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Popular Burmese Blogger Sentenced To More Than 20 years (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Nay Phone Latt, the first ever blogger who was sentenced to more than 20 years imprisonment for blogging

Tags: burma,myanmar,blogger,blogging,blogs

Submitted 22 days ago by achitkyithu | 0 Comments |

Burma 'Hampering' Aid Six Months after Cyclone (us.oneworld.net) TMC

The Burmese military regime's restrictions on humanitarian access continue to prevent aid workers from helping civilians rebuild their lives, said an emergency relief group yesterday, noting that... More

Tags: cyclone nargis,myanmar,tmc,emergency relief

Submitted 27 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

More aid ‘will reform Burma’ (www.thetimes.co.za)

An increased flow of foreign aid into Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis would help improve people’s lives and foster democratic reform in the military-run nation, a think tank said today. # Aid... More

Tags: cyclone nargis,myanmar,political reform,military junta,aid restrictions

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 1 Comments |

Myanmar: Own Bomb Kills A Man in Burma (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Reportedly the bomb was home-made and the man was killed by his own bomb

Tags: burma,myanmar,bomb,gas,explosion

Submitted about 1 month ago by achitkyithu | 0 Comments |

Breaking: Bomb blast in Burma (www.ashinmettacara.org)

A small bomb exploded at approximately 8:00 (1330 GMT) pm on October 18th. The explosion occurred near the football field in Yangon late Saturday. A witness could not confirm if there were any... More

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Submitted about 1 month ago by achitkyithu | 0 Comments |

2008 voting has closed; view the Winners (www.ashinmettacara.org)

OpEdNews is a US-based progressive/liberal news, activism and Opinion website founded in 2003. The site claims over 600,000 unique visitors, around 40 million hits every month, having around 10,000... More

Tags: burma,myanmar,ashin mettacara,blogger

Submitted about 1 month ago by achitkyithu | 0 Comments |

The Full Moon Day of Thadingyut or Lighting Festival of Burma (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Today is the Full Moon Day of Thagingyut, the seventh month in the Burmese calendar and the end of Lent (waso) for Buddhist monks. The Full Moon Day of Thadingyut is the Lighting Festival of...

Tags: burma,myanmar,buddhism

Submitted about 1 month ago by achitkyithu | 0 Comments |

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