business and economy
Google News - Sat, 2012-08-18 04:24 “[The conference] has been tailored to provide delegates with practical information about doing business in Burma/Myanmar. It will also offer a platform for networking with other UK companies that are likely to be at the forefront in tendering for ... catched
Google News - Tue, 2012-08-14 11:33 “Myanmar is a market with great potential, and our agreements with Diamond Star and Unesco are important first steps towards expanding our presence in the country,” said Nooyi. PepsiCo last did business in Burma in 1997. “Over time, we believe we can ... catched
Google News - Mon, 2012-08-13 17:34 Amy Lehr, the author of this post, will be presenting during a webinar on "Responsible Business in Myanmar: Operating Context, Sanctions, and International CSR Standards," this Thursday, August 16, at 11:00 a.m. She will be joined by John Ruggie and ... catched
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culture and society
Google News - Mon, 2012-08-13 14:44 This is while, in a similar move on Thursday, crowds of Indonesians gathered outside Myanmar's Embassy in Jakarta in protest against Burma's mistreatment of Rohingya Muslim minority. The rally was organized by the Rohingya Solidarity Society, which ... catched
Google News - Tue, 2012-08-07 04:32 Camille McDorman is back home in West Seattle for a short visit from Burma/Myanmar, where she works for an education nonprofit she says is “focused on supporting leaders in civil society (aka those who are working for positive change in one of the most ... catched
Google News - Mon, 2012-07-30 17:07 In the magazine this week, I write about “The Burmese Spring” (available to subscribers), the startling and fragile turn toward a more open society in the country also known as Myanmar, which had proven to have one of the world's most durable ... catched
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education
Google News - Tue, 2012-08-14 16:33 In an exclusive interview with VOA Burmese Service chief Than Lwin Htun in Naypyitaw, the president called education an important tool to help different communities live in harmony and respect human rights. Easing of ... Comments. by: Myochit from ... catched
Google News - Tue, 2012-08-07 04:32 Camille McDorman is back home in West Seattle for a short visit from Burma/Myanmar, where she works for an education nonprofit she says is “focused on supporting leaders in civil society (aka those who are working for positive change in one of the most ... catched
Google News - Fri, 2012-07-27 13:30 "The restrictions on marriage, the restriction on education, the restriction on movement - these are all systems within Myanmar [Burma] society." Zawacki says these kinds of policies have the effect of making Burmese citizens feel they are justified in ... catched
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entertainment
Google News - Thu, 2012-07-12 20:08 From world affairs to entertainment, business to fashion, crime to society, Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst that drives the popular dialogue globally. catched
Google News - Tue, 2012-03-27 12:57 With a flamboyant wardrobe and a diva's voice, she's seen as Burma's Lady Gaga - a rare pop star in a country where years of isolation have left musicians reliant on borrowed foreign tunes. Singing Burmese translations of international hits like Bon ... catched
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health
Google News - Thu, 2012-08-16 05:19 For much of the past five decades, Burma has been a byword for political repression. The generals that seized power in 1962 ... But a recent spate of violence in the country's northwest reminds us that Burma's transition is far from complete. Even as ... catched
Google News - Sat, 2012-07-28 04:15 Burma-Pakistan: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan on 26 July threatened to attack "Myanmar" (Burma) to avenge the treatment of Muslims there unless Pakistan stops all relations with Myanmar. The group said in a statement that it will attack Myanmar's ... catched
Google News - Thu, 2012-07-26 15:03 The persecuted Rohingya minority of Myanmar (Burma) may have found a formidable ally -- the Pakistan Taliban has warned the Islamabad government that it must cut diplomatic ties with the southeast Asian country over its treatment of fellow Muslims. catched
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lifestyle
Google News - Sat, 2012-05-05 12:33 I will never again take that train ride, but I'd do all the rest of that unforgettable week in Burma (aka Myanmar) at least one more time. Retracing our steps for this narrative, I am infatuated anew with this beguiling piece of the planet. catched
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politics
Google News - Fri, 2012-07-27 08:35 In her first statement this week as an elected parliamentarian, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi chose to highlight the plight of ethnic minorities, underscoring the issue's rising importance in domestic politics. Her speech was delivered ... catched
Google News - Wed, 2012-06-20 10:35 YANGON ― Across the Middle East, and now in Burma (Myanmar), one of the great questions of contemporary global politics has resurfaced: How can countries ... catched
Google News - Mon, 2012-06-18 19:36 Aung San Suu Kyi and Bono joined forces Monday as the Myanmar ... two of them Burmese nationals, offered Suu Kyi flowers as she arrived at Dublin Airport. catched
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science
Google News - Tue, 2012-06-26 18:03 I recently published an op-ed in The Christian Science Monitor cautioning companies seeking to make...
