http://www.mail.com/locations/7754-yangon.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/7754-yangon.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055460-myanmar-muslims-face-uncertain-future-attack.html OKKAN, Myanmar (AP) — They slept terrified in the fields, watching their homes burn through the night. And when they returned on Wednesday, nothing was left but smoldering ash and debris. One day after hundreds of Buddhists armed with bricks stormed a clutch of Muslim villages in the closest explosion of sectarian violence yet to Myanmar's main city, Yang... Wed, 01 May 2013 13:33:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055460-myanmar-muslims-face-uncertain-future-attack.html 2013-05-01T13:33:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2052846-ford-to-enter-myanmar-with-showroom-august.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Ford Motor Co. announced its entry into Myanmar on Tuesday, saying it plans to open the nation's first sales and service showroom for new vehicles by August. Myanmar's vehicle market has been stunted by decades of international sanctions and strict import controls put in place by the military junta that ruled for nearly 50 years, ha... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:45:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2052846-ford-to-enter-myanmar-with-showroom-august.html 2013-04-30T15:45:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039202-myanmar-pardons-93-including-political-prisoners.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation. The pardon was announced on state television Tuesday amid renewed calls for President Thein Sein's government to release hundreds more political prisoners still bel... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:50:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039202-myanmar-pardons-93-including-political-prisoners.html 2013-04-24T00:50:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit by Suu Kyi, in Japan for the first time in 27 years, is highlighting Japan's interest in helping to craft a blueprint for Myanmar's economy and tapping... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:36:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html 2013-04-12T13:36:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992798-13-children-die-myanmar-mosque-fire.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar said they are investigating the head of a mosque and a Muslim teacher for possible negligence after a pre-dawn fire swept a religious dormitory Tuesday, killing 13 children in a blaze that raised new concern over sectarian tensions that have plagued the country since anti-Muslim violence hit its heartland last month. ... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:39:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992798-13-children-die-myanmar-mosque-fire.html 2013-04-02T14:39:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988674-ap-opens-full-news-bureau-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The Associated Press on Saturday became the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two years ago and began relaxing restrictions on the media for the first time in decades. The opening paves the way for AP to expand its coverage of the unfolding transition in Myanmar, whic... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1988674-ap-opens-full-news-bureau-myanmar.html 2013-03-30T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1980100-myanmar-sets-curfews-to-curb-spread-violence.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in three townships after anti-Muslim religious violence touched new parts of the country, edging closer to the main city of Yangon. State television Tuesday reported incidents in the three townships in Bago region, all within 150 kilometers (100 miles) of Yangon. The latest attack... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:24:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1980100-myanmar-sets-curfews-to-curb-spread-violence.html 2013-03-27T01:24:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977318-myanmar-warns-violence-threaten-reforms.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's government warned Monday that religious violence could threaten democratic reforms after anti-Muslim mobs rampaged through three more towns in the country's predominantly Buddhist heartland. The mobs destroyed mosques and burned dozens of homes over the weekend despite attempts by the government to stem the nation's latest... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:03:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1977318-myanmar-warns-violence-threaten-reforms.html 2013-03-25T16:03:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1971956-google-exec-urges-myanmar-to-embrace-free-speech.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Friday urged Myanmar's government to allow private businesses to develop the country's woeful telecommunications infrastructure, emphasizing the importance of competition and free speech. "Try to keep the government out of regulating the internet," he said to a round of applause from a group... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:02:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1971956-google-exec-urges-myanmar-to-embrace-free-speech.html 2013-03-22T07:02:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1961812-myanmar-president-welcomes-closer-australia-ties.html CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein welcomed closer ties with Australia on Monday as he asked for continued support through his country's transition to "peace, democracy and prosperity," a mission that he said "has no parallel in modern times." The first Myanmar leader to visit Australia since 1974, Thein Sein joined Australian Prime M... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:26:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1961812-myanmar-president-welcomes-closer-australia-ties.html 2013-03-18T08:26:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1948142-myanmar-mine-protesters-reject-official-report.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Opponents of a nearly $1 billion copper mine in northwestern Myanmar expressed outrage Tuesday over a government-ordered report that said the project should continue and that refrained from demanding punishment for police involved in a violent crackdown on protesters. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi chaired the investigation comm... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:05:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1948142-myanmar-mine-protesters-reject-official-report.html 2013-03-12T21:05:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939866-myanmar-opposition-holds-party-congress.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — It is a party dominated by a single strong leader. Top positions are made by appointment. Decision-making is quiet and circumscribed. That party is not Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, which grew out of decades of military dictatorship. It is the National League for Democracy, led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and currently... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:00:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939866-myanmar-opposition-holds-party-congress.html 2013-03-09T04:00:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1929870-myanmar-to-open-offshore-oil-gas-bids-april.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar plans to put over 20 offshore oil and gas exploration blocks up for auction by April as the country pushes to attract foreign investment and expertise to help overcome an energy deficit that's a legacy of gas export deals made by its former military rulers. Myanmar produces more than enough natural gas, which is its primary ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:00:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1929870-myanmar-to-open-offshore-oil-gas-bids-april.html 2013-03-04T13:00:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921326-ford-to-sell-cars-pickup-trucks-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has signed a deal to distribute cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar, the head of Ford's local partner said. The automaker's first showroom in the country's largest city, Yangon, could open as early as May, Khin Tun, the director of Capital Automotive, said Thursday. Ford spokesman Neal McCarthy said the company is "gear... