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29 May 2012Aung San Suu Kyi has travelled outside Burma for the first time in twenty-four years.
Asia / 29 May 2012… business leaders. For India, Burma is its link to the rest of Asia. As for Burma, India is a useful friend which can be used to balance the other…
29 May 2012Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Thailand. It is her first trip abroad in more than two decades.
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Tom Robinson - Tom Robinson / 20 May 2012In the small hours of a Monday morning from 2-3am you can hear a selection of my favourite new tunes compiled into an hour-long mixtape of nonstop…
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BBC Radio 4 / 28 May 2012… from history about the way such events shape our responses? What the Indian prime minister hopes to achieve on a landmark trip to Burma. And…
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… from history about the way such events shape our responses? What the Indian prime minister hopes to achieve on a landmark trip to Burma. And…
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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…
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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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… 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…
