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YANGON (AFP) - A leading dissident Buddhist monk who was among hundreds of political prisoners released last month is to face trial in Myanmar, state media said on Sunday. Gambira 'will have to face the charges of squatting' in one monastery in Yangon an
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NAYPYIDAW: Resource-rich Myanmar is seen as a hot new business frontier as reforms tempt investors, but with currency distortions and a banking system in tatters, analysts warn the economy could be slow to bloom. International economic experts meeting in
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Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (centre L) speaks to reporters after his meeting with Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (centre R) at her residence in Yangon on February 18, 2012. Thailand's current premier, Yingluck Shinawatra,... View Photo »
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We do have a problem of HIV/AIDS refugees coming from the Myanmar side of the border trying to cross over
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YANGON — Shin Gambira, a Myanmar monk jailed for his role in protests in 2007 and released in a January amnesty, faces action by the authorities because he has "repeatedly broken Buddhist monks' code of conduct and the law", state newspapers said on Sund
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YANGON: A leading dissident Buddhist monk who was among hundreds of political prisoners freed last month is to face trial in Myanmar, state media said on Sunday. Gambira “will have to face the charges of squatting” in one monastery in Yangon and breaking
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YANGON: A leading dissident Buddhist monk who was among hundreds of political prisoners freed last month is to face trial in Myanmar, state media said Sunday. Gambira "will have to face the charges of squatting" in one monastery in Yangon and breaking in
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Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) looks on as Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) speaks at her residence in Yangon on February 18, 2012 after their meeting. Thailand's current premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, visited Suu Kyi in... View Photo »
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She will underscore our commitment not only to working closely with the government, with Aung San Suu Kyi, but a desire to have a dialogue with the ethnic minorities, with a deep recognition that it's those issues that are at the core, at the very heart of the difficulties that Myanmar has faced for ove...
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Commission chairman U Tin Aye said the political parties and their representatives will canvass for votes in accordance with the election procedures. Seventeen political parties are in the fray for 48 vacant parliamentary seats, Xinhua quoted the officia
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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. On 4 January 1948, Burma achieved independence from the United Kingdom as... Full Article
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