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06 Oct 2008
• China dispatches 5,000 inspectors over milk scandal
• China tries to contain tainted milk fallout


05 Oct 2008
• 'No regrets' for Myanmar dissident after record jail sentence


02 Oct 2008
• One dead, 100 hurt in serial blasts in northeast India


01 Oct 2008
• US group studies potential war crimes by Myanmar military


30 Sep 2008
• FM Yeo urges international agencies, regional groupings cooperation


29 Sep 2008
• Singapore donates 38,000 bags of fertiliser to Myanmar farmers


28 Sep 2008
• ASEAN to continue engaging Myanmar on economic reform
• World powers push Myanmar on political reforms
• High level UN talks held to push Myanmar reforms


27 Sep 2008
• Suu Kyi's Myanmar democracy party marks 20-year anniversary
• High level UN talks set to grapple with Myanmar issue
• Frightened Myanmar protesters stay away for anniversary


26 Sep 2008
• Foreign Minister George Yeo meets counterparts in New York


25 Sep 2008
• Blast injures three in Yangon


24 Sep 2008
• Myanmar opposition vows to continue fight for Aung San Suu Kyi
• Myanmar frees at least seven political prisoners


23 Sep 2008
• China dairy firm knew of toxic milk for months


21 Sep 2008
• One year after Myanmar protests, Suu Kyi faces junta alone


19 Sep 2008
• Death toll rises to four as China milk scandal escalates


17 Sep 2008
• Immigration actions against Myanmar nationals not due to political pressure
• China finds more brands of tainted baby milk
• Ailing Suu Kyi accepts food rations


16 Sep 2008
• Thaksin relative nominated for Thai PM job
• Thaksin's brother-in-law moves closer to Thai PM job
• New arrest warrant issued for Thaksin over Myanmar loan


10 Sep 2008
• Three injured in a bus explosion in Myanmar


09 Sep 2008
• Cyclone-hit village in Myanmar recovers with help from Tripartite Core Group


08 Sep 2008
• Gas crisis threatens to derail Bangladesh economic growth


07 Sep 2008
• Myanmar police chief denies Suu Kyi is on hunger strike


05 Sep 2008
• Aung San Suu Kyi refuses most food rations for three weeks
• Myanmar responded well to cyclone victims: WHO


04 Sep 2008
• Recovery efforts improving in Myanmar, says ASEAN Secretary General


03 Sep 2008
• Suu Kyi rejects meeting with military govt's liaison officer


01 Sep 2008
• Lawyer meets Aung San Suu Kyi, says she's thin but well


29 Aug 2008
• ASEAN chief says proposed ASEAN-EU free trade pact "challenging"


27 Aug 2008
• Football: Singapore avoid Thailand in AFF Suzuki Cup


26 Aug 2008
• ASEAN ministers pledge to ratify Japan trade accord
• Myanmar government denies Suu Kyi on hunger strike


24 Aug 2008
• Suu Kyi's party says UN Myanmar visit was a 'waste of time'
• ASEAN pursues free trade deals as global trade talks in limbo


23 Aug 2008
• UN envoy, shunned by the ruling military, extends Myanmar mission


22 Aug 2008
• Three dead in China-Myanmar border quakes


21 Aug 2008
• Activists want more space for public and outdoor demonstrations


20 Aug 2008
• UN envoy meets Suu Kyi's party, but fails to see her
• Singapore PM calls for speedy ratification of ASEAN Charter
• UN envoy set to meet Suu Kyi, says party
• Earthquake hits China-Myanmar border
• Thai climate experts warn of major storm in coming months


18 Aug 2008
• Suu Kyi meets lawyer on eve of UN envoy visit


16 Aug 2008
• UN envoy to visit Myanmar on five-day mission


14 Aug 2008
• UN says US$1.56m of cyclone aid lost in Myanmar forex rules


13 Aug 2008
• Myanmar arrests 385 drug traffickers in July


10 Aug 2008
• Mercy Relief upbeat S'poreans will continue to give generously


08 Aug 2008
• Right to stay not a matter of entitlement
• Hundreds march in Tokyo on 20th anniversary of Myanmar uprising
• ASEAN, India to sign free trade pact in December


07 Aug 2008
• ASEAN, India conclude FTA talks
• New citizens, PRs get involved in National Day celebrations
• US First Lady visits Myanmar refugees


06 Aug 2008
• Duo awarded for rescuing drowning woman at East Coast Park
• UNICEF urges more measures to prevent infant mortality


05 Aug 2008
• US president's visit to Thailand will likely focus on Myanmar


04 Aug 2008
• UN envoy meets Myanmar monks
• US President Bush to visit South Korea, Thailand and China in farewell tour


03 Aug 2008
• Myanmar aid scheme sows new fears among cyclone survivors


02 Aug 2008
• Myanmar's top comedian, sports writer in court


01 Aug 2008
• Bomb blasts in two Myanmar states


31 Jul 2008
• US says China has 'nothing to fear' from Internet


30 Jul 2008
• Thai court takes new case against Thaksin over Myanmar loan
• Bush signs sanctions against Myanmar into law


