Jul 7, 2013 | News / Article
By TODD PITMAN — Associated Press MEIKHTILA, Myanmar — Their bones are scattered in blackened patches of earth across a hillside overlooking the wrecked Islamic boarding school they once called home. Smashed fragments of skulls rest atop the dirt. A shattered jaw...
Jul 7, 2013 | News / Article
Nehginpao Kipgen Time magazine portrayed Wirathu, a prominent Myanmar Buddhist monk, as “The Face of Buddhist Terror” on the cover of its July 1 international edition. The story has triggered mixed responses and has sparked a campaign to denounce the...
Jul 7, 2013 | News / Article
by Anthony Kuhn To her many admirers in the international community, Aung San Suu Kyi remains one of the world’s best known democracy icons. But in Myanmar, also known as Burma, she is now very much a politician who is being criticized for trying to cooperate...
Jul 5, 2013 | News / Article
Posted by Margie Richards Eh Doh, at 62, can’t help but smile at the thought of starting a whole new life at his age, though that is just what he’s in the process of doing. A native of Burma (also known as Myanmar), Doh and his family have spent the last 17 years in...
Jul 5, 2013 | News / Article
OnIslam & Newspapers CAIRO – After decades of peaceful co-existence with the Buddhist majority, fears and mistrust are prevailing among the Muslim community in Burma in the wake of deadly bouts of sectarian attacks. “We are losing trust with each other,” U Aye, a...
Jul 5, 2013 | News / Article
David Cundall vows to return to continue quest for buried Castle-Bromwich built planes THE hunt for long-lost Birmingham-built Spitfires isn’t over. The iconic fighter planes are rumoured to be buried in Burma and a new dig to try to find them will resume in 2014....
