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The Irrawaddy Government companies to build Rangoon ‘mega city’ of 10 mln people
Government officials, urban planners and construction companies said they are planning to develop Rangoon into a "mega city" of more than 10 million inhabitants by 2040, doubling its current population ...
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Xinhua Myanmar’s NLD party delegation leaves for China
A 12-member senior-level delegation of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party left here for Kunming to pay the first ever 10-day study visit to four cities of ...
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Bangkok Post Indonesian police-Myanmar shootout
Indonesian anti-terror police exchanged fire Wednesday with four men holed up in a house suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the Myanmar ...
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Record Burmese python caught in Florida
Florida .It's a new record for the longest Burmese python caught in the wild in Florida. The previous record was a 17ft 7in python caught in August in Everglades national park.According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the 18ft 8in snake was caught May 11 alongside a road in rural Miami-Dade County.Wildlife officials said Monday that a Miami man spotted about 3ft of ...
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Burmas President Visits Washington
Burmese President Thein Sein is given flowers outside a town hall meeting at Voice of America, Washington, May 19, 2013. (Alison Klein for ...
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Myanmar commits to energy transparency
The U.S. government said it was committed to helping Myanmar improve transparency in the management of its natural resources. U.S. special envoy for international energy affairs Carlos Pascual met with Myanmar Energy Minister Than Htay, who was part of a visiting delegation from Naypyitaw. Both officials signed a joint declaration committed to transparency in the management of natural ...
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Matthews Asia Announces Launch of the Asia Focus Fund and the Emerging Asia Fund
. The Matthews Asia Focus Fund provides investors with an opportunity to gain exposure to a high conviction portfolio investing in what we believe are high quality Asian companies. The Matthews Emerging Asia Fund invests primarily in companies located in the emerging and frontier Asia equity ...
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Nearly 19 feet Longest Burmese python captured in Florida
Florida has a long list of problematic invasive species, from the vervet monkey to the lionfish, but the Burmese python might be the state's public enemy No. 1 so much so that residents will hop out of their cars at night to catch one double the normal size. A Miami man wrangled and killed the ...
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Japanese premier to visit Myanmar on Friday
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins a three-day visit to Myanmar on Friday in what national media are saying is a continued bid to improve investment conditions for Japanese ...
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UN praises Myanmar over child soldier issue
"The signature of an action plan in June 2012 was a major breakthrough and I commend the Government of Myanmar for taking important steps to better protect children," said Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, in a statement. While the UN noted in this most recent report that recruitment of children to ...
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Two women injured in Myanmar Airways aircraft accident
Two women were injured in an accident when a Myanmar Airways aircraft carrying 55 passengers was landing at the Monghsat Airport in Myanmar's eastern Shan state Thursday due to the malfunction of the breaking system, official sources ...
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Seven Muslims Charged for Killing Buddhist Monk in Burma
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 ...
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Seven Muslims sentenced for Meiktila monk murder
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 ...
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Burmese President to Meet with US Lawmakers Sign Trade Deal
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, ...
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Myanmar Muslims jailed for killing during religious riots
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 ...
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Hosting Burma’s Leader Obama Repeatedly Calls the Country ‘Myanmar’
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 ...
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Biggest Burmese Python Ever Caught In Florida
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. ...
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Myanmar’s media faces fresh challenges
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 ...
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Myanmar’s President Makes Historic Divisive Visit to White House
- 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 ...
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Myanmar Buddhist monks killers jailed
(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 ...
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Myanmar president urges end to violence
Myanmar President Thein Sein has told an audience in the US he wants a national identity which embraces people of all faiths, including ...
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Obama meets visiting Myanmar president
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 ...
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Obama lauds Thein Sein’s leadership
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 ...
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Obama welcomes president of ‘Myanmar’ with cautionary reminder
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 ...
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Obama cites movement toward political economic reforms in Myanmar
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 ...
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Foreign couple's novel approach to helping Burmese village
The political situation in Myanmar is well-known throughout the world, but often overshadows the circumstances of local people and our rich culture. A couple overseas have combined the two to create an unusual approach to helping the people of one village in the country.
Myanmar is one of the most politically and socially isolated countries in the world, much bad press is leveled at our country for decisions made and actions taken that the people are not responsible for and while attention focuses on the political dynamic of the country, the plight of many Burmese such as poverty, lack of access to water and education, become overshadowed. One family in the United States has taken a novel approach to giving back to a country that has stolen their hearts. Read more
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