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Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-06-25 05:40 THE 9th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) will be held in Nanning, China on September 21-25, with this year's focus on cooperation in science and technology. catched
Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-06-11 05:00 LOS ANGELES — Tributes poured in last week for science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, author of dystopian postwar classics including Fahrenheit 451, w catched
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sports
Google News - Sat, 2012-07-21 06:28 FIVE university football players and their coach are among at least 10 people missing after a passenger ferry accident in northern Burma that left at one person dead. The New Light of Burma newspaper reported on Saturday that 73 people were rescued in ... catched
Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-16 02:05 INCREASING numbers of Myanmar sports federations are hiring foreign instructors to help coach Myanmar athletes for next year's SEA Games. catched
Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-09 02:30 MYANMAR’S Under-22 football team qualified for the AFC U-22 Asian Championship 2014 after beating Malaysia 2-1 on the last day of the group qualifie catched
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technology
Google News - Fri, 2012-08-10 13:51 While the impoverished south-east Asian nation of Burma, also known as Myanmar, has a long history of gemstone mining, its rich reserves of precious and base metals have remained virtually untouched, due to the lack of capital, data, technology and ... catched
Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-23 02:05 THOUSAND OAKS, California – Google chief Eric Schmidt declared war on international criminals last week, vowing to harness technology to battle "ill catched
Myanmar Times - Mon, 2012-07-23 02:05 MINISTER for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs U Thein Tun said the government needed to learn from the mistakes of other countries when opening up catched
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travel
Google News - Wed, 2012-08-22 11:29 Journalists who were once forced to write about their country from exile are now welcome to travel to Myanmar and to interview its leaders. Reporters for the U.S. government-funded Democratic Voice of Burma, who risked jail to tell the world what was ... catched
Google News - Wed, 2012-08-22 09:59 Burma will build 19 hotels in Naypyitaw, the capital, in anticipation of the upcoming 27th Southeast Asian Games set for the end of 2013, local media reported. ... Currently the capital has 31 hotels, said the Myanmar Post Global News. Burmese ... catched
Google News - Wed, 2012-08-22 00:05 Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has some first-rate hotels, but not much infrastructure beyond that–in Yangon, the capital, ordinary people travel in overpacked pickup trucks that double as buses. Throughout the country most people lack electricity, ... catched
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General News
Google News - 5 hours 14 min ago Burmese authorities and the majority of Arakanese have repeatedly insisted that Rohingya don't belong in Myanmar. Burmese and Arakanese prefer to call them Bengali. In a meeting with high-ranking UNHCR officials in Naypyidaw, Mr Thein Sein surprised ... catched
Google News - 5 hours 14 min ago One possible starting place is with those doctored images of the violence in Myanmar (also known as Burma). While I am unsure who first reported these, I am sure where I first read about them -- in Pakistan's Express Tribune on July 19. The newspaper ... catched
Google News - 6 hours 57 min ago PepsiCo (PEP) earlier this month reached a deal to distribute its beverages through a local partner, following Coca-Cola which decided to re-enter Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, in June. The Asia Development Bank released a report this week saying ... catched
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