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Fire damages market in Myanmar’s Mandalay
Reuters -
In the former Burma’s biggest city, Yangon, a fire swept through a neighbourhood on Monday, destroying scores of homes. “Nobody was killed in both fires. …

Do not stop tourism, we live on its “crumbs”
AsiaNews.it, Italy -
An online petition asks Lonely Planet to withdraw its guide on Burma. Yangon (AsiaNews) – The people in Myanmar are asking tourists to start visiting their …

Suu Kyi’s party calls for participation
Independent Online, South Africa -
Myanmar’s military has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since 1962. If held, the promised elections would be the first since Aung San Suu Kyi led …

Myanmar Times to go daily
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway -
The Myanmar Times daily newspaper, if approved by the government, will be the first private newspaper to be published daily in Burma since general Ne Win’s …

UN envoy to Myanmar meets Singapore leaders
People’s Daily Online, China -
The United Nations Special Envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari and top Singapore leaders on Monday welcomed Myanmar’s declaration on holding a referendum and …

Pakistan blocks ‘objectionable’ YouTube
CNN International -
Authorities in Brazil, China, Iran, Morocco, Myanmar (also known as Burma), Syria and Thailand have blocked access to YouTube in the last few years, …

Myanmar Times to Publish Burmese Daily
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
By MIN LWIN The Myanmar Times, a weekly business newspaper with close ties to Burma’s ruling junta, may soon get permission to publish the country’s first …

South Korea, Uzbekistan Sign Pact to Develop Gas Field
RedOrbit, TX -
He added that the deal along with similar arrangements with Myanmar [Burma] and East Timor will give the company a regional springboard to engage in more …

Top ILO Official in Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
“The current activities of the ILO in Myanmar [Burma] are governed by an understanding between the government of the Union of Myanmar and the International …

Burma Tops List for Landmines
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
Government forces in Myanmar/Burma and Russia continued to use antipersonnel mines,” stated the report. The ICBL said there were 232 landmine casualties in …

Burma to Hold Furniture Exhibition
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand -
One of the organizers of the show, a manager at the state-run Myanmar Timber Enterprise, confirmed that the Myanmar Furniture Show 2008 will take place …

Myanmar Group Calls for Olympic Boycott
The Associated Press -
Myanmar is also known as Burma. The 88 Generation Students joined a growing group of critics urging an Olympic boycott over complaints ranging from …

ASEAN critical to Burma’s future: Gambari
Mizzima.com, India -
Ibrahim Gambari has made it clear that ASEAN has an important role to play in the ongoing saga of Burma’s tumultuous efforts to achieve reform. …

Phantom Russian gold miner in Myanmar deal
Mineweb, UK -
The report of this month says: “A team of Russian mineral inspectors are in Phakant (Hpakan) in Kachin State, northern Burma since last year much before the …

UN envoy to Myanmar meets Singapore leaders as part of regional tour
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria -
AP SINGAPORE (AP) – Top Singapore officials and a UN special envoy hailed Myanmar’s upcoming referendum and election but cautioned Monday that national …

Canadian software tool blows away Net censorship, wins global award
ITBusiness.ca, Canada -
The six countries that censor Internet access the most are China, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Tunisia, Iran and Uzbekistan, Diebert says. …

Myanmar opposition calls on world to boycott Beijing Olympics
International Herald Tribune, France -
Myanmar is also called Burma. The 88 Generation Students joined a growing chorus of critics urging an Olympic boycott over complaints ranging from China’s …

Furniture fair planned for March
Mizzima.com, India -
Ltd. Owing to the company’s close working relationship with Burma’s senior generals, the Htoo group of companies, headed by tycoon Tay Za, is a prevalent …

UN envoy urges credible referendum and elections in Myanmar
Earthtimes, UK -
Singapore – UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari and Foreign Minister George Yeo agreed that Myanmar’s plan for a referendum on a new constitution followed by elections …

Beth Ashley: Author Amy Tan finds her own truth in Sausalito
Marin Independent-Journal, CA -
Since Burma, renamed Myanmar, is ruled by military despots, should travelers stay away, or should they go, bearing witness? “I went in with my eyes wide …

Fire sweeps major Myanmar market: witnesses
AFP -

YANGON (AFP) — A major fire Monday tore through the largest market and biggest shopping mall in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay, witnesses said. …

Mark your calendar
News & Observer, NC -
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: Representatives of the Free Burma Rangers, several local immigration resettlement agencies, and Karen members of the Raleigh community …

Shine Olympic flame on rights
Seattle Post Intelligencer -
… summoned to the capital of a totalitarian state that oppresses its minorities and makes whoopee with the odious rulers of Myanmar (Burma) and the Sudan? …

Phoenix church helps Asian refugees adjust
Arizona Republic, AZ -
These new refugees are the Karen, the largest minority in Burma, renamed Myanmar by a military junta that took control of the Southeast Asian nation in 1988 …

Myanmar democracy activists urge Olympics boycott
AFP -

… the 20th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising led by students in Myanmar. The military, which has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since …

As Burma’s economy crumbles, prostitution lures young women
Brisbane Times, Australia -
Prostitution is illegal in Burma, but it began to take root underground after the ruling junta abandoned socialism for a market economy in 1996. Myanmar is …

Flying Pigs, Altered Faces, Myanmar Monks: Bangkok Galleries
Bloomberg -
Vietnam is in transition, and Burma is isolated.” What binds these countries isn’t just Buddhism, but their experience interacting with the West, he said. …

Digging their own grave?
Bangkok Post, Thailand -
Elephants in Burma have long been invaluable labourers in the country’s timber industry, nimbly finding their way through forests and dragging heavy fallen ..

NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 24, 2008 – Fires in Thailand …
Space Ref (press release) -

West of Thailand is Myanmar (formerly Burma) and east is Cambodia. Black lines denote country borders. There are several bodies of water in this image too. …

• Local: Ethnic Chin, refugees from Burma, …
Waterloo Record, Canada -
Officially called Myanmar, Burma has been under military rule since 1962. After a pro-democracy uprising in 1988, the military rulers allowed an election in …