Organisers of the Hpaung Daw U Pagoda Festival in Shan State said the incident would not affect the event, held annually on Inle Lake.
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Military truck plunges over cliff: 18 die
The vehicle was part of an army convoy travelling in eastern Shan State under heavy rain when it apparently slid over a steep cliff.
Three dead after air canister explodes in Rangoon
Two adults and one child were killed after a compressed air-canister exploded in Rangoon’s Insein township on Tuesday
Accident at construction site kills 7 in Shan state
Seven workers were killed and three injured after scaffolding at a construction site collapsed in Shan state’s capital Taunggyi yesterday afternoon
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…
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…