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Death Toll in 6.9 Philippines Quake Rises to 15
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By: HRVOJE HRANJSKI / AP WRITER
Rescuers digging for survivors among dozens of people buried by earthquake-triggered landslides on a central Philippine island have found only
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Govt Peace Delegation Meets Ethnic Rebels in Thailand
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By: SAW YAN NAING / THE IRRAWADDY
Naypyidaw peace delegation led by Burma's Railways Minister Aung Min holds talks with several ethnic armed groups and Burmese dissident organizations in Chiang Mai, northern T
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Monks Evicted as Monastery Resealed
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By: HPYO WAI THA / THE IRRAWADDY
Several prominent activist monks are forced to leave the shuttered monastery where they have been staying since their release from prison last month as the authorities move to reseal the p
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NLD Looks to Youth Before April By-election
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By: SIMON ROUGHNEEN / THE IRRAWADDY
Criticized in the past for an apparent reluctance to promote younger members, the National League for Democracy has lined up some youthful candidates for the country's April 1 by-ele
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Choking in Debt
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By: ZIN MIN MAUNG/ THE IRRAWADDY
An impoverished cheroot-maker speaks about her life working 16 hours a day in a Bago fa
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UN Envoy Says Burma May Allow Election Observers
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By: AYE AYE WIN / AP WRITER
A UN human rights envoy says Burma is considering letting foreign observers monitor April elections that are viewed as crucial for gauging the nation's much-heralded democratic
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Khmer Rouge Chief Jailer Gets Life in Prison
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By: SOPHENG CHEANG / AP WRITER
A UN-backed tribunal's Supreme Court lengthens the sentence for the Khmer Rouge's chief jailer to life imprisonment for his “shocking and heinous” crimes against the Cambodian
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NLD to Reopen Mandalay Offices
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By: NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDY
Despite a setback to plans to hold a major rally in Mandalay over the weekend, the National League for Democracy will go ahead with its reopening of two branch offices in Burma's second large
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Mon to Mark National Day in Rangoon
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By: LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY
For the first time in nearly two decades, Burma's ethnic Mon will be permitted to celebrate their national day in the country's large
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Burmese Banks Balk as Exchange Rates Rise
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By: THE IRRAWADDY
Many official bureaus de change at private banks in Rangoon have stopped purchasing US dollars due to competition from outside moneyc
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Burma Farmers Fear Land Act
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By: JOSEPH ALLCHIN / THE IRRAWADDY
While Naypyidaw appears committed to a market-oriented economy, farmers fear that a new Land Act will cede control over the agriculture sector to gov
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With Suu Kyi On Board, Is Burma Finally Moving Toward Real Change?
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By: ASIA SENTINEL
On a state visit to Singapore with a delegation of ministers and businesspeople earlier this week, Burmese President Thein Sein made his most explicit commitment to democratic reform and an overhaul of the country’s moribund economy and government infrastr
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North Korea Opens Door to Talks with South Korea
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By: KIM KWANG HYON / AP WRITER
Pyongyang is open to immediate talks with rival South Korea if Seoul responds to several preconditions for dialogue, according to a North Korean military o
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US Urges Monitoring of Burma By-elections
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By: MATTHEW PENNINGTON / AP WRITER
The United States has urged Burma to allow local and international monitors at April 1 by-elections, seen as an important step in the country's democratic tra
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Monastic Council Restores Status of Released Monks
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By: LIN THANT / THE IRRAWADDY
The state council that governs Buddhist monastic affairs in Burma officially restores the status of three monks who were imprisoned for their involvement in the 2007 Saffron Rev
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Hearing to be Held in Army Abduction Case
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By: THANT SIN NYEIN CHAN
Burma's Supreme Court has set a date for a hearing in the case of a Kachin woman who was allegedly abducted by Burmese soldiers more than three mon
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