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UN special envoy arrives in Yangon for talks with junta, opposition
United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Yangon Saturday morning for talks on national reconciliation between Myanmar's military junta and opposition groups.
Gambari was seeking during his four-day visit to revive his unsuccessful efforts to push the junta to free opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and thousands of other political prisoners and to allow democratic reforms in the military dictatorship.
Hopeful Myanmar junta sends congratulations to Obama
Joining a world hopeful for change, Myanmar's military junta has sent congratulation notes to president-elect Barack Obama and vice president-elect Joseph Biden, news reports said Saturday.
Myanmar lawyers get four months in jail for contempt of court
Two lawyers representing defendants from the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party have been arrested and sentenced to four months in jail on contempt of court charges, family sources said Saturday.
Myanmar rejects Bangladesh's call to stop oil exploration
Myanmar has rejected a demand by Bangladesh to stop offshore oil exploration in a disputed area in the Bay of Bengal, state media reports said Friday.
Sino-Myanmar bilateral trade up 60 per cent last fiscal year
Trade between Myanmar and China increased 60 per cent in the past fiscal year, ranking China the second-largest trading partner for the country after Thailand, news reports said Monday.
Nine Myanmar activists get six months for contempt of court
Nine activists who played a role in last year's Buddhist monk-led anti-government demonstrations have received six-month jail terms for contempt of court after complaining of the lack of a free judiciary in military-run Myanmar, a non-governmental organization said Thursday.
Retired Brazilian footballers raise money for Myanmar cyclone victims
A team of retired Brazilian football players headed for Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta Monday to visit victims of Cyclone Nargis after holding a charity match to raise money for ongoing relief operations, officials at the Myanmar Football Federation said.
Myanmar bomb victim was former Buddhist monk, claims state media
Myanmar's state media on Tuesday blamed a bomb blast that killed a 26-year-old man over the weekend on the victim himself, described as a former Buddhist monk who had participated in the September 2007, "saffron revolution."
Thet Oo Win died in a bomb explosion at his home in Shwepyitha township in Yangon at 5:30 pm on Sunday.
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