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Burma's Suu Kyi remembers father's death from house arrest
20:56:57, 19 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has remained under house arrest as others gathered to pay tribute to her late father on Martyrs' day.
Burma extends invitation to UN special envoy
22:35:27, 16 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations says Burma has invited UN special envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, to visit the country.
Bomb blast on board bus in Burma
20:33:49, 15 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's state-run media says one man has been killed and another injured in a bomb blast about 135 kilometres northeast of the country's main city, Rangoon.
UN appeals for more aid for Burma's cyclone victims
02:45:19, 11 July 2008, Radio Australia News
The United Nations is hiking its aid appeal for Burma's Cyclone Nargis victims from an initial 201 million to 482 million dollars.
Burmese junta says the 1990 NLD victory no longer legal
00:56:51, 7 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's ruling junta says the victory by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party in 1990 elections is 'no longer legal.
Public unrest charges for 14 Burmese protestors
19:58:16, 5 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Passenger boat sinks in cyclone-hit Burma region
21:16:16, 4 July 2008, Radio Australia News
A passenger boat has sank in Burma's southwest delta region, killing dozens of people.
Groups fear for health of Burmese journalist
23:00:39, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Media watchdogs have condemned the prolonged detention of journalist Win Tin, saying his health has seriously deteriorated in recent days.
Burma's opposition calls for the release of activists
01:48:36, 1 July 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's opposition National League for Democracy has called for the release of activists who were beaten and arrested by a militia group last month.
Insurgencies blamed for rise in opium, coca production
13:12:31, 27 June 2008, Radio Australia News
A new UN report says the rise of insurgents in conflict zones has directly contributed to the increase of drug production and trafficking around the world.
Magazine editor arrested after visiting cyclone-affected Burma
18:29:31, 26 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The editor of the Myanmar Tribune has been arrested and his magazine closed after he travelled to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta to help bury people killed in the storm.
Thailand, Burma sign gas deal
02:49:57, 26 June 2008, Radio Australia News
A Thai energy firm has signed a major deal to drill for natural gas in Burma.
India, Burma sign power deal
02:49:56, 26 June 2008, Radio Australia News
India will lend Burma $US84 million for a power project and steel plant.
Natural gas deal between Burma, China
14:42:52, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News
A South Korean led international consortium has reached a deal to sell natural gas from Burma to China.
India, Burma to hold border trade talks
10:54:53, 23 June 2008, Radio Australia News
India and Burma will sign an investment pact and hold talks on wider border trade as a sign of expanding ties.
EU denounces call to flog Burma's Suu Kyi
11:04:19, 20 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Members of the European Parliament have denounced Burmese newspapers that said detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should be flogged.
Pro-junta gang attacks Suu Kyi supporters in Burma
03:14:53, 20 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Pro-junta thugs have broken up a rally by supporters of Burma democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on her birthday on Thursday.
Burma's Suu Kyi celebrates birthday in detention
20:19:51, 19 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Supporters of Burma's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have marked her 63rd birthday with solemn offerings to Buddhist monks.
UN seeks diesel for Burmese farmers
10:13:47, 14 June 2008, Radio Australia News
The UN UN Asian economic body, ESCAP, says Burma's cyclone-hit farmers urgently need millions of litres of diesel fuel to plant rice and ward off future food shortages.
Suu Kyi labelled threat to national security
09:47:00, 12 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's military junta has lashed out at detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, calling her a threat to national security.
Burma releases Suu Kyi supporters
22:23:51, 10 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's opposition says 15 supporters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been released by military authorities.
UN helicopters finally allowed into Burma cyclone zone
14:19:18, 10 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Six United Nations helicopters have been allowed to fly deep into Burma's devastated Irrawaddy delta region, delivering desperately needed supplies to hungry and homeless cyclone survivors.
Aung San Suu Kyi described as national security threat
03:50:31, 12 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's military junta has lashed out at detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, calling her a threat to national security.
Burma's junta denies moving cyclone survivors from shelters
17:34:00, 8 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma's junta is denying forcing survivors of Cyclone Nargis out of emergency shelters and back to their devastated villages, five weeks after the storm left 133,000 dead or missing.
UN rights envoy pushes Burma on prison killings
13:36:35, 7 June 2008, Radio Australia News
Burma has denied reports that its soldiers shot dead a number of prison inmates during last month's cyclone.
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![Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary, Anson Chan, has announced her retirement from politics but will continue in a democracy mentoring role. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/china_ansonchan_rtr_121207.jpg "Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary, Anson Chan, has announced her retirement from politics but will continue in a democracy mentoring role. [Reuters]")
![Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President George W. Bush, Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso pose for the official G8 Summit photo in Toyako, Japan. [Reuters]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/gallery/japan_g8leaders_rtr_080708.jpg "Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President George W. Bush, Prime Minister of Japan Yasuo Fukuda, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso pose for the official G8 Summit photo in Toyako, Japan. [Reuters]")
