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Lt-Gen Myint Swe is being widely tipped to succeed Snr-Gen Than Shwe as the Burmese army’s next commander in chief, according to several dissidents in exile and Burma observers. Rumors have circulated that Myint Swe is junta...
By Kanbawza Win It seems that President Barack Obama's first trip to Asia has signaled a turning point in relations between a weakened American eagle and the fiery Chinese Dragon that senses its time has come to ignore on human...
Denmark has invited controversial Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who caused tension between Turkey and the European Union following Turkey’s declaration that it would not arrest him during his visit to the Organization of...
Colombo – There has been a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, against the visit of the Burmese head of state, General Than Shwe. Burmese monks living in Sri Lanka have also protested against the visit. The...
Rangoon, Nov. 16: Burma’s detained Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sent a letter to the head of the country’s junta seeking a meeting to discuss how they can cooperate for the national interest, a spokesman for her party...
Bloomberg - Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama met with Myanmar’s military-installed prime minister Thein Sein and other Southeast Asian leaders in a historic meeting intended to counter China’s growing clout in...
YANGON (Reuters) - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the military regime's top leader, adding to signs that lines of communication are opening up between her and the junta.
SINGAPORE--Declaring the world at "one of those rare inflection points in history," President Obama told the leaders of China and other Asian countries Sunday that they can no longer rely on debt-laden American shoppers to fuel...
Sunday, November 15, 2009 ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka: Large flag-waving crowds greeted Myanmar’s junta leader General Than Shwe on Saturday as he toured an ancient city in north-central Sri Lanka on a religious pilgrimage. The...
There has been a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, against the visit of the Burmese head of state, General Than Shwe. Burmese monks living in Sri Lanka have also protested against the visit. The general is on...
