http://www.burmait.net daily 1 2007-02-19T15:59:53Z http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/cyclone-survivors-look-to-radio August 27, 2008 (KUNCHANGONE): Squatting on the floor of his hut in the cyclone-affected Ayeryarwady Delta, Kyaw Kyaw gingerly adjusts his radio to hear the latest news from Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s newly established capital. No publisher admin 2008-08-27T17:05:14Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/myanmar-to-hold-mid-year-gems-emporium-in-october YANGON, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold a mid-year gems emporium in October to encourage national gem traders to sell more quality gems, jade, pearl and jewelry, the Central Committee for Holding Myanmar Gems Emporium said Wednesday. No publisher admin 2008-08-27T08:10:06Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/global-asean-intervention-needed-on-suu-kyi-case-aipmc August 27, 2008: Influential international and regional leaders should act immediately to help detained Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi get her message out to the world, according to a leading rights group. No publisher admin 2008-08-28T08:00:29Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/civic-body-removes-billboards-with-scantily-clad-models-in-rangoon August 26, 2008 (New Delhi): The Yangon [Rangoon] City Development Committee (YCDC) has begun removing advertisement Billboards that contains scantily clad models since Friday, sources at the YCDC and in the advertisement industry said. No publisher admin 2008-08-27T08:07:37Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/aung-san-suu-kyi-refuses-to-accept-food August 26, 2008: In a developing move, detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi refused to accept a food delivery to her home one week ago, according to the exiled National League for Democracy - Liberated Area. No publisher admin 2008-08-26T08:02:00Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/mai-to-hire-f-100-aircraft-for-bangkok-kuala-lumpur-flights August 26, 2008 (New Delhi): The Myanmar Airways International, one of the few international airlines in Burma will hire a Fokker-100 aircraft from AirBagan, another airline, for its Bangkok-Kuala Lumpur flights. No publisher admin 2008-08-27T08:05:46Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/burmese-army-recruits-young-monks August 26, 2008 (BANGKOK) Troops from Burma’s powerful military have made an unusual bid to recruit under-age Buddhist novices into the country’s armed forces, prompting an angry protest from the boys’ monastery in southwestern Burma, according to two local sources. No publisher admin 2008-08-28T08:18:19Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/nld-says-gambari2019s-myanmar-visit-was-a-2018waste-of-time2019 August 25, 2008 (YANGON): Myanmar’s opposition party led by Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday labeled a recent visit by a UN envoy “a waste of time” as the ruling junta continued to trumpet its own vision of democracy. No publisher admin 2008-08-25T09:15:23Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/china-to-deepen-defence-ties-with-myanmar August 25, 2008: China today expressed keen interest to deepen its military cooperation with Myanmar so as to "safeguard regional stability". No publisher admin 2008-08-26T08:14:08Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/billion-dollar-nickel-mine-in-burma-to-go-ahead August 25, 2008: The long delayed go-ahead for the laterite nickel mining project at Tagaungtaung in northern Burma has finally been given, and construction is expected to begin later this year after the monsoon season ends. But costs have risen dramatically and are likely to reach the billion dollar level before the mine begins production in 2011. No publisher admin 2008-08-26T08:09:58Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/the-enduring-shwedagon-pagoda-symbol-of-burmese-myanmar2019s-hope August 24, 2008 (YANGON): The first Burmese empire (1057) was founded by Anawrahta in Bagan, which today still has the ruins of their Golden Age when the great era of pagoda building began. There were constant wars with Thailand then. No publisher admin 2008-08-26T08:16:42Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/asean-legislators-reject-myanmar-counterparts-request-to-join-meetings August 23, 2008 (SINGAPORE): Legislators from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday rejected a request by a group of Myanmar parliamentarians-in-exile to be allowed to take part in their annual meetings as members or at least as special observers. No publisher admin 2008-08-23T18:24:04Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/singapore-warns-myanmar-activists-to-stop-protests August 23, 2008: Singapore's home ministry warned political activists from Myanmar in the city state not to ignore repeated police orders to stop illegal public protests and anti-Myanmar activities, the The Strait Times newspaper said Saturday. No publisher admin 2008-08-23T18:19:18Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/one-dead-after-2-quakes-hit-china-myanmar-border August 22, 2008 (BEIJING): One person was killed and several others injured after two earthquakes shook the border between China and Myanmar on Thursday in quick succession, Chinese state media said. No publisher admin 2008-08-22T08:58:49Z News Item http://www.burmait.net/ict-news/2008/aug08/un-special-envoy-to-myanmar-fails-to-see-aung-san-suu-kyi August 22, 2008: Ibrahim Gambari, UN special envoy to Myanmar, visited the compound of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday but she did not come out to greet him, witnesses said. No publisher admin 2008-08-22T08:56:22Z News Item