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Warehouse Blaze Kills At Least 16
YANGON, Myanmar — A fire followed by several explosions engulfed many state warehouses and neighboring homes, killing at least 16 people and injuring 108 in Myanmar's main city of Yangon on Thursday. The blasts occurred as firefighters were putting ou...
Was the Myanmar Cyclone a result of global warming?
The death toll from the cyclone that ravaged the Irrawaddy delta in Myanmar may exceed 100,000, the senior U.S. diplomat in the military-ruled country said Wednesday. "The information we are receiving indicates over 100,000 deaths," the U.S. ...
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YANGON, MYANMAR -- A powerful earthquake that toppled homes in northeastern Myanmar has killed more than 70 people, and there were fears Friday the toll would mount as conditions in more remote areas became known. The Thu...16 opinions2011/03/26 22:18:09
By News Wires (text) AFP - Myanmar's president held his first meeting with Karen rebels on Saturday, officials said, as the government intensifies efforts to bolster peace with the country's oldest insurgent group. Th...1 opinion2012/04/07 22:06:50
YANGON, Myanmar — Artists in Myanmar are testing new freedoms through films shown at a festival that for the first time in the country's recent history were not censored. "The Art of Freedom Film Festival" began screening...3 opinions2012/01/02 04:38:58
A government with half a brain. That’s the same OIC that is trying to enforce Islamic blasphemy laws on the entire world via the United Nations. via Myanmar says it won’t allow Organization of Islamic Cooperation to open ...5 opinions2012/10/16 18:03:51
YANGON, MYANMAR -- Myanmar's newly elected civilian government was poised Wednesday to release more than 6,300 prisoners in an amnesty that could help patch up the country's human rights record and normalize relations with...3 opinions2011/10/12 22:53:05
Obama: Myanmar elections 'neither free nor fair' Module body Sun Nov 7, 8:03 AM By The Associated Press ADVERTISEMENT MUMBAI, India - The first elections in military-ruled Myanmar in 20 ...2 opinions2010/11/07 17:31:14
Myanmar Seizes Food Shipments, Assumes Distribution (Update1) By Gregory Viscusi and Demian McLean May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Myanmar's military regime seized United Nations food shipments today and said it would distr...11 opinions2008/05/09 17:17:10
A tropical cyclone hit Myanmar with a force equal to a Category 4 hurricane -- stronger than U.S. hurricane Katrina in 2005 -- with winds in some areas topping 240 kilometers per hour (150 mph). The secretive military junt...63 votes2008/05/08 23:05:05
Myanmar parties complain election fee too high (AP)– 16 hours ago YANGON, Myanmar — Political parties challenging Myanmar's ruling junta in the country's first election in two decades said they can't afford to compete ...35 opinions2010/08/31 02:42:21
A cyclone threatening to hit Bangladesh and Myanmar has been downgraded, but still poses a risk. HUNDREDS of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Myanmar have been ordered to move to safety as a cyclone barrelled towar...5 votes2013/05/16 00:49:24
" SEOUL, South Korea—Punching their fists into the air and shouting "Let's crush them!" some 100,000 North Koreans packed Pyongyang's main square Thursday for an anti-U.S. rally as the communist reg...85 opinions2009/06/26 04:53:19
Right now Thailand (my country) have to take care of Rohingya (have u ever heard of em? ============================================================= A lot of movies, documentaries, interviews and atrocities here: ...3 votes2013/02/16 10:51:06
SEOUL (Reuters) - A new North Korean missile base being built near its border with China is larger in scale than existing bases and can eventually launch intercontinental missiles, South Korea's defense minister said o...7 opinions2008/11/04 23:00:07