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  1. Annual Reminder: Some Journalism Deserves Respect!
    The New Yorker logo The New Yorker 18 hours ago

    Since 1992, almost eight hundred journalists have been killed for doing their job, and the graph of the annual total rises steadily upward over time. Full Article at The New Yorker

  2. Life-saving Home Guard hero John will be missed
    Edinburgh Daily News logo Edinburgh Daily News 19 hours ago

    Mr Downie was born on 29 December 1922 in Rangoon, Burma, to Scottish parents. His father was a dockyard manager for the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company and when the family returned home on leave in 1933, they decided to settle in Crieff. Full Article at Edinburgh Daily News

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago
    People walk past a jewelry shop in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency.

    People walk past a jewelry shop in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. View Photo »

  4. They are doing the same at the Central Mall, and in Rangoon at the traffic light at the front of the [opposition National League for Democracy] office
    SOURCE: Radio Free Asia 1 month ago
  5. Burma watchers are right to be cautious about signs of change
    Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 5 days ago
    Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

    Aung San Suu Kyi leaves a meeting with the US assistant secretary of state earlier this month. Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AP This is a particularly interesting time for Burma watchers. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

  6. Burma Journal: Curiosity and Hope in the Land of the Lost
    Politics Daily logo Politics Daily 6 days ago

    They say that Venice is sinking, but really, when you arrive in Rangoon, it becomes clear that if any place is slowly edging deeper into the earth, it's this one. Full Article at Politics Daily

  7. Heritage status for Tallarevu, Coringa ports
    The Hindu 1 week ago

    The historic port cities will figure in INTACH list The two port cities were compared to Calcutta and even Rangoon A cyclone in 1839 swept away the ancient ‘City of Coringa’ KAKINADA: Coringa and Tallarevu, the historic port cities on east coast where... Full Article at The Hindu

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago
    People hang out downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency.

    People hang out downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. View Photo »

  9. There's lots of red tape ... His aunts, who live in Rangoon, tried to meet with him but the Burmese authorities told him that since he's an American citizen, the visit has to go though the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They have put in a request, but it hasn't been granted.
    SOURCE: Politics Daily 1 month ago
  10. Rangoon, Burma Take a ride on the municipal railway in Yango
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  11. Burma Journal: The Hard Work of Healing Is a Bitter Pill for Doctors
    Politics Daily logo Politics Daily 1 week ago

    Burma is not a good place to get sick. It's a bad place for a lot of things -- basic freedoms, rule of law, taxis (the fleet in Rangoon is about 30 years old and suffering from some seriously gnarly transmission ailments). Full Article at Politics Daily

  12. John Downie, accountant
    Edinburgh Daily News logo Edinburgh Daily News 1 week ago

    JOHN Downie, a former chief accountant of Standard Life Assurance, was born in Rangoon, Burma, to Scottish parents. His father was a dockyard manager for the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Full Article at Edinburgh Daily News

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People hang out downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. State radio and television reported that the Central Bank of Myanmar will release the note Oct. 1.
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  1. People walk past a jewelry shop in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    People walk past a jewelry shop in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency.

    View Photo »
  2. People hang out downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. State radio and television reported that the Central Bank of Myanmar will release the note Oct. 1. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    People hang out downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. State radio and television reported that the Central Bank of Myanmar will release the note Oct. 1.

    View Photo »
  3. This picture taken on June 19, 2009 in Yangon shows a woman offering prayers at the Shwedagon Pagoda on the occasion of the 64th birthday of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

    This picture taken on June 19, 2009 in Yangon shows a woman offering prayers at the Shwedagon Pagoda on the occasion of the 64th birthday of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

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  4. Insein Prison Compound in Yangon, where Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, is pictured in this video frame grab released May 20, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

    Insein Prison Compound in Yangon, where Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, is pictured in this video frame grab released May 20, 2009.

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  5. Insein Prison Compound in Yangon, where Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, is pictured in this video frame grab released May 20, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

    Insein Prison Compound in Yangon, where Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, is pictured in this video frame grab released May 20, 2009.

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  6. Insein Prison Compound in Yangon, where Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, is pictured in this video frame grab released May 20, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

    Insein Prison Compound in Yangon, where Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being detained, is pictured in this video frame grab released May 20, 2009.

