Dec 23, 2009 (DVB), Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's proposal to renovate her Rangoon house-cum-prison has been met with resistance from her estranged brother, who claims part-ownership. The…
Day: December 23, 2009
Revival of delta mangroves begins
Dec 23, 2009 (DVB), In a bid to rejuvenate Burma's cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, a Burmese environmental group is replanting swathes of mangrove forests and boosting the breeding of salt water…
Russia to deliver 20 fighter jets to Burma
Dec 23, 2009 (AFP), Russia has signed a contract to deliver 20 MiG-29 fighter planes to military-run Burma, the Russian daily Kommersant reported Wednesday. The contract was signed a few…
Pro-junta activists hospitalized after attack
Dec 23, 2009 (DVB), Five members of a pro-government political group in Rangoon have been hospitalized after an attack by another proxy government organization, with both sides now pressing charges.…