4th 2011, 9:39
related places: Rangoon

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi travels outside Rangoon for the first time since her release from house arrest last year.
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Burma convicts Australian editor

Thursday, June 30th 2011, 10:57
related countries: Aruba

The Australian owner of a newspaper in Burma is found guilty of assault and breaching immigration laws, but allowed to walk free.
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Suu Kyi warned on political role

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 8:24

Burma's government issues its first warning to pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her party to halt all political activities, since her release.
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AUDIO: Aung San Suu Kyi on non-violence

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 12:39
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Aung San Suu Kyi joined the Reith Lectures audience in London via a satellite link up from Burma.
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Suu Kyi actress barred from Burma

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 5:57

Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh is barred from entering Burma after making a film in which she plays pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Burma struck by series of blasts

Friday, June 24th 2011, 11:14

Several near-simultaneous explosions, thought to have been caused by bombs, strike three towns and cities in Burma.
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Biswas on India

Monday, June 20th 2011, 11:04
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

The teenage refugees who fled Burma for Delhi
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Burma blames Kachin for clashes

Saturday, June 18th 2011, 14:34

Burma's government accuses ethnic Kachin rebels of starting deadly fighting around a hydroelectric plant this month.
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Burma fighters 'destroy bridges'

Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 17:23

Burmese rebels in Kachin state destroy bridges to prevent new attacks by the army, as the government arrests two ethnic Kachin political leaders.
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Deadly clashes in Burmese north

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 18:41
related countries: China

Burmese troops are involved in deadly clashes with Kachin rebels near a site where China is building hydro-electric power plants.
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US Navy 'halted North Korea ship'

Monday, June 13th 2011, 9:53
related countries: North Korea, United States

The US Navy halted a North Korean cargo vessel bound for Burma two weeks ago over fears it was carrying weapons, US media report.
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Suu Kyi to present Reith Lectures

Friday, June 10th 2011, 10:03

Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese pro-democracy leader, will present the 2011 Reith Lectures along with Eliza Manningham-Buller, former head of MI5.
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Record $20bn investment for Burma

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 12:30

Burma received a record $20m in foreign investment in the past year, dwarfing previous pledges for the isolated nation.
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Burma inmates 'on hunger strike'

Monday, May 23rd 2011, 16:21

A group of Burmese political prisoners stage a hunger strike over living conditions, as the UN warns that rights abuses are still widespread.
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Burma begins releasing prisoners

Tuesday, May 17th 2011, 14:51
related countries: United States

Burma begins freeing thousands of prisoners and reducing sentences under an amnesty, but rights groups say few political prisoners are being released.
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VIDEO: Suu Kyi on six months of freedom

Friday, May 13th 2011, 15:07

Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi shares her thoughts on change sweeping across the Middle East six months after she was released from house arrest in Burma.
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New trade lane

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 23:50

Burmese port project aims to connect East and West
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VIDEO: Burmese workers 'enslaved at sea'

Monday, April 25th 2011, 17:25
related countries: Thailand

Thousands of workers illegally trafficked from Burma to work in Thailand's fishing industry, BBC investigation finds.
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Trapped and beaten

Monday, April 25th 2011, 11:04
related countries: Thailand

Burmese workers imprisoned in Thai fishing industry
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US appoints special Burma envoy

Friday, April 15th 2011, 4:34
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama appoints a special envoy to Burma, David Mitchell, as part of efforts to handle the military-backed government there.
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EU eases curbs on Burma ministers

Wednesday, April 13th 2011, 10:35

The EU relaxes its restrictions against 22 members of Burma's government, including the new foreign minister seen "as an essential interlocutor" with the West.
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Burma transfer of power complete

Wednesday, March 30th 2011, 10:50

Burma's new parliament is sworn in, completing a transition of power - widely dismissed as a sham - from military regime to civilian administration.
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Burma earthquake death toll rises

Friday, March 25th 2011, 11:51
related countries: Laos, Thailand, United States
related places: North

At least 75 people are known to have died in Burma after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck near the country's borders with Laos and Thailand.
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China-Burma border hit by quake

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 14:40
related countries: China
related places: An

At least 22 people are killed and 200 injured after a powerful earthquake hit near the border between Burma and China, reports say.
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VIDEO: Suu Kyi film screens in London

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 22:14
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A new documentary about Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is screened in London to mark International Women's Day.
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Australian editor in Burma court

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 11:28
related countries: Aruba
related places: Rangoon

A court hearing is underway in Rangoon in the trial of Ross Dunkley, the Australian owner of the Myanmar Times newspaper arrested on immigration charges.
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Rangoon bomb blast injures four

Sunday, February 27th 2011, 22:30
related places: Rangoon

A bomb blast in the Burmese city of Rangoon has injured four people, officials say.
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US and Suu Kyi in Burma aid talks

Thursday, February 24th 2011, 4:43
related countries: United States

The US says it is talking to Burma's military rulers, as well as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about possible aid funding.
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Ex-general quits Burma parliament

Wednesday, February 16th 2011, 14:46

Former army general Tin Aye resigns from the new Burmese parliament, just two weeks into its first session.
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