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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 14:04 UTC

Myanmar leader amnesties 93 prisoners

State television in Myanmar says President Thein Sein has granted amnesty to 93 prisoners one day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation.

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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 12:54 UTC

Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped

By Aung Hla Tun YANGON | Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:46am EDT YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, 56 of whom were confirmed ...

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CNN Top Stories, 10.04.13 15:36 UTC

Myanmar is hot

World-renowned chef, best-selling author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain is the host of CNN's new showcase for coverage of food and travel. "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" ...

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Reuters - Top News, 10.04.13 07:26 UTC

Fear stalks Yangon's Muslims after Buddhist-led killings

By Jared Ferrie YANGON | Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:13am EDT YANGON (Reuters) - An ultra-nationalist Buddhist creed is becoming more visible in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, after monks from the ...

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Seattle Times, 06.04.13 11:24 UTC

Myanmar to open museum in late UN chief's house

A home of the United Nations' first Asian secretary-general, the late U Thant, will open as a museum in Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon.

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Seattle Times, 02.04.13 11:06 UTC

13 youths die in fire Myanmar police call accident

A fire engulfed a mosque housing Muslim schoolchildren in Myanmar's largest city on Tuesday, killing at least 13. Police, anxious over sectarian violence that has shaken the nation, blamed an electrical short circuit for the blaze and said they were investigating mosque authorities for possible negligence.

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Reuters - Top News, 02.04.13 07:18 UTC

Fire at Islamic school kills 13 boys in Myanmar

By Aung Hla Tun and Min Zayar Oo YANGON | Tue Apr 2, 2013 3:10am EDT YANGON (Reuters) - A fire caused by faulty electrical equipment killed 13 boys at an Islamic school in Yangon on Tuesday, the fire ...

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Seattle Times, 01.04.13 23:52 UTC

Myanmar police say 13 children die in fire

Police in Myanmar say 13 children died when an electrical fire broke out at a mosque in the country's largest city.

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Telegraph, 01.04.13 09:41 UTC

Daily newspapers break the mould in Burma

Private newspapers were sold on the streets of Burma for the first time in decades in the latest opening in the reformist dictatorship.

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