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Burma pledges to release 3000 prisoners a month before it hosts a Southeast Asian summit.
2014-10-7

A Buddhist monk accused of inciting violence against Muslims in Burma says he is joining forces with the Bodu Bala Sena group in Sri Lanka in order to combat a "serious threat from jihadist groups".
2014-09-28

Amnesty International says Muslim Rohingyas in western Burma have been subject to attacks and arbitrary arrests.
2012-07-20

Burmese state media say rebels in the northeast of the country killed seven workers from a Chinese-backed hydroelectric power project.
2011-08-5

A boat containing 129 Rohingya refugees from Burma is found by Indonesia.
2011-02-17

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
2011-01-29

Burma's highest court upholds the dissolution of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party.
2011-01-28

A senior United Nations official, Vijay Nambiar, meets with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon.
2010-11-27

Opposition parties in Burma accuse the military junta of "cheating" and "threatening" voters ahead of the general election on Sunday.
2010-11-6

Burmese authorities announce that its leader General Than Shwe will not be standing in the upcoming general election.
2010-10-28