101 - 110 of 247 results for "Myanmar"

  1. 101. news | 21 Apr 2013

    Myanmar unrest tests iconic status of Suu Kyi

    By AFP

    » Aung San Suu Kyi's refusal to condemn attacks on Muslims in Myanmar has dimmed the Nobel laureate's lustre among global rights campaigners, but observers say her reticence will do her no harm with voters.

  2. 102. news | 12 May 2013

    Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens up

    By DENIS D GRAY, Associated Press

    » Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were ...

  3. 103. business | 10 Apr 2013

    Nok Air plans second Myanmar service

    AVIATION

    By Boonsong Kositchotethana, Newspaper section: Business

    » Nok Air is adding Mawlamyine to its planned service footprint in Myanmar, now set as the first country for the budget airline's resumption of international services.

  4. 104. news | 06 Apr 2013

    No Thai-Myanmar border clash

    By Online Reporters

    » There was no border clash between armed Thai men and Myanmar soldiers on Friday as reported by some media, Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said on Saturday.

  5. 105. news | 15 Apr 2013

    Myanmar's Muslims fear toxic fallout of reform

    By AFP

    » After generations as part of one of Asia's most ethnically diverse societies, Myanmar's Muslims fear they are becoming "scapegoats" of its reform process following a wave of religious violence.

  6. 106. news | 07 May 2013

    Myanmar tries six Muslims over monk's death

    By AFP

    » Six Muslims on trial in Myanmar could face the death penalty for the murder of a Buddhist monk during recent religious violence, an official said on Tuesday.

  7. 107. news | 05 Apr 2013

    'Encroachers' kill 13 Myanmar soldiers

    By Wassana Nanuam

    » A group said to be forest encroachers killed 13 Myanmar soldiers at the border opposite Ranong on Friday, a security source said.

  8. 108. news | 07 Apr 2013

    Indonesia detains 80 Myanmar Rohingya on island

    By AFP

    » Indonesian police on Sunday detained 80 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar on a remote island off Sumatra after they had got lost attempting to reach Malaysia, an official said.

  9. 109. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Jimmy Carter heads to Myanmar, Nepal

    By AFP

    » Former US president Jimmy Carter headed Friday to Myanmar and Nepal, hoping to find ways to encourage democracy in the two Asian nations, which are undergoing political transitions.

  10. 110. news | 26 Mar 2013

    Myanmar to get 16 new dailies

    By dpa

    » Myanmar has given permission to 16 media groups to start publishing daily newspapers next month, ending five decades of state monopoly over daily news, media reports said Tuesday.

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