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/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:45:51 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:45:51 -0400 30 Hu Jintao told the Burmese leader, who was dressed in a dark suit and red tie, that he believed the visit would "further promote bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between neighbors."Gen. Than... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38490860&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:50:34 -0400 Washington Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38490860&cat=c3891022f175b678 CLIFFORD COONAN in BeijingONE OF the Burmese junta’s top generals, Than Shwe, arrived in China yesterday to underline the good relations between the two Asian neighbours. The visit has turned a ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38490872&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:57:11 -0400 Irish Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38490872&cat=c3891022f175b678 70 years to the month since it began. If Foreign Office belt-tightening has to go this far, one wonders which other broadcasts will survive, for there can be nowhere more in need of a radio station th... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38490830&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:53 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38490830&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING: Myanmar's military leader General Than Shwe on Wednesday held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, reportedly seeking Chinese support for coming elections. In talks with Mr. Hu and offici... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38486816&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:58:24 -0400 The Hindu http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38486816&cat=c3891022f175b678 The BBC World Service will have its grant reduced, said the foreign secretary, William Hague, but added that the chances he would recommend the closure of BBC Burma were small. Photograph: Dan Kitwood... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38486067&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:32 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38486067&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING: Myanmar's military leader General Than Shwe on Wednesday held talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao, reportedly seeking Chinese support for coming elections. In talks with Mr. Hu and offici... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487684&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:21:30 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487684&cat=c3891022f175b678 The pullout from the two ‘special zones’ in Burma’s eastern Shan state began this week. Although no official reason has been given, tension is high between the junta and the 30,000-strong United... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487686&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:28 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487686&cat=c3891022f175b678 Rangoon – The mayor of Burma’s former capital has told departmental heads to push municipal staff to cast their votes in favour of the main junta-backed party in polls on November 7, city employee... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487685&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:27 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487685&cat=c3891022f175b678 Beijing – Chinese President Hu Jintao assured Myanmar’s reclusive leader General Than Shwe on Wednesday of China’s support for his diplomatically isolated country ahead of controversial ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487687&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:25 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487687&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bangkok—Tax collection in Burma is made by anyone in a uniform—police, soldiers, navy, militia, customs inspectors—but almost none of it is recorded or put to use for the public good. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487688&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:24 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487688&cat=c3891022f175b678 The Burmese Air Force (BAF) has bought 50 Mi-24 helicopters and 12 Mi-2 armored transport helicopters from Russia, according to a source from the BAF. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487689&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:23 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487689&cat=c3891022f175b678 The BBC is locked in talks with the government over drastic cuts to the World Service budget which could force it to withdraw from Burma and several other countries. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487690&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:22 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487690&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bangkok— Myanmar’s ruling regime has increased its censorship of the country’s already highly restricted press in the run up to the first election in 20 years, an international media wat... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487691&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:20 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487691&cat=c3891022f175b678 This is the country formerly known as Burma, that went to the polls in 1990 and voted overwhelmingly for the National League for Democracy (NLD), only to have the results thrown out by the junta. Thi... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487695&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:19 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487695&cat=c3891022f175b678 Aung San Suu Kyi has reiterated that the now-disbanded NLD should sue the junta over its election laws, a strategy that she first invoked last May. The strategy is curious, given that she has spoken c... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487694&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:17 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487694&cat=c3891022f175b678 Family members have been refused permission to see the bodies of the two young men who were shot dead on Saturday by Burmese soldiers in Pegu, according to the victims’ relatives. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487693&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:16 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487693&cat=c3891022f175b678 Latest reports from the Thai-Burma border say all junta personnel from every department in Shan State East’s Mongton and Monghsat townships where the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s 171st  Military... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487692&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:15 -0400 BurmaNet http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38487692&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING – A senior Chinese military official called for further military cooperation between Myanmar and China after meeting a top official accompanying Myanmar's top leader, Gen. Than Shwe. Ch... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38483604&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:39 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38483604&cat=c3891022f175b678 Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shows the way to Myanmar's military junta leader, General Than Shwe (L) during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People yesterday. Than Shwe met with Hu Jin... