http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/RANGOON_DIVISION Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88891833 China has revived its plan to build oil and gas pipelines into Burma, state media has reported. State media has said construction would begin on the previously discussed pipeline plan in 2009. The pipelines would cut shipping... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:06:48 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88891833 2008-11-20T10:06:48Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88840115 YANGON, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar official media Thursday urged all practitioners in the country to make efforts for the promotion of Myanmar traditional medicines through cooperation with the international community. "To be... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:18 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88840115 2008-11-20T03:00:18Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88678611 Myanmar’s junta has sent dozens of political prisoners recently sentenced to up to 65 years in jail to far-flung corners of its gulag, making it hard for family members to deliver food and medicine, relatives said on Monday. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:21:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88678611 2008-11-19T02:21:00Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88521858 By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent A Buddhist monk who helped organise last year's "Saffron Revolution" against the Burmese junta has been sentenced to a dozen years in jail by a secret court in Rangoon. Ashin Gambira, 29,... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:29:09 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88521858 2008-11-18T17:29:09Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88549362 Besides wrecking Iraq and killing a million people, President Bush’s illegal invasion has given a boost to military dictators around the world. “The idea, popular in the nineteen-nineties, that the world may intervene in... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:57:21 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88549362 2008-11-18T19:57:21Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88454209 YANGON, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) Tianjin Chamber of Commerce and the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) reached a memorandum of understanding... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:14:20 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88454209 2008-11-18T11:14:20Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88750850 The wild and woolly cinema of John Boorman The wild and woolly cinema of John Boorman POINT BLANK: This Lee Marvin revenge thriller is so flamboyantly well assembled, you have to marvel at it.“John Boorman’s Primeval Screen” |... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:39:02 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88750850 2008-11-18T22:39:02Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88251731 Dhaka, Nov 17: The row between Bangladesh and Myanmar is heating up over lucrative hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay of Bengal. For the second time in the last ten days Bangladesh has warned Myanmar in continuing exploration... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:25:35 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88251731 2008-11-17T13:25:35Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88265998 Before there were call centers and Indian conglomerates, before the East India Co. or the British Raj, there were Armenians who made their way to India to trade and to escape religious persecution from the Turks and, later,... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:24:03 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88265998 2008-11-17T13:24:03Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88332323 B'desh-Myanmar maritime talks inconclusive Dhaka, Nov 17: The row between Bangladesh and Myanmar over lucrative hydrocarbon exploration in the Bay of Bengal continued unabated as a meeting called here to settle the issue ended... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:14:14 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/88332323 2008-11-17T21:14:14Z