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It was 10:40 a.m. Moscow time on March 5, 2011. A Russian-made passenger jet broke up in mid-air and crashed on the outskirts of a village in the Belgorod Oblast, a steep and hilly plain on the southeast edge of the Central Russian Upland. [1]

RANGOON — A reshuffle of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) on Tuesday saw younger faces emerge at the top of Burma’s biggest opposition party, although the positions of chairman, vice-chairman and general secretary went to ex-military... [2]

RANGOON — The university studies of 23-year-old Ye Myat Hein were interrupted in 2007 when he was imprisoned in connection with the pro-democracy uprising known as the Saffron Revolution. [3]

RANGOON — Wednesday evening’s dramatic putsch against Shwe Mann loyalists in the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) appears to have been in motion since at least the beginning of the month. [4]

YANGON—Four Arakanese deported by the Singaporean government for allegedly using the city-state as a platform to organize for and fund the ethnic armed rebel group the Arakan Army (AA) in Myanmar arrived back Yangon at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. [5]

The positive changes in Burma have taken many political pundits and observers by surprise. After decades of nothing but grim news, some say that the country is finally undergoing a remarkable transformation. But not everyone is convinced. [6]

Ousted Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu was sentenced to two years in prison with labor for sedition on Friday. [7]

Burma’s President Thein Sein on Wednesday appointed two former generals to his cabinet, picking the country’s air force commander to head the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, while a senior army officer will take over the Border... [8]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-02-28 · 75% match

How the Myanmar Ex-Dictator’s ‘Air Force One’ Dream Was Shattered

It was 10:40 a.m. Moscow time on March 5, 2011. A Russian-made passenger jet broke up in mid-air and crashed on the outskirts of a village in the Belgorod Oblast, a steep and hilly plain on the southeast edge of the Central Russian Upland.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-08-25 · 75% match

Meet the New Leaders of the Opposition

RANGOON — A reshuffle of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) on Tuesday saw younger faces emerge at the top of Burma’s biggest opposition party, although the positions of chairman, vice-chairman and general secretary went to ex-military

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-07-02 · 75% match

Former Political Prisoners Denied University Education in Rangoon

RANGOON — The university studies of 23-year-old Ye Myat Hein were interrupted in 2007 when he was imprisoned in connection with the pro-democracy uprising known as the Saffron Revolution.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-08-13 · 75% match

Ministerial Resignations Linked to Shwe Mann Purge

RANGOON — Wednesday evening’s dramatic putsch against Shwe Mann loyalists in the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) appears to have been in motion since at least the beginning of the month.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-07-11 · 75% match

Four Arakanese Deportees from Singapore Arrive in Yangon

YANGON—Four Arakanese deported by the Singaporean government for allegedly using the city-state as a platform to organize for and fund the ethnic armed rebel group the Arakan Army (AA) in Myanmar arrived back Yangon at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-02-19 · 71% match

Recent Moves Renew Doubts about Burma’s Reforms

The positive changes in Burma have taken many political pundits and observers by surprise. After decades of nothing but grim news, some say that the country is finally undergoing a remarkable transformation. But not everyone is convinced.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-10-08 · 71% match

Myanmar Junta Court Sentences Ousted Rakhine State Chief Minister to Prison

Ousted Rakhine State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu was sentenced to two years in prison with labor for sedition on Friday.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-02-14 · 71% match

Former Generals to Run Burma’s Telecoms, Border Affairs Ministries

Burma’s President Thein Sein on Wednesday appointed two former generals to his cabinet, picking the country’s air force commander to head the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, while a senior army officer will take over the Border

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-07-17 · 71% match

Ex-Generals Gather at Naypyitaw Buddha to Support Myanmar Junta Chief

Myanmar’s ex-generals gathered in solidarity with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Sunday at the construction site of a gigantic Buddha statue in Naypyitaw.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-02-13 · 71% match

POWs Reveal Names of Junta Captains Who Reduced Chin Town of 10,000 to Ashes

Regime forces held as prisoners of war have revealed that three army captains led repeated arson and looting attacks on Chin State’s mountaintop town of Thantlang, according to a local resistance group.

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