Provides the latest RSS feeds for Myanmar News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Myanmar News.net http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/cat/c3891022f175b678/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 07:49:27 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:49:27 -0400 30 A total of 812 drug crime suspects have been arrested as part of a joint anti-drug campaign launched by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on the trans-boundary river of Mekong, Xinhua reported. Drug trafficking has long plagued transportation on the Mekong river, which runs through the opium-producing Golden Triangle Region. Launched around mid-April, the ongoing two-month drive also included ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214650647/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:00:02 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214650647/scat/c3891022f175b678 Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule. The White House meeting with President Barack Obama also represents a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/c3891022f175b678 U.S. President Barack Obama praised Burma's president on Monday for his leadership in pushing through political reforms, while warning that ethnic and communal violence targeting minority Muslims in Burma must stop. Mr. Obama spoke Monday at the White House, alongside Burmese President Thien Sein, the former general who in 2011 became president after Burma's first democratic polls in more than ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214643751/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214643751/scat/c3891022f175b678 Indian women's football team will have to be at their best when they take on Myanmar, a higher ranked team, in their first match of the AFC Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Tuesday. There's a difference of five places - Myanmar are 46th in the FIFA rankings while India are 51st. "This match will decide our fate. We need a good start. The first match always sets the tone. The real test begins now," ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633437/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633437/scat/c3891022f175b678 A court in Burma has convicted seven Muslims for the killing of a Buddhist monk during deadly sectarian riots in a central town earlier this ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214658655/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:34:31 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214658655/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection with religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a justice official ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214658886/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:54:55 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214658886/scat/c3891022f175b678 In front of a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., Burma's President Thein Sein meets with President Barack Obama, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, May 20, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657746/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:28:34 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657746/scat/c3891022f175b678 YANGON // Myanmar sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection with religious violence in March that left dozens dead, a justice official said. The defendants, who were spared the death penalty, were accused of the murder of a Buddhist monk in the central town of Meiktila that sparked unrest across the region, mostly targeting Muslims. The suspects were ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657838/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:26 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657838/scat/c3891022f175b678 President Obama meets with Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office on Monday, May 20, 2013 (Image: White House) (CNSNews.com) - Setting aside a long-held U.S. policy, President Obama -- when hosting the president of Burma in the Oval Office on Monday -- used the military-backed regime's preferred term for the country, Myanmar - and not just once or twice, but a total of 16 times in ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657830/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:12:18 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657830/scat/c3891022f175b678 A Burmese python measuring nearly 19ft has been captured in South Florida. About 3ft of the 18ft 8in (569cm) snake was spotted sticking out of some roadside brush on May 11 by Jason Leon and some friends, as they drove late at night through a rural area of southeast Miami-Dade County. The 23-year-old got out of his car, grabbed the snake behind its head and dragged it into the open. When ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657740/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:04:03 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657740/scat/c3891022f175b678 Welcoming the first Burmese head of state to visit the White House in nearly 50 years yesterday, President Obama said "the leadership of President [Thein] Sein" had "allowed this shift" in the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657836/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:19 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657836/scat/c3891022f175b678 It is a new dawn for media in Myanmar--censorship has been lifted; 10 daily newspapers are now being printed, with another 14 on the way; and, reporters are free to write what they please. But the rush to this liberalized market has brought with it a fresh batch of problems for journalists, editors and media company ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657943/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:48:09 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214657943/scat/c3891022f175b678 - Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214656817/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:50 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214656817/scat/c3891022f175b678 (1 hr 4 mins ago) Six Muslim men and one minor have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from life to two years in prison for involvement in the killing of a Buddhist monk during sectarian violence in central Myanmar. Thein Than Oo, a lawyer defending the men, said one of his clients was given life in prison for murder. Myat Ko Ko was also sentenced to an additional two years for unlawful ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214656821/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:15 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214656821/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar President Thein Sein has told an audience in the US he wants a national identity which embraces people of all faiths, including ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214655922/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:18 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214655922/scat/c3891022f175b678 US President Barack Obama on Monday lauded Myanmar's efforts made over the past two years in holding elections and in solving the country's longstanding ethnic conflicts.Obama made the statement at a press conference following his talks with visiting Myanmar President Thein Sein at his Oval Office. Thein Sein was the first president of Myanmar to visit the White House in 47 years.Obama ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214655025/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:01:38 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214655025/scat/c3891022f175b678 US President Barack Obama on Monday threw his support behind Myanmar President Thein Sein in his drive to reform a former pariah state but warned that a wave of violence against Muslims must ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214655132/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:33:57 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214655132/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed Myanmar’s president to the White House — the first such visit in nearly 50 years — and hailed the Southeast Asian nation’s progress on democratic reforms, but emphasized that much work remains to be done. After meeting privately with President Thein Sein in the Oval Office, Obama told reporters that Myanmar must ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214654192/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:39 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214654192/scat/c3891022f175b678 In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president Monday that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.Mr. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first president of Myanmar to visit ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653245/scat/c3891022f175b678 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:01:40 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653245/scat/c3891022f175b678 /enpproperty--> YANGON - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pay a state visit to Myanmar soon, an official announcement said in Yangon Tuesday without specifying the date of his visit. According to Japanese media, Abe is to arrive in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday for a three-day visit. He will be the first Japanese prime minister visiting the Southeast Asian nation in 36 years since 1977 when ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653341/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:51:06 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653341/scat/c3891022f175b678 Labour disputes between factory owners and workers in Myanmar continue to rise during this year statistics, according to worker representatives and worker advocates. Tensions rose between the factory owner and workers after 49 workers from San Kaung Polyethylene Factory in Hlaingtharyar Industrial Zone were dismissed for attempting to instigate a protest at the factory. More than a thousand ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653266/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:57 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653266/scat/c3891022f175b678 President Thein Sein's visit to Washington this week should not be seen as a reward for transforming the country; there are still too many obstacles to democratisation An official visit to the United States by Myanmar's President Thein Sein this week should not be regarded as a celebration of the success of reforms in Myanmar. The job is far from finished, with many tough challenges ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653267/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:50 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653267/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar authorities say they will arrange long-term housing in Rakhine State for Rakhine national ethnics who recently fled Bangladesh due to more and more use of violence against them by the Bengalis in the country. They are now living in temporary camps in the state. After the Rakhine conflicts, they came in groups into the state starting from October 2012 in fear of their lives as there were ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653269/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:48:48 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214653269/scat/c3891022f175b678 US President Barack Obama saluted Myanmar President Thein Sein (pictured) for his leadership in pushing through startling political reforms, but warned that violence against Muslims must stop. As his guest became the first leader of his country in almost 50 years to visit the White House, Obama praised Myanmar's journey away from military rule and promised Washington would offer more ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214652379/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:21 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214652379/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years on Monday, hailing the Southeast Asian nation's progress on democratic reforms but emphasizing that much work remains to be ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214652366/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:38 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214652366/scat/c3891022f175b678 In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president Monday that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.Mr. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first president of Myanmar to visit ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651409/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:40 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651409/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama told Burma’s president during a long-awaited White House visit that he appreciates the leader’s efforts to lead the Asian country on its long, and sometimes difficult, path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Former general Thein Sein was the first president of Burma to visit the White House in 47 years. Activists objected to ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651512/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:58 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651512/scat/c3891022f175b678 , in addition to our websites which carry daily news in both languages. As such we have acknowledged the advancement in this country and the process of reform has been sufficiently inspirational to bring us into the fold. We are investing in the new Myanmar, and we are changing with the times. What will not change is ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651513/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:15:34 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651513/scat/c3891022f175b678 A Florida man with experience handling snakes captured and killed a 128-pound Burmese python he discovered on the side of the road in Miami-Dade County, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651430/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:15:16 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651430/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651394/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:46:16 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214651394/scat/c3891022f175b678 After months of praising Myanmar for its political reforms, President Obama welcomed the country's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years. But human-rights groups are not happy about the invitation. While the U.S. does not fully embrace the actions of the regime in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), calling for further reforms and cooperation between ethnic ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214650330/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:47 