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:15:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921326-ford-to-sell-cars-pickup-trucks-myanmar.html 2013-03-01T02:15:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1913776-us-caught-awkward-embrace-myanmar-crony.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The image was meant to convey growing friendship between the United States and Myanmar, the world's hottest frontier market. Flanked by national flags, Win Aung, the president of Myanmar's main business association, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez shook hands in Yangon and agreed to deepen business ties between their countries. ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:47:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1913776-us-caught-awkward-embrace-myanmar-crony.html 2013-02-26T01:47:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869164-freedom-brings-challenges-myanmar-writers.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Poet Saw Wai parked himself on the lawn, unfurled a map of Myanmar with a blob of blood-red paint dripping down from a spot up north and invited people to make poetry with him. "He's calling for more trouble," said a passerby. What the message lacked in subtlety it made up for in brazenness. Government forces have been pounding ethn... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869164-freedom-brings-challenges-myanmar-writers.html 2013-02-05T07:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810228-myanmar-spitfire-hunt-leads-to-water-filled-crate.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — An excavation team searching for a stash of legendary World War II-era British fighter aircraft in northern Myanmar said a wooden crate believed to contain one of the planes has been found, full of muddy water. How much water damage occurred was not yet clear, and searchers could not definitively say what was inside the crate. But B... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810228-myanmar-spitfire-hunt-leads-to-water-filled-crate.html 2013-01-10T00:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802178-british-spitfire-search-team-arrives-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A search team led by a British aviation enthusiast arrived in Myanmar on Sunday to begin a dig they hope will unearth dozens of rare British Spitfire fighter planes said to have been buried in the Southeast Asian country at the end of World War II. The 21-member team led by farmer and businessman David Cundall will start excavations... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1802178-british-spitfire-search-team-arrives-myanmar.html 2013-01-06T04:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793990-us-europe-hope-year-brings-better-times.html NEW YORK (AP) — From the glittering New Year's ball dropping in Times Square to joyous fireworks in London and cheers in a once-isolated Asian country, the world did its best to ring in 2013 with hope for renewal after a year of economic uncertainty, searing violence and natural disasters. "With all the sadness in the country, we're looking for some good ... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 06:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1793990-us-europe-hope-year-brings-better-times.html 2013-01-01T06:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1792796-myanmar-fetes-2013-with-public-countdown.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar rang in 2013 with its first public New Year's Eve countdown and a grand fireworks display, a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country. The party is the latest, and perhaps most exuberant, example of the country's emergence from decades of isolation. Organizers announced that about 90,000 people gathered... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1792796-myanmar-fetes-2013-with-public-countdown.html 2012-12-31T23:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786926-air-bagan-survivors-tell-terrifying-landing.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Survivors of a Christmas Day crash-landing of an airliner in Myanmar told terrifying tales of escape Wednesday as carrier Air Bagan apologized for what it called the worst accident since it started flying in 2004. Details of the crash remain unclear but airline officials told a news conference Wednesday that they found the plane's t... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1786926-air-bagan-survivors-tell-terrifying-landing.html 2012-12-26T13:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1770102-jason-mraz-tops-myanmar-anti-trafficking-concert.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz mixed entertainment with education to become the first world-class entertainer in decades to perform in Myanmar, with a concert to raise awareness of human trafficking. Mraz's 2008 hit "I'm Yours" was the finale for Sunday night's concert before a crowd of about 50,000 people at the base of the ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1770102-jason-mraz-tops-myanmar-anti-trafficking-concert.html 2012-12-17T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1770910-myanmar-health-care-broken-under-military-rule.html ZEE PHYU KWIN, Myanmar (AP) — In her long scarlet sarong, crisp white shirt and nurse's cap pinned neatly in place, Khin Aye Nwe looks as though she belongs in a modern hospital. Instead, the midwife's clean sandals scuff across the dusty cement floor of a dilapidated clinic in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta. She covers a territory spanning 15 villages with 3,... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1770910-myanmar-health-care-broken-under-military-rule.html 2012-12-17T03:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1768820-myanmar-govt-apologizes-crackdown-violence.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's government formally apologized Saturday to the country's Buddhist monks for its recent crackdown on protesters at a copper mine that injured more than 100 of their monastic colleagues. President's Office Minister Hla Tun led other officials in apologizing to senior and injured monks in the central city of Mandalay. Police ... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1768820-myanmar-govt-apologizes-crackdown-violence.html 2012-12-15T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1732970-suu-kyi-wants-govt-apology-violent-crackdown.html MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said authorities must apologize for a violent crackdown on monks and other foes of a mine in northwest Myanmar, but she also stuck to the government's view that the country must follow through on its commitment to build the project. Speaking Friday morning to a crowd of more than 10,000 i... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1732970-suu-kyi-wants-govt-apology-violent-crackdown.html 2012-11-30T19:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1718064-eased-myanmar-sanctions-gold-rush-us-firms.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Signs of a boom abound in Myanmar. Flights to Yangon are full, hotel rooms booked solid. Foreign bars are packed with well-fed Westerners in khakis and jeans, 21st century prospectors drawn to this golden frontier. Myanmar got a further boost this week from President Barack Obama, who became the first serving U.S. president to visit... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1718064-eased-myanmar-sanctions-gold-rush-us-firms.html 2012-11-23T00:53:00Z