Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Philippines Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/fc/myanmar-cyclone.html en-en Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:17:00 +0800 5 http://beta.ph.news.yahoo.com/fc/myanmar-cyclone.html http://l.yimg.com/hb/i/ph/mastheads/210x47_ph_news.gif 30 140 http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081003/tap-as-myanmar-media-ban-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20081003/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-media-ban-d3b07b8_1 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:17:00 +0800 Myanmar's military authorities ordered two news weeklies to temporarily stop publishing for violating the country's strict press regulations, a news report said Friday. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081001/tap-as-myanmar-cyclone-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20081001/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-cyclone-d3b07b8_1 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:53:00 +0800 Only about 50 percent of funds needed by the United Nations to help Myanmar after the devastation of Cylone Nargis have so far been contributed, the U.N. said Wednesday. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080929/tap-as-myanmar-tainted-milk-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20080929/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-tainted-milk-d3b07b8_1 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:45:00 +0800 Myanmar authorities have suspended imports of all dairy products from China amid a widening scandal over melamine-tainted milk, a newspaper reported Monday. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080928/tap-as-myanmar-opposition-2nd-ld-writeth-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20080928/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-opposition-2nd-ld-writeth-d3b07b8_1 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:38:00 +0800 About 100 Buddhist monks in a western Myanmar city staged a peaceful protest march to mark the anniversary of last year's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080927/tap-as-myanmar-opposition-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20080927/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-opposition-d3b07b8_1 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:53:00 +0800 Recently released political prisoners helped celebrate the 20th anniversary Saturday of the founding of the party led by detained Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, while police and other security personnel kept a close watch. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080925/tap-as-myanmar-crackdown-anniversary-d3b07b8.html /ap/20080925/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-crackdown-anniversary-d3b07b8 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:05:00 +0800 As the crowd marching through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city swelled to 100,000, the question wasn't what did they want, but when would the government crack down. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080925/tap-as-myanmar-tainted-milk-1st-ld-write-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20080925/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-tainted-milk-1st-ld-write-d3b07b8_1 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:06:00 +0800 Myanmar's authorities said it would destroy 17 1/2 tons (16 metric tons) of powdered milk made by one of 22 Chinese dairy companies found to have produced chemically tainted products, a newspaper said Thursday. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080925/tap-as-myanmar-blast-1st-ld-writethru-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20080925/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-blast-1st-ld-writethru-d3b07b8_1 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:14:00 +0800 An explosion went off in Myanmar's main city Thursday amid tight security to mark the one-year anniversary of the junta's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080923/tap-as-myanmar-political-prisoner-freed-d3b07b8_2.html /ap/20080923/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-political-prisoner-freed-d3b07b8_2 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0800 Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner was freed Tuesday after 19 years behind bars, along with more than 9,000 other prisoners across the country, just days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the junta's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests. AP http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080923/tap-as-myanmar-prisoners-d3b07b8_1.html /ap/20080923/r_t_ap_ap_as/tap-as-myanmar-prisoners-d3b07b8_1 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:43:00 +0800 Myanmar's junta has freed 9,002 prisoners for good behavior so they can help build a new nation ahead of elections planned for 2010, state media reported Tuesday. AP