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214650330/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Southeast Asian nation formerly known as Burma received further backing from the White House on Monday in its campaign to be called ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214650246/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:23:06 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214650246/scat/c3891022f175b678 As a "diplomatic courtesy," the United States "has begun to allow limited use of the name Myanmar" to describe the former pariah state of Burma as it inches closer toward democracy, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday - but official U.S. policy, he added, "remains that Burma is the name of the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214649188/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:36 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214649188/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON -; Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644092/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:24:48 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644092/scat/c3891022f175b678 The president of Myanmar, Thein Sein, met with President Obama in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Thein Sein's trip is the first state visit to the U.S. by a Burmese official in nearly 47 ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644117/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:20 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644117/scat/c3891022f175b678 Eric Schmidt . But human rights officials caution that the visit should not be prematurely hailed as a "mission accomplished moment" for the still-troubled ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644202/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:07:20 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644202/scat/c3891022f175b678 View Photo AFP/Ye Aung Thu - Myanmar President Thein Sein (L) arrives at Yangon International Airport May 17, 2013, before leaving for a visit to the US. Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644203/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:07:19 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644203/scat/c3891022f175b678 As a "diplomatic courtesy," the U.S. government "has begun to allow limited use of the name Myanmar" to describe the former pariah state of Burma as it inches closer toward democracy, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday. In a photo op Monday afternoon with Burma's president, Thein Sein, President Obama repeatedly referred to the nation as Myanmar, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644119/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:26 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644119/scat/c3891022f175b678 U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks after a meeting with Myanmar president Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on May 20, 2013. The Obama administration has continued to advocate for continued progress on reform by President Thein Sein's government, in close cooperation with Aung San Suu Kyi, civil society leaders, and the international community. ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644111/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:52:02 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214644111/scat/c3891022f175b678 US President BarackObamaon Monday saluted Myanmar President Thein Sein for his leadership in pushing through startling political reforms, but warned ethnic violence in the country must ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214643706/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:38 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214643706/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642811/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:08:35 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642811/scat/c3891022f175b678 President Barack Obama hosts Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday. The occasion marks the first time a president from Myanmar has visited the White House in over four ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642812/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:06:37 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642812/scat/c3891022f175b678 Barack Obama lauded the progress made by Myanmar President Thein Sein's government to open the political process and said greater emphasis on human rights will bring the Southeast Asian nation more prosperity. Thein Sein's White House visit today was the first of a leader from the country formerly known as Burma in 47 years and comes amid warming relations and U.S. support for its ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642963/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:36 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642963/scat/c3891022f175b678 Thein Sein planned to release more political prisoners and institutionalize democratic reforms in his country. Obama told reporters that he had expressed U.S. concern about violence against Muslims in Myanmar to Thein Sein during a meeting at ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642819/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:10 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214642819/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Myanmar - United States Trade Council announced today that it has established offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and Yangon, Myanmar. The Myanmar United States Trade Council will promote international trade and investment relations between the United States and Myanmar. Its activities will include trade missions, the publication of information, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641753/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:01 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641753/scat/c3891022f175b678 President Thein Sein has visited President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. The visit is being promoted by both Myanmar and the United States for its symbolism. This is a shame. These two countries should approach their relations far more seriously than last night's largely ceremonial handshakes and platitudes. The two leaders wasted golden opportunities while dragging out ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641754/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:55 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641754/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar's President Thein Sein arrives at the West Wing of the White House for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 20, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641755/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:49 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641755/scat/c3891022f175b678 Since 2011 Myanmar has been back on track with its economic transformation from a centrally planned, state command, socialist economy to a market, capitalist model. The new foreign investment law adopted in November 2012 is a sign of opening ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641756/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:44:34 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641756/scat/c3891022f175b678 ';Walmart'; in Yangon. (Photo: Patrick Winn) Myanmar President Thein Sein is in Washington this week for a historic meeting with