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Myanmar says Shan rebels attack oil company office

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:09:17 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's government says ethnic Shan guerrillas have attacked a state oil and gas company compound near the Chinese border, leaving two dead and three wounded.

Myanmar charges 6 Muslims with sectarian violence

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:49:12 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar has charged six Muslims with murder for their alleged role in an outbreak of sectarian violence that shook the country in March, authorities said Tuesday, as a rights group raised concern over a judicial system that has so far failed to prosecute Buddhists who brutally hunted Muslims down in the streets and torched whole neighborhoods.

Myanmar rains, gold mine collapse kill 11

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:14:17 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - Heavy rains in eastern Myanmar killed at least 11 people, including several who died when a gold mine collapsed, officials said Friday.

In Myanmar, living in fear amid religious violence

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:16:27 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - They have seen how trouble starts from the smallest things. They have seen the police powerless before mobs fired with religious zeal and armed with bricks and swords. They have seen on TV and in newspapers the burning homes of people just like them light up the night. And so they have erected rusted barbed-wire barricades and volunteered to sit on street corners, 10 men at time, watching through the night.

Ford to enter Myanmar with showroom by August

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:46:57 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - Ford Motor Co. announced its entry into Myanmar on Tuesday, saying it plans to open the nation's first sales and service showroom for new vehicles by August.

Myanmar pardons 93, including political prisoners

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:58:34 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation.