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Nine die in Irrawaddy boat collision
Nov 17, 2009 (DVB), Nine people have died and nearly 15 remain missing after a passenger ferry collided with an oil barge in Burma's southern Irrawaddy delta on Sunday, eye-witnesses said. The ferry, called the 'Nay Myo Htun', sank after hitting the oil barge docked on the Ngawun river. Around 150 passengers are thought to …
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 with an oil barge. Local officials told Reuters that 31 bodies have so far been recovered from the Ngawun river, while 21 were still missing. The boat is believed to have …
Riot training given to Rangoon civilians
Sept 21, 2009 (DVB), Riot training is being offered by local authorities to hundreds of jobless men in Burma's former capital of Rangoon, a resident of the city said yesterday. Around 1500 people in more than 10 townships surrounding Rangoon are being offered the training in government-run school compounds, according to the resident. "The police …