President Obama. Not long ago, Thein Sein was on a travel black list. But in the past two years, Myanmar has undergone dramatic political change that pleases the White House. And Thein Sein is hoping that will mean more US investment in Myanmar. But, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214640293/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:02 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214640293/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar in late March, leaving more than 40 people dead and raising tensions in the mostly Buddhist country, a group of Muslims and a group of Buddhists decided enough was ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641071/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:16 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214641071/scat/c3891022f175b678 Jason Leon (left) captured and killed record-setting Burmese python in Miami-Dade. it measured 18-feet, 8-inches and weighed 128 pounds. (Source: ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214640296/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:40:15 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214640296/scat/c3891022f175b678 Workers prepare to launch the China section of the Myanmar-China oil and gas pipeline in Anning in southwest China's Yunnan province. Ren Dong / Color China Photo / AP ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214635806/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:41 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214635806/scat/c3891022f175b678 MYANMAR'S President Thein Sein will become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, as Washington offers a strong symbolic gesture to back his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet President Barack Obama and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in a nation that ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214637558/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:44:13 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214637558/scat/c3891022f175b678 Hagel's front office gets a new Hand; Shineski, under fire; Obama to talk drone, Gitmo policy; MCT: Amos being investigated; Terminal Lance: "Shut up!" and a bit more. - by Gordon ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214635999/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:59 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214635999/scat/c3891022f175b678 When President Obama meets with President Thein Sein of Myanmar (Burma) today, he should emphasize Washington's commitment to Myanmar's progress, while stressing the importance of preventing discrimination and violence against ethnic minority Muslims and ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214636119/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:28:39 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214636119/scat/c3891022f175b678 WASHINGTON // Thein Sein yesterday became the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation. But activists are angry about Barack Obama hosting the former general, and legislators are wary. Thein Sein has led the shift from decades of direct military rule, but has ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214634623/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:45:21 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214634623/scat/c3891022f175b678 KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Mei (Bernama) -- Kira-kira 100 pegawai Myanmar daripada pelbagai kementerian sedang mengikuti Kursus Latihan Diplomatik (DTC) untuk pegawai Myanmar, anjuran kerajaan Malaysia di Nay Pyi Taw, dari 16 hingga 22 Mei, menurut Kedutaan Malaysia di Yangon hari ini. Dalam kenyataan akhbar yang dimuat naik dalam akaun Facebook Kedutaan Malaysia di Yangon, hari ini, kedutaan itu ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633559/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:20 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633559/scat/c3891022f175b678 Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Burma president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation.  But activists are angry about President Obama hosting Thein Sein, and lawmakers are wary. The Burma leader has led the shift from decades of direct military rule, but ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633428/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:01 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633428/scat/c3891022f175b678 The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Veredus Laboratories, a leading supplier of innovative molecular diagnostic tools, announced the launch of VereTrop™, the first biochip in the molecular diagnostics market that can identify 13 different major tropical diseases from a single blood sample. With its high level of automation, this lab-on-chip diagnostic kit is poised ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633561/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:01:35 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633561/scat/c3891022f175b678 What triggers former foes to become friends and then listen to each other on their mutual interests is a puzzle for political scientists. But it's a process we see in the bilateral relations of the US and Myanmar.Until a year ago, Myanmar faced sanctions and its former military generals were denied visas for the US. The dual-track policy of the Obama administration, which began in 2009, has ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214632312/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:38 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214632312/scat/c3891022f175b678 Many ethnic leaders claim that they don't trust the new 2008 constitution. To them, the current constitution will not grant the democratic freedom and fundamental rights for the ethnic groups since Burmese armed forces take 25 percent of all seats in the parliament. The military still holds a huge amount of power in Burma. For example, the 11-member National Defense and Security Council with ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214632425/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:22:32 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214632425/scat/c3891022f175b678 President Thein Sein of Myanmar is in Washington this week, the first Burmese head of state to visit since the military dictator Gen Ne Win in 1966. Much has changed since 1966. Fifty years of direct military rule have ended, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is out of house arrest and sits in Parliament, along with 42 of her colleagues from the National League for Democracy, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633433/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:10:08 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214633433/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar is on course for a big jump in textile exports to Europe following the return of trade privileges by the European Union (EU), according to the Thailand Textile ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631350/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:57 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631350/scat/c3891022f175b678 India's automobile giant Tata Motors will soon launch the famous low-cost Nano in Myanmar, although the small one-box vehicle will not be living up to its reputation as the world's cheapest 4-wheel car on this ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631349/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:56 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631349/scat/c3891022f175b678 Raids carried out by Indonesian police following a thwarted plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta led to an Islamist cell that raised funds through criminal ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631348/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:55 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631348/scat/c3891022f175b678 TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 20 (UPI) -- An investigation into the killing by the Philippines coast guard of a Taiwanese fisherman is focusing on whether rules of engagement were ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631205/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:11:42 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631205/scat/c3891022f175b678 Aurionpro Solutions is proud to announce that ACLEDA Bank Plc., the largest domestic commercial bank in Cambodia, has selected Aurionpro's iCashPro Internet Banking suite to provide new online services to its corporate and retail customers. After a thorough software selection process, Aurionpro was selected over competitive offerings based on several criteria, including state-of-the-art ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631351/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:05:29 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214631351/scat/c3891022f175b678 Aung San Suu Kyi, upon release from house arrest, greets throngs of cheering, happy crowds in front of her house on University Avenue in Rangoon, this evening, November 13, 2010. She is flanked by National League for Democracy leader and party spokesman Nyan Win (right). The crowd reportedly did not settle for half an hour upon her release and chanted 'Long Live Daw Aung San Suu Kyi'. ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630025/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:09 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630025/scat/c3891022f175b678 The organised response to the cyclone was a far cry from the lack of action by the Myanmar authorities that preceded Cyclone Nargis in May 2008. We don't need to be reminded of the devastation that this storm wrought, with 138,000 or more deaths, and even Yangon battered. The damage was put at over US$10 billion and those that suffered the most were largely poor farmers and fishermen in the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630026/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:08 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630026/scat/c3891022f175b678 Initially released under President Thein Sein's amnesty in January 2012 after serving five months of a 10 year sentence, Nay Myo Zin, a retired general, was sentenced to serve another three months on May 3 for allegedly defaming police. "The Ministry of Home Affairs annulled my imprisonment according to Section 401(1). They came to announce the ordinance," Nay Myo Zin ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630027/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:07 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630027/scat/c3891022f175b678 Vines cascade down terraces overlooking the vast mirror of Inle Lake in northeastern Myanmar, an unlikely setting for a budding wine industry tempting the tastebuds of tourists now flocking to the country as it opens up. "Everybody is surprised to see a vineyard here in the middle of Myanmar with all this modern equipment," said Francois Raynal, winemaker at the Red Mountain estate in ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630031/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:06 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630031/scat/c3891022f175b678 For desperate Rohingya arrested in Thai territory, hope for the future can rest simply with how much money they have to pay off local officials and human traffickers. The prospects are dire for those without the required cash--being sold into slavery is ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630030/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:05 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630030/scat/c3891022f175b678 Li Piaoxing, dressed in a traditional Burmese longyi, was lying on a sling chair in the dusty antique lobby that serves as a base for the Burma Overseas Young Chinese League. Like many other similar communities launched by Burmese-Chinese (that is, Chinese people born in Burma), the MOYCL faces the distinct possibility of withering away. Mr. Li, the Chief Secretary of the League and the only ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630029/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:04 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630029/scat/c3891022f175b678 In 2011, Chinese tourists overtook Thais as the leading nationality visiting Burma with, officially, 65,838 visitors. But if you walk around the famous attractions in Rangoon such as Shwedagon Pagoda, you will hardly find any tour groups from China or even an individual Chinese traveler. So where are ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630028/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:03 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630028/scat/c3891022f175b678 Rangoon (Mizzima) - The Democracy and Peace Party (DPP) has called on the Election Commission to close down the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) over alleged election ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630032/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:02 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630032/scat/c3891022f175b678 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - The Burmese Electoral Tribunal on Friday delivered verdicts in three lawsuits regarding alleged electoral malpractice filed by the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) against three MPs of the Rakhine National Development Party (RNDP). Two MPs won, and one was ordered to ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630033/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:01 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630033/scat/c3891022f175b678 New Delhi (Mizzima) - Forty-five members of the National Democratic Force (NDF) in South Dagon Township sent letters of resignation to the party's head office on July 30, according to former party organizer Shwe ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630034/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:14:00 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630034/scat/c3891022f175b678 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Adding to the chorus of calls for peace, five ethnic parties on Wednesday called on the Burmese government to form a peacemaking committee to stop the widespread fighting in ethnic ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630035/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:59 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630035/scat/c3891022f175b678 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - The central government is still holding on to absolute power and states and regions are suffering, according to political party ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630036/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:58 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630036/scat/c3891022f175b678 INTO MYANMAR ICT Global