2005

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More aftershock deaths reported

 

Wa freighters ply the Salween

 

Tsunami quake kills two in Shan State

 

Dam projects on the Salween revived

Hydropower projects on the Salween, known as Nujiang in China, are being revived in the face of protests by activist groups from China, Burma and Thailand where the river runs through, according the latest edition of Watershed, a publication by Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA)...

New commander wants new deal

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, Commander of Western Region Command, who had in late May swapped jobs with Khin Zaw, his counterpart in Kengtung-based Triangle Region Command ...

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New capital's fault is Sagaing Fault

According to a map produced by the US Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center, Burma's new military and administrative center in Pyinmana is right on top of what is known as the Sagaing fault system...

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MoU on Salween dam at hand

A memorandum of understanding between Burma and Thailand on the construction of Hutgyi dam on the Salween will be signed on 9 November, according to the chief ot Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), reports Phu Jad Karn online yesterday...