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25 years after unrest, Myanmar begins to cope

August 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yadana Htun and Tim Sullican The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Twenty-five years later, you can still see the fear in the eyes of the doctors — two young men carrying a schoolgirl, her blouse drenched in blood, through streets where soldiers were brutally crushing pro-democracy protests.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Argentina, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Cambodia, China, Dirty War, Great Leap Forward Mao Zedong, Merchant Road, Myanmar, Ne Win, New Delhi, Pol Pot, Saw Lwin, Steve Lehman, Vol 32 No 34 | August 17 - August 23, Win Zaw

Loans cleared to jumpstart Myanmar investment

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The World Bank on Sunday, Jan. 27 announced a long-awaited deal to allow Myanmar to clear part of its huge decades-old foreign debt, opening the door for new much-needed lending to jump-start its lagging economy.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, ADB, China, Manila-based Asian Development Bank, Myanmar Country Director Annette Dixon, Ne Win, President Barack Obama, Southeast Asian, Thein Sein, United States, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, World Bank, YANGON, japan, poverty

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