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Two Chinese workers are kidnapped from a controversial copper mine in Burma by activists.
2014-05-19

Burma announces the release of 69 political prisoners in ongoing reform.
2013-11-15

Police in Burma break up a three-month-long protest against the expansion of a copper mine run by the military and a Chinese company.
2012-11-29

Burma releases the names of over 2,000 people who were previously blacklisted by the former military government; they are to be removed from the list in the latest in a series of reforms.
2012-08-30

Thousands of Muslim Rohingya people flee Burma following religious clashes with Buddhists.
2012-06-26

Burma's National League for Democracy claims to have won 43 of 45 seats contested yesterday in by-elections.
2012-04-2

Cyclone Giri, which rapidly intensified with winds of 144mph, makes landfall in western Burma.
2010-10-22

Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, announces it will boycott the upcoming general elections in Burma.
2010-03-29

Thousands of soldiers participate in Burma's annual Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyidaw and are inspected by General Than Shwe who delivers a rare public address. [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-asia-pacific-8590387.stm (BBC)] [http:--www.iol.co.za-index.php?from=rss_Asia&set_id=1&click_id=126&art_id=nw20100327115017879C958747 (IOL)]date=August 2019 [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-172917-burma-leader-issues-election-warning-at-military-parade ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2010-03-27

Burma's newly announced second law relating to the 2010 general election bars anyone with a criminal conviction from participating in a political party, effectively barring Aung San Suu Kyi.
2010-03-10