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March to remember Burma Star veterans
Haverhill Echo, UK - 25 minutes ago
The achievements of the Burma Star Association were commemorated with a day of activities at the museum, including a march, a fly past by historic aircraft ...

Oregon scientists find oldest gecko
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 5 hours ago
Only a foot and part of a tail are in the amber, found in Myanmar, formerly Burma. The finding is at least 40 million years older than the previous ...

Myanmar to hold gems auction despite trading ban
Daily Times, Pakistan - 5 hours ago
YANGON: Military-run Myanmar announced Wednesday it would hold a mid-year auction of precious gems in Yangon, despite economic sanctions banning their ...

Flush-out operations in Burma camp
MorungExpress, India - 8 hours ago
Burma Camp area is said to be the stronghold of the “NSCN/GPRN” faction. Early on August 26 morning, a group of NSCN (IM) cadres attacked the area, ...
2 injured in NSCN clashes Calcutta Telegraph
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Flush-out operations in Burma camp
MorungExpress, India - 7 hours ago
Burma Camp area is said to be the stronghold of the “NSCN/GPRN” faction. Early on August 26 morning, a group of NSCN (IM) cadres attacked the area, ...

Cambodian MP urges UN, ASEAN to fulfill Burma promise
Mizzima.com, India - 32 minutes ago
... to pay a personal visit to Burma and find a realistic solution to the political crisis in the country. Meanwhile, the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar ...

ETA Star donates rice grains for the homeless in cyclone-hit Myanmar
AME Info (press release), United Arab Emirates - 15 hours ago
ETA Star Properties, a leading property developer in the UAE, donated 5000kgs of rice grains for the benefit of people affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar ...

Room at the Table hosts meal for Myanmar
Lexington Minuteman,  USA - 16 hours ago
On May 3 the country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) was struck by Cyclone Nargis with devastating results. The winds and rain took the lives of an estimated ...

Myanmar Plans October Gem Auction
IDEX Online, Israel - 10 hours ago
Myanmar ( Burma ) is planning to hold a mid-year gems auction in October, in order to encourage the sale of more quality gems, jade, pearl and jewelry by ...

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Clooney, Pitt host fundraising dinner in Venice for Darfur ...
Thaindian.com, Thailand - 10 hours ago
The funds will be used for victims of both the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan and the cyclone in Myanmar. The reason the dinner was ...
Video: ShowBiz Minute: Spears, Pitt, Clooney, More AssociatedPress
Stars — and a blue-haired boy — land in Venice Baltimore Sun
Brad Pitt and the Boys Hit Venice The Gossip Girls
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Indonesia hopes Myanmar dialog to be resumed
Antara, Indonesia - 8 minutes ago
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government has expressed hope the dialog between Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the government under ...

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Indonesia says Gambari mission has not failed in Myanmar
Xinhua, China - 19 hours ago
27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia considered that the UN mission in Myanmar carried out by its special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has not failed yet, supporting the envoy ...
Suu Kyi fails to pick up food delivery in Myanmar International Herald Tribune
Cambodian MP urges UN, ASEAN to fulfill Burma promise Mizzima.com
The UN at dead-end in Myanmar Asia Times Online
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Indonesia says Gambari mission has not failed in Myanmar
Xinhua, China - 11 minutes ago
27 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia considered that the UN mission in Myanmar carried out by its special envoy Ibrahim Gambari has not failed yet, supporting the envoy ...

Lack of funds threatens Free Burma Rangers’ aid efforts
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway - 19 hours ago
Aug 27, 2008 (DVB)–Relief efforts by the Free Burma Rangers to help cyclone victims in the Irrawaddy delta are under threat due to funding shortages, ...

MYANMAR: Cyclone survivors look to radio
IRINnews.org, NY - 11 hours ago
... regularly listens to the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) , which is broadcast from Norway and is largely critical of Myanmar’s military-led government. ...

Extended cultivation of beans, pulses called for in Myanmar
Hindu, India - 22 hours ago
YANGON (Xinhua): Myanmar official media Wednesday called for extending cultivation of marketable beans and pulses as a continued effort to maintain the ...

Gambari's Myanmar Visit "Disappointing," UK Mission Says, UN Takes ...
Inner City Press, NY - 8 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS, August 26 -- "Disappointing" is how the UN's Ibrahim Gambari's trip to Myanmar was described Tuesday by UK Ambassador John Sawers. ...

Myanmar to hold mid-year gems emporium in October
Xinhua, China - 22 hours ago
27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold a mid-year gems emporium in October to encourage national gem traders to sell more quality gems, jade, pearl and jewelry, ...

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Auckland Zoo's jumbo decision
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 4 hours ago
Plans are being developed for the future of Auckland Zoo's young Asian elephant Burma, who couldn't remain on her own if Kashin died. ...

Broxbourne Borough Council (press release)
Broxbourne Veterans commemorate Burma Star Day
Broxbourne Borough Council (press release), UK - 8 hours ago
Broxbourne residents who are holders of the Burma Star met on Friday 15 August to commemorate the end of the Burma campaign in World War II. ...