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Asia / 17 May 2012The United States has eased some sanctions on investment and relations with Burma in response to political reform there. But Secretary of State…
Asia / 17 May 2012Hundreds of people in Burma have attended the country's first public gay pride event. The festival reflects a new climate of political reform…
India / 17 May 2012Since last week, more than 1,000 Rohingya people displaced from Burma have been camping in the Indian capital, Delhi, seeking refugee status from…
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- Phil Carradice - Wales History / 4 March 2012
Many people consider the young Welsh poet and short story writer Alun Lewis, a man who died on active service in Burma in 1944, a far better writer…
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BBC World Service / 8 May 2012… school of 42,000 students in Lucknow, India will be chatting with students in Rangoon, Burma (also known as Yangon, Myanmar). Some of the topics…
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Burma Aid Badly damaged homes on the Irrawaddy Delta after Clyclone Nargis struck. Click below for more pictures Revisting Burma'); CellColorMouseOver(…
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Class Clips SEARCH BY KEYWORD OR CLIP NUMBER CLIP 3231 Conflict in Burma: the Karen National Liberation Army Key Info Conflict in Burma: the Karen…
Class Clips SEARCH BY KEYWORD OR CLIP NUMBER CLIP 3231 Conflict in Burma: the Karen National Liberation Army Key Info Conflict in Burma: the Karen…
Burma Satellite image of Cyclone Nargis The first aid flight from Britain has landed in Burma carrying relief supplies for the victims of Cyclone…
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25 December 2011 Local BBC Sites Neighbouring Sites Related BBC Sites People Features You are in: > > > Aid for Burma Aid for Burma A four-strong…
18 December 2011 Local BBC Sites Neighbouring Sites Related BBC Sites People Features You are in: > > > Return from Burma Return from Burma…
26 March 2011 Local BBC Sites Neighbouring Sites Related BBC Sites The People You are in: > > > > Memories of the Burma railway Philip Toosey…
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BBC iD bbc.co.uk navigation : Mission of Burma Formed 1979. Biography Mission of Burma is an American post-punk band formed in Boston, Massachusetts…
… probably a big planning meeting sometime around 1983. Nonetheless, Boston’s Mission of Burma deserve special mention as the only reformees whose…
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Burma Campaign By Bruce Robinson Last updated 2011-02-17 Theatre: South East Asia Dates: December 1941 to May 1945 Location: Burma (now also known…
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- Olympics & Olympic sport / 10 December 2007
… with rebels in Darfur. The country has also been criticised for its continued support of the military junta in Burma, where pro-democracy demonstrations…
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Height: 100cm Spread: 100cm Time to divide plants: March to April Native to the Himalaya and Burma this hardy grass forms bold clumps of elegant…
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Theravada Buddhism Last updated 2002-10-02 Theravada Buddhism is strongest in Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Burma (Myanmar). It is sometimes…
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A new species of monkey with unusual upturned nostrils has been discovered in north eastern Myanmar. Scientists surveying in the area initially…
