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World News tagged with myanmar

Myanmar Reports Major Drug Bust Near Thai Border
World  (tags: government, Myanmar, police, drugs seized, crime )

Dee
- 74 days ago - news.yahoo.com
YANGON, Myanmar - Police in Myanmar seized more than 100 blocks of heroin and nearly 3 million methamphetamine tablets near the border with Thailand in one of the military-ruled country's largest drug seizures, a state-run newspaper said Wednesday.
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Myanmar Opposition Skeptical of Government's Amnesty Claim
World  (tags: world, Myanmar, politics, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Cal
- 117 days ago - cnn.com
Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition party said Tuesday it was skeptical of the government's plan to grant amnesty to political prisoners, despite an announcement to the United Nations that it would do so.
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Hopes and Fears Over Suu Kyi Trial
World  (tags: Government, Burma, Junta, myanmar, military, Suu Kyi, Trial, hope, Govtfearmongering, corruption, lies, dishonesty, conflict, 'HUMAN RIGHTS!', freedoms )

Dee
- 119 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A BBC correspondent in Burma spoke to people about their hopes and fears for Aung San Suu Kyi. Foreign journalists are barred from Burma, so our correspondent must remain anonymous for his own safety.
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Suu Kyi Trial Nears End in Myanmar
World  (tags: government, Myanmar, Suu Kyi, 'HUMAN RIGHTS!', freedoms, corruption, crime, Govtfearmongering, corruption, cover-up, freedoms, military )

Dee
- 119 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- The trial in Myanmar of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi drew closer to an end Friday with testimony from the last witness and the scheduling of closing arguments.
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Ban Ki Moon Demands Release of Aung San Suu Kyi
World  (tags: world, burma, myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, human, rights, political, prisoners, military, junta, Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary-General )

Tom
- 128 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, asked the leader of Burmese junta to release the detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, today but was refused the chance to meet her in an unpromising start to an important two-day visit.
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Sign Petition: Call for the Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar
World  (tags: world, Aung, San, Suu, Kyi, nobel, peace, prize, justice, conscience, health, myanmar, military, junta, arrest, imprisonment, Insein, Prison, burma, human, rights, liberty, oppression, government, crime, politics, UnitedNations )

Tom
- 151 days ago - change.org
Suu Kyi has already spent much of the past 20 years under house arrest. Her prolonged imprisonment in Insein Prison, which has been referred to as the "darkest hell-hole in Burma," could effectively be a death sentence given her declining health.
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Act Now! - Call for the Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar - Amnesty International
World  (tags: myanmar, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', politics, government, freedoms, crime, corruption, world, ethics )

David
- 173 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Aung San Suu Kyi's life is on the line, as are the lives of many others in Myanmar. This is a petition for you to sign to join Amnesty International USA in the hope that justice will be served...There is NO justice, JUST US!
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Myanmar Opens Suu Kyi Trial to Diplomats, Media
World  (tags: world, Myanmar, Burma, asia, HumanRights, humans, humanrights, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', corruption, politics )

Cal
- 173 days ago - reuters.com
Army-ruled Myanmar opened the prison trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to diplomats and journalists on Wednesday in an apparent effort to calm international outrage over the case.
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Sign Petition: Free Aung San Suu Kyi!
World  (tags: world, UN, Aung San Suu Kyi, MYANMAR, Nobel Peace Prize, Insein Prison, humanrights, freedom, ethics, asia, prison, democracy )

Tom
- 173 days ago - avaaz.org
Burma's brave democracy activists are calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to secure all 2,100 political prisoners release. He can make this a condition of any renewed international engagement. We have just six days to get Ban Ki Moon's attention.
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Sign Petition: Release of Aung San Suu Kyi and All Prisoners of Conscience in Myanmar
World  (tags: world, Aung San Suu Kyi, MYANMAR, Nobel Peace Prize, Insein Prison, humanrights, freedom, ethics, asia, prison, democracy )

Tom
- 173 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Aung San Suu Kyi suffers from dehydration, low blood pressure and weight loss. Her medical condition makes her transfer to Insein Prison at this time dangerous. Please ask Myanmar's leaders to free Aung San Suu Kyi and all other prisoners of conscience.
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A Year on, Myanmar Cyclone Survivors Struggle to Rebuild
World  (tags: world, asia, Refugees&Relief, politics, Myanmar )

Cal
- 191 days ago - reuters.com
A year after Cyclone Nargis battered army-ruled Myanmar, killing nearly 140,000 people, paddy fields remain bare and tens of thousands of survivors live in makeshift shelters.
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Sign Petition: Tell the Senate to Ban Landmines Worldwide!
World  (tags: world, countries, war, violence, children, landmines, politics, government, treaty, russia, myanmar )

Tom
- 210 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Landmines maim or kill approximately 15,000 civilians every year, including 4,000 to 5,000 children. They are still in the ground in at least 70 countries. Tell your senators to ratify the Mine Ban Treaty this year. The bill will also assist the injured.
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A Dying Hero, a Dying Country...
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', burman, myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi )

Thomas
- 537 days ago - e-citizen.tv
An amazing and beautiful video that has never been so relevant... Please forward it to your friends so that we can help these people.
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Hunger Could Kill Thousands of Children in Myanmar
World  (tags: myanmar, children, death, hunger )

Brian
- 538 days ago - thenews.com.pk
Thousands of children in Myanmar could die of starvation within two or three weeks, a charity said on Sunday. Children may already be dying as a result of a lack of food.
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Red Cross Says Up to 128,000 May Be Dead in Myanmar
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', Refugees&Relief, myanmar, death )

Mairead
- 542 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
YANGON, Myanmar -- The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 _ a much larger figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime
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