71 - 80 of 244 results for "Myanmar"

  1. 71. news | 06 Apr 2013

    Jimmy Carter 'deeply concerned' by Myanmar unrest

    By AFP

    » Former US president Jimmy Carter warned Friday that deadly religious violence in Myanmar was undermining the country's hard-won democratic reforms.

  2. 72. news | 04 Apr 2013

    Myanmar introduces B50 SIM cards

    » SIM cards costing just 1,500 kyat (50 baht) will go on sale in Myanmar from April 24, state TV announced on Wednesday evening.

  3. 73. news | 06 May 2013

    Myanmar delays 'drugs-free' target amid narcotics boom

    By AFP

    » Myanmar has delayed by five years its deadline to eliminate drug production within its borders, a senior official said Monday, as the impoverished nation struggles to stem a growing narcotics crisis.

  4. 74. news | 24 Mar 2013

    UN envoy surveys riot-hit Myanmar town

    By AFP

    » A United Nations envoy on Sunday surveyed the charred ruins of homes and met some of those displaced by deadly riots in Myanmar, as Buddhist and Muslim leaders urged an end to the religious violence.

  5. 75. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Toll in Myanmar riots reaches 43

    By AFP

    » YANGON - The death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 43 with more than 1,300 homes and other buildings destroyed, state media reported.

  6. 76. news | 25 Apr 2013

    Myanmar to revive 'Death Railway'

    By AFP

    » An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan's "Death Railway".

  7. 77. news | 23 Apr 2013

    Myanmar drops Davis Cup ties

    By AFP

    » Myanmar has cancelled a series of Davis Cup matches in Yangon after security fears were raised following a recent outbreak of religious violence, local tennis officials said Tuesday.

  8. 78. news | 16 Apr 2013

    Myanmar peace hinges on powerful interests, experts say

    By AFP

    » Myanmar must negotiate a web of vested interests if it is to end conflict with rebels in its far north and bring a halt to civil wars that have wracked the country for decades, experts say.

  9. 79. news | 05 Apr 2013

    Indonesia holds 35 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar

    By AFP

    » Indonesian police on Friday arrested 35 Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar who planned to make the treacherous sea crossing to Australia to seek asylum, a spokeswoman said.

  10. 80. business | 04 Apr 2013

    Saha unit set to make cosmetics in Myanmar

    BEAUTY

    By Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Newspaper section: Business

    » O.C.C. Plc, the Saha Group's fashion and beauty product subsidiary, will produce cosmetics for Myanmar as part of its plan to double sales to 3 billion baht within the next five years.

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