Fire sweeps through major Myanmar market
The blaze broke out around 8:00 am (0130 GMT) and was still burning six hours later, they said. Flames swept through the Yadanarbon market as well as the three-storey Sky Walk shopping mall. Full Report
UN envoy urges credible referendum and elections in Myanmar
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari and Foreign Minister George Yeo agreed that Myanmar's plan for a referendum on a new constitution followed by elections has to be "credible and inclusive" for national reconciliation, Singapore's foreign affairs ministry said Monday. During their meeting in the city-state, both "noted positively" Myanmar's announcement for a referendum on the constitution in May and elections in 2010, the ministry's statement said. Full Report
Burma: Police charge to return the dead
Police collected toll for two bodies in Maungdaw Township. While one person was killed by an elephant another drowned in a shrimp dam on February 21. Full Report
Nearly 3,000 left homeless after Rangoon blaze
An official of the Township said the fire erupted at about 7 a.m. (local time) in a two-storey building and spread to other houses, consuming a total of 201 houses and leaving 2,969 people homeless. Full Report
Arakanese Extorted for Castor Oil Plantations
Kyauktaw: Authorities in Arakan State have been collecting taxes from civilians under a number of guises, such as tolls for crossing bridges and jetties, as well as for fishing and cutting bamboo, among others, according to many reports from Arakan State. Full Report
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