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Rampaging rats bring starvation to Burma's Chin State

Rampaging rats bring starvation to Burma's Chin State

by newseditor — 2009-04-20 11:11

By Bernadette Carroll BBC News, Chin state, Burma Rats destroy subsistence crops in Burma's Chin State In Burma's north-west Chin state, thousands of people say they are starving. The Mara tribe say hundreds of their community have died in the past two months alone.

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Myanmar issues weekend cyclone warning

Myanmar issues weekend cyclone warning

by newseditor — 2009-04-17 08:25

Submitted by Manish Sood on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 06:55 * Bangladesh * Myanmar Myanmar's state-controlled press Friday issued warnings that Cyclone Bijli could hit the country's western coast over the weekend.

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Teachers in Chin state threatened with deduction of salaries

by admin — 2009-04-17 07:37

15 April 2009: Teachers in Chin state, in western Burma have been threatened with deduction of a month’s salaries, if they do not attend a teachers’ short training, conducted by the authorities.

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People use self stamp as currency

by newseditor — 2009-04-17 07:44

April 9, 2009: In Kalemyo, Sagaing division north western Burma, people are using their own paper which is self stamped instead of currency as Kyat 100, 200 currency notes have no value like Kyat 500 and 1000 do. People are facing problems while making purchases in the market.

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Landslides disrupt vehicular traffic on Hakha-Mandalay road

by admin — 2007-08-22 16:13

August 22, 2007: Vehicular traffic has been disrupted on the road linking Hakha town, capital of Chin state and Mandalay, second capital of Burma, because of landslides triggered by heavy rain

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Internet users not to send anti-government mail

by admin — 2007-08-15 13:30

August 15, 2007: Internet users in Matupi town, Chin state, Burma have been warned not to send anti-government e mails by Burma's ruling military junta. A new cyber café has been set up in Matupi.

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Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works

Brain Scans Reveal Why Meditation Works

by salong — 2007-07-01 12:28

Special to LiveScience LiveScience.com Sat Jun 30, 1:35 PM ET If you name your emotions, you can tame them, according to new research that suggests why meditation works.

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Eight die of dysentery in Indo–Myanmar border

by admin — 2007-06-05 09:01

June 5, 2007: Dysentery has claimed eight lives in villages on both sides of the Indo-Myanmar border areas.

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TPDC stops construction of church

TPDC stops construction of church

by admin — 2007-06-05 08:58

June 4, 2007: Work on the construction of the memorial church of the first missionary, Thatdun in Matupi town, Chin state, Myanmar has been halted by local Burmese authorities. The work stoppage comes despite clearance given to the construction proposal by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

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MTP and MSA to celebrate centenary year of Mara people

by admin — 2007-05-31 18:59

April 18, 2007: MTP (Marah Thyutlia Py) Mara Youth Association and MSA (Mara Student’s Association) will celebrate the centenary year of the Mara people in Darling village, Matupi Township in southern Chin state from April 21.

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Myanmar junta involves villagers in militia training

by admin — 2007-05-31 18:58

May 17, 2007: A member of each family from several villages in Matupi town in Chin state, Myanmar has been forced to undergo militia training. Attendance at the training session has been made mandatory by Colonel San Aung, a tactical commander of tactical (2) stationed in Matupi.

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Member of village council arrested for carelessness

by admin — 2007-05-31 18:54

May 16, 2007: A member of the Lailenpi Village Council was sentenced to four months in jail by military authorities for lack of awareness in preventing a forest fire which destroyed stocks of paddy in Chin state, Myanmar.

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Chins abroad help families who lost rice stocks in fire

by admin — 2007-05-31 18:56

May 15, 2007: Chin people settled outside Burma have begun to help people who lost their stocks of rice in a devastating fire in a store house in Matupi Township, Chin state in April.

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Chin students' seminar in Matupi

by admin — 2007-05-31 18:53

2 May 2007: Chin University students successfully concluded the historic seminar called "Human Resource Development" held from April 13 to 18 in Matupi Township, Chin state, Myanmar.

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