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38483206&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:23:11 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38483206&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING: Burma's junta leader, Than Shwe, was expected to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao last night, two months ahead of elections condemned in the West as a sham. http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38477684&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:27:02 -0400 The Australian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38477684&cat=c3891022f175b678 support for the regime's planned November elections.Senior General Than Shwe's five-day visit was aimed at cementing ties with one of the junta's few allies. Chinese investment in Myanmar has surged, ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475177&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:47:52 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475177&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao assured Myanmar's reclusive leader General Than Shwe on Wednesday of China's support for his diplomatically isolated country ahead of controversial elec... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475159&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:35:53 -0400 The Star http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475159&cat=c3891022f175b678 Chinese president Hu Jintao today assured Burma’s (Myanmar’s) reclusive leader Than Shwe of Beijing’s support for his diplomatically isolated country ahead of controversial elections... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475755&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:16:16 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475755&cat=c3891022f175b678 See little advantage from voting While weeding at a farm 20 miles from Meikthila in central Burma, in a job that earns her 1,500 kyat (US $ 1.50) a day in central Burma, Khin Mar Tin, one of Bu... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475757&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:16:11 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38475757&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao assured Myanmar's reclusive leader General Than Shwe on Wednesday of China's support for his diplomatically isolated country ahead of controvers... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38471967&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:00:35 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38471967&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING (AFP) - Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe said Wednesday he wanted to bolster ties with China, his regime's main trade partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38471968&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:59:59 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38471968&cat=c3891022f175b678 New Delhi (Mizzima) – A recently conducted public poll shows a majority of Burma’s population desires an end to the country’s pervasive press scrutiny and censorship.  Starting September 1, the... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38472497&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:26:13 -0400 Mizzima News http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38472497&cat=c3891022f175b678 , and the rest is a meandering mash of recent Burmese history. The sources and arguments are spare: several interviews with Burmese military defectors, liberal lifting of quotes from Burmese exiled me... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38472498&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:23:44 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38472498&cat=c3891022f175b678 , at the Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, Carlton, from 2:30pm. MC and organiser Paul Mitchell calls it a ‘Big Day Out for writers’ in support of a significant cause. ‘Aung San Suu Kyi has... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38469586&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:54:56 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38469586&cat=c3891022f175b678 Aung San Suu Kyi has reiterated that the now-disbanded NLD should sue the junta over its election laws, a strategy that she first invoked last May. The strategy is curious, given that she has spoken c... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38469588&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:16:39 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38469588&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING (AFP) – Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe was to meet Wednesday with President Hu Jintao of China, the regime's main trading partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38466648&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:42:08 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38466648&cat=c3891022f175b678 Too late to avoid the group, we swung off as some made less-than-hospitable gestures in our direction. We took the first right near the foot of the bridge. Later, we heard that around 2,000 people had... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38466650&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:03:02 -0400 The Irrawaddy http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38466650&cat=c3891022f175b678 Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe was to meet Wednesday with President Hu Jintao of China, the regime's main trading partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls decried in the West as a sham... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38466128&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:55:17 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38466128&cat=c3891022f175b678 China gave Myanmar's military leader, a pariah among most Western democracies, a warm welcome as he prepared Wednesday to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao.Senior General Than Shwe's five-day visi... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38463069&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:59:07 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38463069&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING (AFP) – Myanmar's junta leader Than Shwe was to meet Wednesday with President Hu Jintao of China, the regime's main trading partner and diplomatic ally, two months ahead of polls... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38463569&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:28:00 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38463569&cat=c3891022f175b678 Bilateral trade between Myanmar and Thailand amounted to 3.577 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2009-10, which was doubled in five years, said the local weekly Yangon Times Tuesday.In 2005-06, ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38463570&cat=c3891022f175b678 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:27:56 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38463570&cat=c3891022f175b678 General Than Shwe, the man who heads Myanmar’s ruling junta, probably knows the election his country plans to hold is unlikely to change its pariah status in the West. With Nobel Peace laureate ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38457562&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:04:11 -0400 Globe and Mail http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38457562&cat=c3891022f175b678 BEIJING, China - Military - run Myanmar's top leader Gen. Than Shwe arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a state visit to his country's closest ally ahead of contentious national elections this... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38458208&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:08:56 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38458208&cat=c3891022f175b678 General Than Shwe, the man who heads Myanmar’s ruling junta, probably knows the election his country plans to hold is unlikely to change its pariah status in the West. With Nobel Peace laureate ... http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38457622&cat=c3891022f175b678 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:51:08 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://feeds.myanmarnews.net/?rid=38457622&cat=c3891022f175b678