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The Irawaddy | Lawyers in Burma vowed on Tuesday to fight the sale of Rangoon’s 101-year-old High Court and a plan to convert the city’s imposing old police headquarters into a Chinese-owned hotel. The Myanmar […]
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NEWSER | For the first time in more than 60 years, the people of Burma are able to kick back with a Coke. Now that US sanctions against Burma are over, Coca-Cola has teamed with […]
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Irawaddy | Burma’s Union Parliament passed the controversial Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) law on Friday but dropped the clause which required minimum investments of US $5 million. Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Friday, Lower House […]
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Daily Times | A senior Thai politician on Thursday accused neighboring Myanmar of failing to tackle drug production after 3.3 million amphetamine tablets were seized in Bangkok. The haul, with a street value of $350,000 […]
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Toronto Sun | When Canada eventually opens an embassy in Burma, International Trade Minister Ed Fast promises it will include a full-time trade commissioner as well. Fast’s trip comes amid warming relations with Burma, as […]
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Scotsman | Burma’s new information minister might allow private daily newspapers to be published, marking the country’s boldest media reform yet. The quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein has liberalised media regulation since taking over […]
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LA Times | The Law Society of Upper Canada and other human rights advocates have helped at least 11 lawyers from Burma who were disbarred for protesting against the state regain their licenses. Burma has […]
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Radio Australia | Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Aung San Suu Kyi’s sons and two dead U.S. congressmen were among 2,082 names removed the list that gives an insight into the paranoia of […]
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A 93-year-old Australian man attempted to escape charges that he raped four young Thai sisters by fleeing illegally into Burma, Thai police say. But instead of being taken to Burma’s largest city, Rangoon, and deported […]
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Visa Inc. is training local banks in Myanmar to use electronic payment systems to accommodate the influx of travelers coming into the country expecting to use ATMs and electronic credit card facilities. Myanmar has been […]
