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Myanmar says it ends decades of media censorship

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Myanmar has abolished censorship of its media, the information ministry announced on Monday, in the latest in a series of sweeping reforms by the country's nominally civilian government.

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Moderate quake shakes central Myanmar

A moderate earthquake has shaken central Myanmar near the Indian border. The US Geological Survey says the quake had a magnitude of 5.7 and struck at a depth of 68.4 kilometres.

Myanmar's meteorolog

Suu Kyi collects Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally collected her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday after spending 15 years under house arrest, and said her country's full transformation to de

50 dead as Myanmar counts cost of communal unrest

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Fifty people have been killed and scores wounded in communal clashes in western Myanmar, state media said Saturday, as the UN warned of 'immense hardship' faced by thousands displaced by rioting.

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UN 'begins evacuation' from unrest-hit Myanmar state

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The United Nations on Monday said it had begun evacuating staff from its base in western Myanmar where fierce sectarian unrest has seen deadly clashes between Muslims and Buddhists.

Ashok Nigam, UN r

Emergency rule in Myanmar unrest-hit state: Official media

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Myanmar official media on Sunday announced a state of emergency in its western Rakhine state amid fears of further unrest following an eruption of deadly sectarian violence.

State media reported the

Mob attack kills many in Myanmar: Govt official

At least nine people were killed by ethnic Rakhine residents in western Myanmar on Sunday, an official said, in an apparent sectarian attack in a region affected by simmering religious tensions.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi says she's too busy for Facebook

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is bullish on democratic reform, but she's not so sure about Facebook.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was held under house arrest as a political prisone

Myanmar banking's new 'wow' factor - ATMs

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As Myanmar opens up after five decades of military rule, a country run on cash is finding a new alternative: plastic.

Private banks in Myanmar have begun rolling out automated teller machines in rece

PM Manmohan Singh meets Myanmar President in landmark visit

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday held talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein as India suggested the two countries should work out a joint strategy to tackle terrorism and insurgency along t

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