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Myanmar journalist arrested for burying cyclone dead: watchdog |
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Written by AFP
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Sunday, 29 June 2008 06:34 |
BANGKOK (AFP) - - A Myanmar editor has been arrested and his magazine closed after he travelled to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta to help bury people killed in the storm, media rights watchdogs said Thursday.
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Bangladesh seeks Myanmar farm land on lease |
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Written by Reuters
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 00:00 |
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 DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh urged Myanmar on Thursday to lease it farm land near the border for rice cultivation to meet its growing food demand, an official said.
Vast lands have been left untilled in Myanmar's Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh's Cox's Bazaar district, as Myanmar produces enough rice to feed its 54 million people, officials in Bangladesh said. |
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Myanmar confirms detention of 14 Suu Kyi supporters |
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Written by AFP
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Thursday, 26 June 2008 00:00 |
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 NAYPYIDAW (AFP) - - Myanmar's police chief Thursday confirmed that 14 supporters of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained for nearly one month after protesting against the extension of her house arrest.
Brigadier General Khin Yee, the police chief, also told AFP that six journalists had been deported for entering the country on tourist visas to report on deadly Cyclone Nargis. He did not identify the journalists. |
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Min Ko Naing still denied medical treatment |
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Written by DVB
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 00:00 |
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 The health of prominent 88 Generation Student leader Min Ko Naing is suffering in prison due to the authorities’ refusal to grant him proper medical access, a fellow prisoner’s relative said.
The student leader has been held in the notorious Insein prison since August 2007. He asked prison authorities for an emergency medical treatment two weeks ago because his health had deteriorated, but his request has still not been granted. |
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