Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San ...

The rest came from other states to work at Tyson. COMPLETE COVERAGE: From Burma to Iowa, resources scarce for refugees As in Waterloo, community organizations meet regularly with leaders in the ...

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Miners collect spinels from gravel at the end of a long day at Man Sin. Photo by Vincent Pardieu, © GIA. In the spring of 2001, I was studying gemology in Yangon ...

$59 million to a hotel in New York City. $45 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion scholarships in Burma. In Burma. Does anyone know about Burma? $42 million for social and behavioral ...

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing received more donations from cronies as Myanmar’s regime held a second ceremony for earthquake victims on Thursday in Naypyitaw. Tycoon Maung Weik, A Bank founder Zaw Win ...

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Tuesday’s contested downing of two regime helicopters over Bhamo would bring the junta aircraft shot down by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Shan and Kachin states to five since the ...

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In 1999, the generals regilded the spire of Shwedagon with 53 tons of gold and ... so I knew what was going on in Burma, the economic problems, the poverty, so many things that needed to be ...

The five vehicles—bearing registration numbers CR 1580-24, ES 1701-24, ES 1702-24, ES 1703-24, and UW 325-24—are now parked at Burma Camp in Accra, pending further instructions. They are currently in ...