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We have started to collect the most important news related to Burma in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United StatesPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Burma for the US, where she will meet President Obama and be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
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MPs in Burma force out all nine judges on the constitutional court, in the culmination of a long-running row between government and parliament.
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Prominent Burmese student leader Moe Thee Zun, who was sentenced to death in his absence, returns to Burma - the latest in a series of leading exiles to do so.
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Burma releases the names of 2,000 people deemed a security threat who have been removed from a blacklist drawn up under the previous military regime.
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Burma announces the removal of 2,082 names from its blacklist, which bars people deemed a threat to national security from the country.
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The Burmese President Thein Sein announces a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the hardline information minister and eight others.
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Major flooding in Burma displaces 85,000 people from their homes and destroys rice crops, the government says.
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ChinaA human rights group says China is forcing Kachin refugees fleeing conflict in northern Burma to return.
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The Burmese government announces it is ending pre-publication censorship of the country's media, the latest in a series of political reforms.
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Burma sets up a commission to investigate recent violence between Muslims and Buddhists, a move welcomed by the UN.
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Burma's retirement home for elephants is attracting tourists from all over the world.
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United KingdomThe largest Muslim area in the Burmese city of Sittwe was razed to the ground in recent communal clashes, a UK TV says after visiting the area.
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United StatesThe biggest Burmese python ever caught in the wild in Florida has been captured in the Everglades, US scientists say.
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PepsiCo, one of the world's largest drinks makers, announces plans to re-enter Burma as various sanctions against it are lifted.
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BangladeshThe charity MSF seeks access to thousands of refugees in Bangladesh, after a government ban on aid near a camp for Burmese Muslims Rohingya.
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BangladeshThe Bangladeshi authorities order three international charities to stop providing aid to Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Burma.
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UN human rights chief Navi Pillay calls for an independent investigation following claims of abuses by security forces in Burma's Rakhine state.
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ThailandA group of farmers from Thailand are sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail in Burma for growing rubber across the border illegally.
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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls for laws to protect the rights of ethnic minorities in her first statement in parliament.
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Thousands of people are still displaced in Burma following clashes between Buddhists and local Muslims last month.
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Fleeing Rohingya recount terror of Burma clashes
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Muslims in Burma's western Rakhine state have been subjected to attacks and arbitrary arrests since communal violence in June, Amnesty International says.
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Burmese state television shows live footage of a ceremony honouring the father of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in another sign of change.
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United StatesBurma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to travel to the US in September, in her first trip there in more than 20 years.
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ThailandSecurity forces in Thailand say they have killed eight suspected drug smugglers in a clash near the Burmese border.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet President Thein Sein at a business forum, after the easing of restrictions on US firms investing in Burma.
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United StatesBarack Obama eases restrictions on US firms investing in Burma, while the Burmese president calls for all Western sanctions to be scrapped.
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LaosDespite a reduction in the production of opium, the Golden Triangle - where Burma Thailand and Laos meet - is still battling rampant drugs smuggling operations.
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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi starts her first day as an elected politician in Burma's parliament.
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More than 20 student leaders are released after being held across Burma over plans to commemorate suppression of student protests 50 years ago.
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Burmese authorities confirm during the new parliamentary session that Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo, known as a hardliner, has resigned.
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