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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Myanmar frees political prisoners before president goes to US

    Reuters
    YANGON, May 17 (Reuters) - Myanmar's government has freed 23 political prisoners, a senior interior ministry official said on Friday, the day President Thein Sein was due to leave for a landmark visit to the United States. The official declined to be...

    Tags: European Union, Human Rights, Thein Sein, Prisons, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. In Myanmar, cheap SIM card draw may herald telecoms revolution

    Reuters
    By Jared Ferrie YANGON, April 25 (Reuters) - Introduced a decade and a half ago under Myanmar's former military rulers, SIM cards sold for as much as $7,000 apiece. Today, they still cost more than $200. From Thursday, lucky winners of a lottery-style...

    Tags: Human Rights, Thein Sein, Norway, China, Singapore

    3. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Myanmar officials blame electrical problems for mosque fire

    Electrical problems were to blame for a fire that reportedly killed 13 children at a mosque and religious school in Myanmar, authorities said Tuesday, even as the blaze stirred up suspicions of an attack on Muslims.
    Electrical problems were to blame for a fire that reportedly killed 13 children at a mosque and religious school in Myanmar, authorities said Tuesday, even as the blaze stirred up suspicions of an attack on Muslims. Yangon regional fire chief Kyi Win...

    Tags: Human Rights, International Law, Arson, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights

    4. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Myanmar's once-proud film industry a flicker of its former self

    YANGON, Myanmar — Down a back road in northern Yangon, a sagging teak house fights back the jungle. On the gate, barely noticeable under the weeds, rusty ironwork spells out "A1 Film." Myanmar's first movie studio, once known as the Burma Film Co....

    Tags: Cinema Industry, Human Rights, Celebrities, Politics, Sylvester Stallone

    5. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Myanmar on edge after new eruption of interreligious violence

    As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country.
    As the Myanmar government urged calm, Muslim shops reportedly sat shuttered Monday in the capital of Yangon, a sign of continued unease after the re-eruption of deadly religious violence in the country. Riots in the central city of Meiktila,...

    Tags: Human Rights, Thein Sein, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights, Religious Conflicts

    6. Dec 31, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Myanmar ends year of firsts with another: a public countdown

    To end a year charged with change, Myanmar enjoyed yet another first:  a public countdown to the New Year.
    To end a year charged with change, Myanmar enjoyed yet another first:  a public countdown to the New Year. Such gatherings were heavily restricted under the military government that once ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma. But as the country emerges...

    Tags: National Government, Thein Sein, Politics, Jason Mraz, Aung San Suu Kyi

    7. Dec 24, 2012 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  7. The spirit moves her: Milla Hniang's journey to a dream

    What people go through to live their lives — war and terror, disease and pain, poverty and hunger, long journeys across continents and oceans, loss and heartbreak — always leaves me awed and humbled. You hear a story, like the one I'm offering...

    Tags: Taylor Swift, Howard County, Shania Twain, Health and Medical Professionals, Faith Hill

    8. Aug 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Myanmar stops censoring articles before they go to print

    World Now
    Journalists in Myanmar will no longer have to send their articles to a censorship board to be scrubbed of anything critical or sensitive before publication, a landmark step announced Monday toward lifting restrictions on the press. But reporters in the...
    9. Oct 26, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. 112 killed, homes burned as Buddhists, Muslims clash in Myanmar

    World Now
    YANGON, Myanmar -- At least 112 people have been killed and thousands of houses burned as ethnic and religious violence in western Myanmar intensifies, according to news reports and community activists, as the government struggled to restore order,...
    10. Oct 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Fresh clashes break out between Myanmar's Buddhists, Muslims

    World Now
    At least three people were killed and hundreds of houses burned in a fresh wave of violence pitting Buddhists against Muslims in western Myanmar, news agencies reported Tuesday....
    11. Nov 19, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  11. President Obama Makes Historic Visit to Myanmar

    Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday, praising the courage of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi while also providing a symbolic nod to initial reforms in a nation once notorious for political repression.
    CNN
    Phnom Penh, Cambodia -- Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday, praising the courage of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi while also providing a symbolic nod to initial reforms in a nation once...

    Tags: Trips and Vacations, Entertainment Events, Human Rights, Cambodia, Travel

    12. Jul 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. What’s in a name? In Myanmar – or Burma – it’s political

    World Now
    In a divided country wracked with ethnic violence and edging toward reform, one of the most stubborn battles may be a war of words: Is it Burma or is it Myanmar? After Suu Kyi toured Europe and Thailand, calling her country “Burma” as she...
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