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CONTACT Merci de postuler par mail, avec en objet le nom du poste et de la mission auprès de : Patricia Anglès d’Auriac, Chargée de recrutement, patricia.anglesdauriacamifrance.org Entretiens et test au siège en France – frais du premier déplacement... Full Article at Relief Web
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SATSALONGKYA, 25 November 2009 (IRIN) - Hla Shwe, 47, had great expectations for his 14ha of paddy fields, which he hoped would help him recover from the devastation of Cyclone Nargis. Full Article at YubaNet
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French cultural personalities attend a silent gathering to support Myanmar detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi October 6, 2009 in front of the Paris city hall. View Photo »
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Fragile, unstable states that are scarred by war and ongoing conflict linger at the bottom of the index. These are: Somalia, with a score of 1.1, Afghanistan at 1.3, Myanmar at 1.4 and Sudan tied with Iraq at 1.5. These results demonstrate that countries which are perceived as the most corrupt are also ...
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International donors pledged a fresh $88 million for 17,800 new houses, 40 new schools and livelihood programs for 1 million people, but that won't be enough, the United Nations and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations said. Full Article at The Post Chronicle
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Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. A boy looks from under a tarpaulin cover used by his family for shelter, in Myanmar, April 29. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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Daily life is a struggle in Myanmar. For the average local, working days are filled with long hours of backbreaking manual labor, meager pay and no weekends or vacation time. Full Article at Gadling
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French cultural personalities attend a silent gathering to support Myanmar detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi October 6, 2009 in front of the Paris city hall. View Photo »
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The two vessels from southern Taiwan's Pingtung County were seized by the Myanmar navy last week, probably for intruding into that country's Exclusive Economic Zone without proper certification
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YANGON, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- A new national blood bank in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon, built with the aid of Thailand, will open in the beginning of next year, sources with the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday. With a total of 780,000 U. Full Article at Xinhua
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Shillong: The Assam Rifles today said that the North East militants, facing heat in Bangladesh, were reportedly moving out of the country, but it was not clear if they were in India or had shifted to Myanmar. Full Article at DNA India
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Myanmar, officially Union of Myanmar (pronounced [pjìdàunzṵ mjəmà nàinŋàndɔ̀] is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. It is also known as Burma or the Union of Burma by many bodies and states which do not recognize the ruling military junta. Full Article
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Myanmar's new 5,000 kyat bank notes are displayed in front of a portrait of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar. The central bank of Myanmar issued the new currency note through government banks across the country on Friday.
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Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, right, talks with junta leader Senior-General Than Shwe, center, as second top leader Vice-Senior Gen. Maung Aye, left, looks on after Sein's arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, Myanmar, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.
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Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, right, is welcomed by junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, center, and Vice-Senior Gen. Maung Aye, left, on his arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, Myanmar, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Sein returned home after attending U.N. 64th General Assembly.
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Myanmar's Prime Minister Gen. Thein Sein, left, is greeted by junta leader Senior-Gen. Than Shwe as second top leader Vice-Senior Gen. Maung Aye, right, looks on after Sein's arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, Myanmar, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.
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Kyi Win, lawyer for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is surrounded by journalists outside the High Court after the hearing of the appeal of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Nyan Win, lawyer for Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is surrounded by journalists outside the High Court after the hearing of the appeal of Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.
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A Myanmar model presents a creation of Myanmar designers during a bridal fashion show Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar. Wedding season starts in Myanmar in October after the end of the four-month Buddhist Lent which starts in June and ends in late September.
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A Myanmar model presents bridal dress created by Myanmar designers during a bridal fashion show Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar. Wedding season starts in Myanmar in October after the end of the four-month Buddhist Lent, which starts in June and ends in late September.
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Fragile, unstable states that are scarred by war and ongoing conflict linger at the bottom of the index. These are: Somalia, with a score of 1.1, Afghanistan at 1.3, Myanmar at 1.4 and Sudan tied with Iraq at 1.5. These results demonstrate that countries which are perceived as the most corrupt are also ...
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The two vessels from southern Taiwan's Pingtung County were seized by the Myanmar navy last week, probably for intruding into that country's Exclusive Economic Zone without proper certification
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Already, inputs were there that nine member bombers from ULFA have sneaked to Nalbari with the specific task of carrying out subversive activities prior to the Protest Day on November 27. These cadres have sneaked in from Myanmar, Bhutan and Nagaland. The details of these cadres were provided in Assam p...
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I state very clearly that it was Chinese arms that were coming in, not support from the Government of China and that had been made absolutely clear, it is not only because from Myanmar, Bangladesh and so on...arms smuggling is one of the largest businesses in the world
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They are getting Chinese weapons. Maoists are getting arms and ammunition from Myanmar and Bangladesh as well
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The US stands discredited in Pakistan and has lost the Afghan war. The US undermines Sri Lankan leadership, which China and India support, and it robustly challenges China's influence in Myanmar. What US-China collusion can be possible?
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The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) decided to suspend Yangon's claim after a hearing on the submission by Myanmar authorities and the protest notes of Bangladesh
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This year's index, which measures the perception of corruption in a country, showed that 129 of the 180 nations reviewed scored below five on a 0-to-10 scale, with 10 indicating the least corrupt … At the bottom were countries burdened by war, lack of infrastructure or dictatorship: Myanmar, Afghanistan...
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Obama to meet with Myanmar rulers.
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While some of them would have damaged public property demanding the cyclone be renamed, others would have demanded military offensive against Burma and then burnt geography textbooks on not finding Burma on the map... until some kid points out that Burma is now Myanmar!
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U.S. officials had taken pains to reduce expectations for the meeting, which occurred between sessions at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and was part of a new initiative by the Obama administration to increase interaction with the Myanmar government.
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We reaffirmed the policies I put forward in Tokyo yesterday with regards to Myanmar. We also recognised the need to expand high level engagement on these and other major issues.
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welcomed the policy of the United States to engage with the government of Myanmar.
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We also underscored the importance of achieving national reconciliation and that the general elections to be held in Myanmar [Burma] in 2010 must be conducted in a free, fair, inclusive and transparent manner in order to be credible to the international community
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I reaffirmed the policy that I put forward on Saturday in Tokyo with regard to Burma (Myanmar)
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He brought up the release of Aung San Suu Kyi with that government (Myanmar)
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That is how a government in Burma [Myanmar] will be able to respond to the needs of its people
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The signals that the Americans and all of us in Asia expect are for clean, decent elections in Myanmar.
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China is trying to encircle India through Pakistan and the Arabian sea from one side and Bay of Bengal via Myanmar from another
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We are now communicating directly with the (Myanmar) leadership to make it clear that existing sanctions will remain until there are concrete steps toward democratic reform
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The US has decided that its ASEAN policy will not be determined by its policy towards Myanmar
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Burma (Myanmar) is the obvious place to start, but media repression and unpunished rights violations are rampant throughout the region
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The number of Myanmar pilgrims going on Bodhgaya tours has increased by about 50 percent ... Before we depended on Air India flights to Kolkata but now Myanmar Airways International has added the Yangon-Gaya route to its schedule from October. This makes it easier for pilgrims to travel there.
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I always tell the Buddhists, not just Tibetans but also Chinese, Japanese, Korean Buddhists, and even those in Thailand and Myanmar, that we are in the 21st century and we should strive to be 21st century Buddhists. That means fuller knowledge of modern education and modern science and fuller knowledge ...
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If I were to start the march I would start from the north-eastern part of Thailand, on the soil of Thailand, but I will have to enter Thailand from the border. I can enter Thailand from Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar [Burma].
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