http://www.mail.com/organizations/1316604-myanmar-government.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/organizations/1316604-myanmar-government.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100320-key-senator-to-myanmar-sanctions-bill-lapse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy. McConnell, R-Ky., made the announcement after meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein, who is m... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:10:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100320-key-senator-to-myanmar-sanctions-bill-lapse.html 2013-05-21T22:10:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099458-myanmar-muslims-jailed-killing-buddhist-monk.html MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist majority. As the country tries to rebu... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099458-myanmar-muslims-jailed-killing-buddhist-monk.html 2013-05-21T12:43:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2097430-obama-vows-us-support-myanmar-leader-visits.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first ... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2097430-obama-vows-us-support-myanmar-leader-visits.html 2013-05-20T23:49:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098722-myanmar-leader-vows-justice-communal-violence.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to justice. Thein Sein made the comments Monday in a speech at a university in Washington after meeting President Barack Obama. Myanmar has been roiled by unrest between Buddhists and minority Muslims over the past year that ... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:36:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098722-myanmar-leader-vows-justice-communal-violence.html 2013-05-20T21:36:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2087818-myanmars-president-to-visit-white-house-monday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to welcome Myanmar President Thein Sein (tayn sayn) to the White House Monday. It will be the first visit by a Myanmar head of state in nearly 47 years and a sign of warming ties between the countries. Last November, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country also known as Burma. The ... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2087818-myanmars-president-to-visit-white-house-monday.html 2013-05-15T17:16:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081878-myanmar-president-to-official-us-visit.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and a sign of warming ties. Myanmar state television announced the U.S. visit Monday, saying it comes at the invitation of President Barack Obama. It gave no exact date, but congressional s... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:17:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081878-myanmar-president-to-official-us-visit.html 2013-05-13T23:17:50Z 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/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/politics/1997256-myanmar-communal-unrest-threatens-reforms.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were lauded by visiting Western leaders, and the nation's president was hailed as a hero. But spasms of spreading, communal violence show the reform path is bumpier than expected and have taken the sheen off a foreig... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:02:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997256-myanmar-communal-unrest-threatens-reforms.html 2013-04-04T12:02:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992052-13-youths-die-fire-myanmar-police-call-accident.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar said they were 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 stoked sectarian tensions the country's main city. Authorities blamed the fire on an electrical short circuit and deployed rio... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:28:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992052-13-youths-die-fire-myanmar-police-call-accident.html 2013-04-02T12:28:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989456-privately-owned-daily-newspapers-return-to-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands for the first time in 50 years. For many people, the rebirth of daily papers is a novelty: Many weren't even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:27:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989456-privately-owned-daily-newspapers-return-to-myanmar.html 2013-04-01T05:27:36Z 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/news/world/1967066-myanmar-parliament-agrees-to-review-constitution.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's parliament agreed Wednesday to set up a commission to review the pro-military 2008 constitution, a process that could eventually change the political landscape and allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to contest the presidency. Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy party has long said that the constitution... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:22:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967066-myanmar-parliament-agrees-to-review-constitution.html 2013-03-20T13:22:10Z 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/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/1905128-myanmar-answers-to-ethnic-conflict-elusive.html LAWA YANG, Myanmar (AP) — Kneeling beside a line of freshly dug trenches carved like one long, open wound into a lush hillside, the rebel sergeant peered through dusty binoculars at all his troops had lost. Scattered across the sprawling valley below, a dozen thatched-roof homes stood quiet, abandoned by fleeing villagers as government forces drew near. T... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:31:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905128-myanmar-answers-to-ethnic-conflict-elusive.html 2013-02-21T07:31:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831598-myanmars-kachin-rebels-fighting-continues.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Ethnic Kachin rebels in Myanmar said clashes in the country's north continued Saturday despite a government promise to cease fire, casting doubt over hopes that the bloody conflict there could end soon. Myanmar's military had declared Friday it would stop attacks against rebels around the town of Lajayang, near Myanmar's northeaster... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1831598-myanmars-kachin-rebels-fighting-continues.html 2013-01-19T09:45:00Z 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/1799620-excavators-head-to-myanmar-to-find-wwii-spitfires.html LONDON (AP) — An airplane-obsessed farmer, a freelance archaeologist and a team of excavators are heading to the Myanmar city of Yangon on Saturday to find a nearly forgotten stash of British fighter planes thought to be carefully buried beneath the former capital's airfield. The venture, backed with a million-dollar guarantee from a Belarusian videogame ... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 10:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1799620-excavators-head-to-myanmar-to-find-wwii-spitfires.html 2013-01-05T10:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1796694-myanmar-military-admits-airstrikes-kachin.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's military acknowledged launching airstrikes against ethnic Kachin rebels in the north and said it captured a hilltop post from where the insurgents had attacked government supply convoys. The statement broadcast on state television Wednesday contradicted government claims two days earlier that the military was not carrying ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1796694-myanmar-military-admits-airstrikes-kachin.html 2013-01-03T00:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790966-myanmar-muslims-recall-buddhist-assault.html SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Stranded beside their decrepit flotilla of wooden boats, on a muddy beach far from home, the Muslim refugees tell story after terrifying story of their exodus from a once-peaceful town on Myanmar's western coast. They were attacked one quiet evening, they say, by Buddhist mobs determined to expel them from the island port of K... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790966-myanmar-muslims-recall-buddhist-assault.html 2012-12-29T12:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736072-analysis-myanmars-suu-kyi-pragmatism.html BANGKOK (AP) — For Aung San Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair — a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic wh... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736072-analysis-myanmars-suu-kyi-pragmatism.html 2012-12-01T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733316-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship.html SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year. It's a question that has helped fuel two bloody spasms of ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733316-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship.html 2012-12-01T03:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1730264-myanmar-cracks-mine-protest-dozens-hurt.html MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. Riot police used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs to break up the 11-... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1730264-myanmar-cracks-mine-protest-dozens-hurt.html 2012-11-30T02:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731888-senator-writes-myanmar-leader-seized-cargo.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator is asking Myanmar's president for answers over the reported seizure of a ship's cargo bound for Myanmar with potential nuclear uses. Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported North Korea tried to ship materials suitable for uranium enrichment or missile development to Myanmar via China. It said Japanese authorities se... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1731888-senator-writes-myanmar-leader-seized-cargo.html 2012-11-29T21:01:00Z