Summit 2012: Mobile Telecom | Internet Infrastructure | Cloud Computing which will be taking place from 3 - 4 December 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar? This important summit will see telecom operators, service providers, ICT vendors & distributors, handset & device manufacturers and network technologists congregate to discuss new opportunities and current concerns faced by ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630037/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:57 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630037/scat/c3891022f175b678 On April 2, 2008, the Indian government signed an agreement with the Burmese military regime for the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project which is also known as the Kaladan Project. The project will connect Eastern Indian seaports, particularly Kolkata seaport in East India, with the seaport in Western Burma (Myanmar) Rakhine State's capital, Sittwe--a total distance of 593km. It ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630038/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:57 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630038/scat/c3891022f175b678 The following is a food security update for Burma in September by the World Food Program, noting areas of potential risk and political and other factors affecting food ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630039/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:55 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630039/scat/c3891022f175b678 It seems Aung San Suu Kyi is taking on what should have been the government's job. Her work on the Latpadaung Inquiry Commission was to find facts--not to make decisions for the government, because she does not lead the government. Thein Sein ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630040/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:54 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630040/scat/c3891022f175b678 While other countries may be more reliable and better equipped, Myanmar has emerged as the new promised land for global oil and gas giants unperturbed by a lack of data on its proven energy ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630041/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:54 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630041/scat/c3891022f175b678 There is no doubt the players involved are not going to leave the stage any time soon--they are part and parcel of the infrastructure that the people of Myanmar inherited from the previous military regime, whether they like it or not. The big issue is going to be before and after the 2015 general elections. In all democratic countries, because of the nature of multi-party elections, all ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630042/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:52 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630042/scat/c3891022f175b678 The reach of humanitarian organizations serving Burma and Thailand have been mapped by the Thai-Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) and the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), showing the organizational reach of services in education, health care and livelihood support ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630043/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:51 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630043/scat/c3891022f175b678 (Analysis) - The week-long sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma's western Rakhine state has thrown the spotlight on the Rohingya, one of the most oppressed groups in the country, and compels the government to address a burning issue that has been swept under the carpet for ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630044/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:50 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630044/scat/c3891022f175b678 (Analysis) - After half a century of having its currency traded on gray and black markets, Burma wants to free up its kyat by the end of next ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630045/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:49 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630045/scat/c3891022f175b678 (Mizzima) - Burma remains among the 10 most censored nations in the world despite the move from a military regime to a quasi-democratic government, according to the Committee to Protect Journalist, which released their latest report this ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630046/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:48 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630046/scat/c3891022f175b678 Interview - Meiktila was quiet on Wednesday, March 20. Everyone was going about their business, including the customers in a local gold shop. Somehow an argument broke out in the shop and a customer stormed out. He returned with friends and attacked the gold shop owner who is Muslim. A crowd quickly gathered and the situation spiraled into mob violence--local Buddhists taking sides with the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630048/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:47 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630048/scat/c3891022f175b678 (Analysis) - A number of commentators last week noted more news coverage of Kachin State in the state-run Burmese press, especially an editorial that blamed Kachin "hard-liners" for blocking progress in the on-going peace negotiations between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630047/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:47 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630047/scat/c3891022f175b678 A four-member Kachin Independence Army commando team carried out a raid that killed the head of the Northern Command L. Kun Hpang in Myitkyina, Kachin State, in 1985. Special commando, Laphai Zau Seng, who was involved in the assassination, was arrested and given the death sentence. On Monday, Laphai Zau Seng, 49, was released from Myinchan Prison under a presidential amnesty after 27 years in ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630049/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:46 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630049/scat/c3891022f175b678 Voice of America broadcaster Scott Stearns interviewed Aung San Suu Kyi at VOA in Washington D.C., on Tuesday. Here is a transcript of the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630050/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:45 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630050/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mizzima on Monday. In the meantime, an awkward lull in fighting at Laiza perseveres though skirmishes continue in other parts of Kachin State. But while both governments take all precautions to ensure that China does not become embroiled in Myanmar's civil war, a second scenario looms which severely tests Chinese resolve to refrain from direct intervention. The 700-mile-long Shwe Gas ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630051/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:44 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630051/scat/c3891022f175b678 (Random House UK, 2013), the third Burma-focused work offered by Benedict Rogers of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, is in many respects a tour de force of recent rights violations occurring throughout Burma, with a strong