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71. 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.
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72. 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.
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73. 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.
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74. 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".
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75. 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.
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76. 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.
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77. 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.
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78. 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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79. news | 01 Apr 2013
Daily papers hit Myanmar news stands
By AFP
» Privately owned daily newspapers hit Myanmar's streets for the first time in decades on Monday under new freedoms that represent a revolution for a media shackled under military rule.
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80. news | 28 Mar 2013
Myanmar president rejects religious extremism
By AFP
» Myanmar President Thein Sein on Thursday vowed a tough response to religious extremists after a wave of deadly Buddhist-Muslim violence in the former army-ruled nation.
