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Malala Yousafzai, the shot Pakistani schoolgirl-turned-icon of Taliban resistance and former US president Bill Clinton are on the list 2013 Nobel Peace Prize nominees

World - International

Mobile revolution in Myanmar is on the cards, but too slow for many

1/21/2013 1:45:02 PM

Myanmar is on the cusp of a mobile phone revolution, but it's happening too slowly for many locals

World - International

Fresh Myanmar protest against Chinese mine

12/18/2012 1:15:35 PM

Just weeks after a violent police crackdown on demonstrators at the site, protesters opposing a Chinese-backed copper mine in northern Myanmar returned to resume their demonstration

World - International

Praise and pressure as Obama begins historic Myanmar visit

11/19/2012 9:29:34 AM

Barack Obama meets opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Thein Sein, being the first US President to visit the ethnically-divided Myanmar

World - International

50 dead as Myanmar counts cost of Buddhists and Muslim clashes

6/16/2012 10:47:54 AM

50 people have died, with 54 injured between May 28 and June 14 in Myanmar's Rakhine state in communal clashes between local Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya, state media reported

World - International

28 dead in Myanmar communal unrest: official

6/14/2012 9:07:56 AM

At least 28 people were killed and 53 others injured in the sectarian clashes that erupted in western Myanmar

World - International

Muslim, Buddhist mob violence threatens new Myanmar image

6/11/2012 10:05:38 AM

Sectarian violence in the west of Myanmar could put the country's transition to democracy in danger if it spreads further, President Thein Sein says

World - International

British PM meets Myanmar leader on historic visit

4/13/2012 10:55:25 AM

British PM David Cameron visits Myanmar's ex-general and President Thein Sein; the visit is the first by a Western head of government to the country that stayed under military rule since 1962