NZ PM Key weighs in on Blackwood case
“We have been doing some work on it. We have been looking at it, and we have been dealing with it,” Premier John Key said.
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2015 Elections Lead Story News
Festivities ongoing outside NLD headquarters
People started arriving at 10am at the headquarters of the National League for Democracy. Ten hours later, they were still there.
Rejected by NLD, Nyo Nyo Thin runs independently
Nyo Nyo Thin, an MP in the Rangoon regional parliament, has announced her intention to run in the upcoming election as an independent candidate in the Rangoon township of Bahan.
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Eleven Media chief attacked in broad daylight
Assailants using slingshots and metal nuts attacked Than Htut Aung as he drove home in central Rangoon, in what may have been a assassination attempt.
Lead Story News Rangoon Religion
Buddha Bar trio sentenced to 2.5 years with hard labour
New Zealander Phil Blackwood, and his Burmese partners Tun Thurein and Htut Ko Ko Lwin are each found guilty of defaming religion.
Lead Story News Rangoon Religion
NZ bar manager arrested in Buddha insult storm
A New Zealander is appearing in a Rangoon court after being arrested for using an image of the Buddha wearing headphones in a bar promotion.
Lead Story News Rangoon Society
Rangoon govt tackles traffic congestion
Rangoon’s Minister of Finance says there are plans for new overpasses to relieve traffic congestion in Tamwe, Bahan and Mayangone townships, and traffic lights for 65 busy junctions.
