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Scores die in relentless heatwave
Temperatures reach 47C as effects of heatwave are exacerbated by major water shortage and frequent power cuts across Burma
Kachins plea to China over Myitsone Dam
Kachin locals in northern Burma claim that China-backed dam will flood nearly 800km of farmland and displace up to 15,000 people
Global warming causing low rice yields
Dec 18, 2009 (DVB), Rice production in Burma, once coined the 'rice bowl of Asia', is falling due to increasingly irregular weather patterns that...
Tension rises as stallholders stay put
Dec 2, 2009 (DVB), Around 700 market vendors in southern Burma's Irrawaddy division are defying orders from local authorities to move their market through...
Death toll from Burma ferry disaster rises
Nov 17, 2009 (DVB), More than fifty people are now feared dead after a passenger ferry in Burma's southern Irrawaddy division on Sunday collided...
Southeast Asia’s poor will carry the APEC burden
Joseph AllchinNov 16, 2009 (DVB), Despite much hand-shaking between leaders at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit, hopes of a binding agreement on...
