Dozens of people in the Irrawaddy Division capital of Bassein have been hospitalised with symptoms of food poisoning after attending a church opening ceremony. Eighty-seven locals from Bassein’s Taethonelone village began suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting on 17 January after eating pork curry and cabbage soup at the event. They were sent to a district …
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Bassein solo protestor released
Aug 31, 2007 (DVB)
Deadly fever hits high numbers of children in Bassein
June 21, 2007 (DVB)
Military to sue 9 schoolchildren for defamation
One student explained that while the play carried an anti-war message, it was in no way meant to be anti-military.
Irrawaddy Delta braces for storm
Villages have been evacuated and schools in Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta have been ordered to close.
Six Burmese dead, five still missing in wake of Hajj disaster
Six Burmese nationals were among those who died in the stampede at the Islamic holy site of Mecca in Saudi Arabia last week, according to the Myanmar Hajj Committee.