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Burma and China have signed a deal for a 2,400-megawatt hydropower project on the Thanlwin River in Shan State in northeastern Burma, state-run media reported Saturday. 

Labour unions from around the globe have agreed to work together to fight for the release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest. 

Burma's recent closure of several border checkpoints with Thailand has caused Thai officials to increase security measures in the area. 

Burma’s military junta today unveiled the country’s remote new capital city to the outside world, inviting foreign media to the showpiece centre for the first time to watch 10,000 soldiers drill in an Armed Forces Day parade. 

Some of UK's finest comedians are getting together to 'Stand up' to raise funds for the Burma Campaign UK, which seeks to promote democracy in the country. 

The International Committee of the Red Cross says its work in Burma is under threat because of the military government's restrictions on its operations. The ICRC has closed two offices and is calling for high-level talks with the military to prevent further closures and cuts in its humanitarian efforts. 

Supporters of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi have accused a pro-regime mob of having planed to attack them at the Shwe Da Gone pagoda this morning.

The head of Burma’s police, major general Khin Yi, has warned opposition umbrella group the Committee Representing People’s Parliament against releasing political statements, the group’s secretary said today.

Myanmar announced a peace deal with a splinter group of ethnic Karen rebels yesterday, though the pact is unlikely to end the fighting that rights groups say has forced thousands of people to flee their villages. 

The Committee Representing the People’s Parliament (CRPP), an umbrella organization for opposition groups inside Burma, on Monday marked Union Day with an appeal to the regime to solve the country’s problems. A Union Day celebration planned by another group, the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), was banned by the regime.

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