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  7. In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, a chicken seller uses a battery-powered lamp as she waits for customers at her pavement shop in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, a chicken seller uses a battery-powered lamp as she waits for customers at her pavement shop in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  8. In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, Buddhist nuns wait to cross a road in downtown Yangon during their tour of collection of charity rice in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, Buddhist nuns wait to cross a road in downtown Yangon during their tour of collection of charity rice in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  9. In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, Sule Pagoda is illuminated in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Yangonites are experiencing insufficient power supply as the government's hydropower plants does not supply electricity sufficiently due to a drier rainy season. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, Sule Pagoda is illuminated in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Yangonites are experiencing insufficient power supply as the government's hydropower plants does not supply electricity sufficiently due to a drier rainy season.

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  10. Riot police gather outside of the City Hall in downtown Yangon during their patrol as the Yangon court hears the appeal of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

    Riot police gather outside of the City Hall in downtown Yangon during their patrol as the Yangon court hears the appeal of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  11. Buddhist monks and others gather during a demonstration Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, marking the second year anniversary of the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

    Buddhist monks and others gather during a demonstration Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, marking the second year anniversary of the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  12. Myanmar nationals living in Thailand dress as Myanmar soldiers as they perform during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmar nationals living in Thailand dress as Myanmar soldiers as they perform during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  13. A Myanmar national living in Thailand holds up his child during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    A Myanmar national living in Thailand holds up his child during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  14. Myanmarese monks living in Thailand pray during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmarese monks living in Thailand pray during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  15. Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray next to a portrait of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray next to a portrait of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  16. Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

    View Photo »
  17. Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray next to a portrait of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray next to a portrait of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

    View Photo »
  18. Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago

    Myanmarese monks, living in Thailand, pray during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok September 26, 2009. Today is the second anniversary of what is known as the Saffron Revolution in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  19. Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze at Myanmar Winery & Distillery in Hlegu, north of Yangon, August 22, 2009. According to eyewitnesses, five people were killed and eight injured with some believed to be still missing in the fire that gutted the privately owned distillery. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

    Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze at Myanmar Winery & Distillery in Hlegu, north of Yangon, August 22, 2009. According to eyewitnesses, five people were killed and eight injured with some believed to be still missing in the fire that gutted the privately owned distillery.

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  20. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Foreign affairs minister Ivan Lewis leaves Millbank after an interview with the BBC on August 11, 2009 in London, England. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

    LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Foreign affairs minister Ivan Lewis leaves Millbank after an interview with the BBC on August 11, 2009 in London, England.

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  21. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Foreign affairs minister Ivan Lewis leaves Millbank after an interview with the BBC on August 11, 2009 in London, England. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

    LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 11: Foreign affairs minister Ivan Lewis leaves Millbank after an interview with the BBC on August 11, 2009 in London, England.

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  22. A woman worker lifts a piece of rock as other male worker breaks them into pieces in a road construction site Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    A woman worker lifts a piece of rock as other male worker breaks them into pieces in a road construction site Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  23. Workers build a big concrete ethnic signs on wooden scaffolding in a park Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    Workers build a big concrete ethnic signs on wooden scaffolding in a park Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  24. Women workers carry pieces of rocks over their heads as they join others in a road construction Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    Women workers carry pieces of rocks over their heads as they join others in a road construction Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar.

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  25. Women workers carry pieces of rocks over their heads as they join others in a road construction Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

    Women workers carry pieces of rocks over their heads as they join others in a road construction Monday, Aug. 10, 2009 at Thaketa Township in Yangon, Myanmar.

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People hang out downtown Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Myanmar announced Thursday it will soon introduce a 5,000-kyat bank note, the country's highest-denomination currency. State radio and television reported that the Central Bank of Myanmar will release the note Oct. 1.

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  2. Nyan Win Nyan Win
  3. Kurt Campbell
  4. Than Shwe Than Shwe
  5. Thein Sein
  6. Barack Obama Barack Obama

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  1. They are doing the same at the Central Mall, and in Rangoon at the traffic light at the front of the [opposition National League for Democracy] office
    SOURCE: Radio Free Asia 1 month ago
  2. There's lots of red tape ... His aunts, who live in Rangoon, tried to meet with him but the Burmese authorities told him that since he's an American citizen, the visit has to go though the U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They have put in a request, but it hasn't been granted.
    SOURCE: Politics Daily 1 month ago
  3. The manufacturer, Original Rangoon of Massachusetts, is in the process of reporting the matter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the investigation continues
    SOURCE: 10Connects.com 1 month ago
  4. Even Indian embassy in Rangoon provided financial support to activists who were fleeing Myanmar to continue their struggle in India
    SOURCE: Webindia123 1 month ago
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