Rakhine State
(2002 est. pop. 3.0 million). Rakhine (formerly Arakan) State is located in western Myanmar (Burma), bounded by Bangladesh to the northwest; Chin State to the north; the Irrawaddy, Magwe...
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Myanmar will launch a polio immunization campaign after a toddler was found with the disease, the country's second case since it was declared free of the paralyzing illness seven years ago, a newsp...
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Yangon (dpa) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on
Wednesday announced plans to increase its food assistance this year
to marginalized communitie...
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Health authorities in a southern Bangladeshi border district are vaccinating thousands of children against polio following reports of a new case in neighboring Myanmar, an official said Wednesday.A...
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Diet set to enact law to reduce air pollution in big cities
TOKYO - The Diet is set to enact a revised law Friday that is
aimed at reducing emissions from motor vehicles by tight...
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Demonstrators on Tuesday tried to mount a new protest against rising prices, but marched only 30 yards before being beaten and wrestled into waiting trucks by civilians who back Myanmar's military ...
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At least 14 pro-democracy activists protesting against recent
fuel price hikes were arrested in Myanmar on Tuesday, as
demonstrations spread to some towns across the country.
The 14 activi...
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YANGON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Closed courts have sentenced five
Myanmar protesters, all members of democracy leader Aung San Suu
Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, to
long ja...
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YANGON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta has
freed an 82-year-old member of the opposition National League
for Democracy who was sentenced to five years in jail for
joining protests aga...
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Yangon (dpa) - Companies servicing Myanmar's oil and gas industry
are upbeat about business prospects in 2008 and 2009 in the pariah
state, The Myanmar Times reported Tuesda...
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Anti-government protesters scattered into hiding Friday to dodge arrest after a wave of protests over higher prices, as the military government wrapped up its work to draft guidelines for a new con...
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Rakhine State
Myanmar to launch polio vaccination campaign after new case detected
