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US seeks urgent action on Arakan crisis, while UN eyes $200m for refugees
The United States wants Burma to take urgent action to end violence in Arakan State, where a military offensive has created a crisis that could jeopardise its economic and political transition, a US official said on Friday.
Both plaudits and criticism for Suu Kyi’s speech on Arakan crisis
There were mixed reactions to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech this morning on her government’s efforts to address the crisis in northern Arakan State.
Suu Kyi launches ‘anti-betel chewing’ campaign
Some seven million people in Burma regularly chew betel quid and tobacco – a habit that causes more than 60,000 deaths in the country every year.
Burma tracking spread of H1N1 as outbreak claims sixth victim
Six people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza largely hitting Burma’s biggest city, Rangoon, a health official said on Thursday, amid government efforts to track the spread of the virus known as swine flu.
H1N1 virus infects 13 in Burma, suspected of killing one
Burma called for calm on Monday after 13 people were confirmed to have contracted H1N1 influenza and a boy had died with flu-like symptoms, raising fears of a new outbreak of a virus also known as swine flu.
Malaria superbugs threaten global malaria control: scientists
Multidrug-resistant malaria superbugs have taken hold in parts of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, threatening to undermine progress against the disease, scientists said.
