Category - Myanamar

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28 Jan 2013

Burma campaigners criticise ‘premature’ debt cancellation

Western countries who are members of the 'Paris Club' have now agreed to cancel 50 per cent of the debt owed to them by Burma (Myanmar).
29 Dec 2007

Buddhist monks are the big 2007 religious news story in USA

Buddhist monks who led anti-government demonstrations in Burma have been selected as the top religion newsmakers of the year 2007, in a poll of secular journalists who write about religion for media in the United States.
27 Sep 2007

Desmond Tutu hails Aung San Suu Kyi as Burma troops react

South Africa's Nobel peace winner and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has hailed the courage and inspiration of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - as he expressed support for nonviolent direct action against the dictatorship.