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Myanmar junta arrests Aung San Suu Kyi supporters on her birthday

Aung San Suu KyiYangon - Myanmar authorities on

Myanmar's monks call on EU to bring junta chief to court

Yangon - The Council of the European Union should use their meeting in Brussels Thursday to back a call to bring Myanmar's junta chief to be tried in the international court for crimes against huma

Myanmar junta claims visas granted to 911 disaster relief workers

Yangon - Myanmar's state-run media disclosed Wednesday that the government has issued visas to a total of 911 foreign disaster relief workers since Cyclone Nargis hit the country on May 2-3, in apparent effort to counter criticisms of hindering the aid effort.

"Altogether 911 persons have been permitted to enter the country from 5 May to 5 June," said The New Light of Myanmar, a government mouthpiece.

According to the newspaper, visas have been granted to 458 people working for the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, 357 to relief workers from the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 96 foreigners attending a UN-ASEAN donors meeting held last month.

Myanmar says foreign broadcasters worse than Cyclone Nargis

Sikh aid group in Malaysia bring food to 2,400 Nargis-hit people

Yangon, June 3 : United Sikhs Myanmar Disaster Relief, an aid group based in Malaysia, has been distributing rations to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar through 70 local volunteers.

Myanmar adopts referendum-endorsed pro-military constitution

Myanmar Yangon - Myanmar Thursday adopted a new constitution that guarantees milit

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