focus on ethnic communities and the periphery of the country. As with his previous ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630052/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:42 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214630052/scat/c3891022f175b678 It's been a while since the last visit by a head of state from Myanmar. The last time was 47 years ago, when the country was still known as Burma. As President Thein Sein arrives at the White House Monday, some will hail him as a reformer who set his country on the path to democracy. Others may protest his arrival, as excessive recognition for a head of state that has presided over ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628690/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:45:27 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628690/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar is on course for a big jump in textile exports to Europe following the return of trade privileges by the European Union (EU), according to the Thailand Textile ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628817/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:56 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628817/scat/c3891022f175b678 In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with President Barack Obama and later seek to woo US businesses that see a lucrative market in the former pariah ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628818/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:32:54 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628818/scat/c3891022f175b678 By Matthew J Walton Many outside observers have been shocked to see Buddhists in Myanmar leading recent violent actions against Muslims. Our recollections of tens of thousands of Buddhist monks chanting loving-kindness while demonstrating peacefully against the former military government in 2007 clash with recent images of monks using their sermons to advocate for a boycott of Muslim ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628819/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:13:37 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214628819/scat/c3891022f175b678 , a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services, today announced its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627762/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:32 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627762/scat/c3891022f175b678 In 2012 photographer SANDRA LAURIN trekked into remote Hill-Tribe villages in Northern Thailand with the intent to capture images of the life of girls who are at risk of sex trafficking. Poverty, lack of education, and no economic opportunity make Hill-Tribe girls potential victims of sex-traffickers often associated with international criminal organizations. Because tribal members are actually ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627763/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:28 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627763/scat/c3891022f175b678 , the enterprise guide to Drupal, today announced that Acquia co-founder and Drupal project creator Dries Buytaert was named among this year's class of Young Global Leaders by ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627764/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:25 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627764/scat/c3891022f175b678 Ba Mauk is located in the northern tip of the north-trending, western volcano-plutonic belt that hosts the highest concentration of gold mines and prospects in Myanmar. Gold mineralization at Ba Mauk that occurs within massive pyrite-quartz tension vein arrays has to date been reported to occur within ten underground tunnels (adits). The adits range from 40 metres (m) to 140 m in depth and ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627766/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:24 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627766/scat/c3891022f175b678 The "Slate Belt" gold concession is located south of Mandalay and covers an area of approximately 103,000 hectares. It is bordered by the Modi Taung gold mine in the south and the Lebyin gold and polymetallic mines in the east. In the late 1990s to early 2000s, the area was part of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. "Block 10". Historical exploration work by Ivanhoe yielded a number of ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627765/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:17:24 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627765/scat/c3891022f175b678 An information and communication technology (ICT) exhibition will be held in Yangon next month, aimed at empowering people with IT knowledge and enabling them to get in close touch with modern IT equipment, sources with the IT circle said on Sunday. Sponsored by Myanmar Computer Industry Association (MCIA) and Myanmar Computer Professionals Association (MCPA), the four-day exhibition at the ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627767/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:51 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214627767/scat/c3891022f175b678 Lawmakers and politicians have called for effective legislation to be introduced in Myanmar to protect housemaids, as cases of domestic abuse by employers ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214626370/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:31:16 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214626370/scat/c3891022f175b678 Cyclone Mahasen , but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away. Myanmar's Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people -- mainly Rohingya Muslims -- displaced by sectarian unrest last year that claimed about 200 lives and saw whole villages razed. Many were evacuated last week ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214625543/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:54:37 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214625543/scat/c3891022f175b678 Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214625653/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:37:51 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214625653/scat/c3891022f175b678 The army "will always have a special place" in government, Thein Sein is quoted as saying, and he dismissed allegations that the military participated in recent communal violence against the country's Muslim community. "In the lengthy interview, Thein Sein made little attempt to promote a picture of vigorous reform in [Myanmar], or to sell himself as the pivotal leader who ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214625652/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:37:49 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214625652/scat/c3891022f175b678 At least 50 Rohingya Muslims are feared drowned after their boats capsized off western Burma, officials say. The boats, said to be carrying about 100 passengers, were evacuating people ahead of powerful Cyclone Mahasen. The vessels sank off Pauktaw township in Rakhine state late on Monday. More than 40 survivors have been found and eight bodies recovered. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims ... http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214624001/scat/c3891022f175b678 Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:10 -0400 http://www.myanmarnews.net/index.php/sid/214624001/scat/c3891022f175b678