29 Jul 2008
• UN Myanmar aid lost US$10m due to exchange rate distortions


25 Jul 2008
• NGOs welcome exercises on disaster management
• Obama heads for France after major Berlin rally
• UN aid chief warns still much to be done in Myanmar
• US Congress renews Myanmar import ban legislation
• US tells Myanmar to cooperate with UN or face more pressure
• Obama draws crowd of 200,000 in Berlin


24 Jul 2008
• 41st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting draws to a close in Singapore
• ASEAN nations call for more coordinated disaster relief efforts
• Asia forges agreement towards joint disaster taskforce
• NKorea, Thai-Cambodia flare-up dominate Asian security talks
• Myanmar victims still struggling as emergency aid winds down
• US lawmakers consider Olympic message to China


23 Jul 2008
• ASEAN-US cooperation a key pillar in regional security architecture
• UN to halt aid airlifts to cyclone-swamped Myanmar
• Australia calls on Myanmar to hold free elections
• US Congress approves legislation to bar Myanmar gems
• Asia's disaster response in spotlight at security talks
• Australia pledges another US$29 million in Myanmar cyclone aid
• Millions in Myanmar cyclone aid still to be released


22 Jul 2008
• China says no Olympic terror link found in bus blasts
• UN humanitarian chief visits Myanmar cyclone zone
• UN chief hails ASEAN's role in Myanmar recovery plan


21 Jul 2008
• Panel working on ASEAN human rights body to submit report in Dec
• US$1b needed for post-cyclone relief efforts in Myanmar
• Singapore says ASEAN risks being sidelined if efforts towards deeper integration falter
• ASEAN foreign ministers to discuss ASEAN Charter and human rights body
• Myanmar ratifies ASEAN Charter
• Myanmar, Thai-Cambodia crisis dominate ASEAN talks
• Cambodian monks debate right to vote in election next week
• Rice heads to Middle East, Asia
• Border dispute, Myanmar, top ASEAN ministers' talks


20 Jul 2008
• George Yeo says Thailand, Cambodia make pledge on border row
• ASEAN talks overshadowed by Thai-Cambodia dispute
• Asian security talks to tackle NKorea, Myanmar


19 Jul 2008
• Suu Kyi banned from Myanmar Martyrs' day gathering
• ASEAN chief urges restraint amid Thai-Cambodian border tensions


18 Jul 2008
• George Yeo says Myanmar to ratify ASEAN Charter
• ASEAN ministers to tackle rising oil, food prices


17 Jul 2008
• Seven members have ratified ASEAN Charter, says George Yeo
• Vietnam to boost China highway links


16 Jul 2008
• Singapore welcomes Myanmar's invitation to UN envoy
• Uni students positive about ASEAN's global standing
• US lawmakers ease pressure on Chevron in Myanmar
• UN envoy planning Myanmar trip in mid-August


15 Jul 2008
• One killed, one injured in Myanmar bus blast
• US boosts military ties with Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia


13 Jul 2008
• Mosques hold "Blessings For All Day" to reach out to wider community
• Asia sets stage for disaster relief exercise with key powers


12 Jul 2008
• Arsenic risk high in Sumatra, Myanmar, Cambodia, according to study


11 Jul 2008
• UN appeals for more aid for Myanmar's cyclone victims


06 Jul 2008
• Bush heads to Japan for economic summit


05 Jul 2008
• Myanmar charges 14 Suu Kyi supporters for birthday demonstration
• Americans celebrate Independence Day amid political battles
• Bush, candidates wax patriotic on US Independence Day


03 Jul 2008
• UN, ASEAN teams gather information about post-cyclone Myanmar


02 Jul 2008
• Myanmar tightens security, puts public on alert after blast
• Cyclone takes toll on building boom in Myanmar capital


01 Jul 2008
• UN chief urges Japan to provide food aid to North Korea
• Small bomb explodes near Myanmar's main city
• UN chief pledged to press Myanmar on democracy


30 Jun 2008
• Myanmar residents slowly rebuilding their lives after cyclone
• China balks at US calls for Zimbabwe arms embargo


29 Jun 2008
• Rice meets children who lost homes in China quake


27 Jun 2008
• India's iconic former army chief dies
• G8 foreign ministers fire warning on Zimbabwe
• G8 wants Myanmar to improve its position on aid, democracy
• ASEAN secretary-general witnesses first hand damage wrought by Cyclone Nargis


26 Jun 2008
• S'pore hands over airport ground handling equipment to Myanmar
• Myanmar confirms detention of 14 Suu Kyi supporters
• US says China is not cracking down on firms violating UN sanctions
• US$15,000 for best idea to provide clean water in post-disaster areas


25 Jun 2008
• Thai energy firm signs major gas deal with Myanmar
• Clooney, Pitt launch Myanmar ad campaign


24 Jun 2008
• Myanmar cyclone toll tops 138,000 dead and missing


23 Jun 2008
• SKorea-led consortium strikes Myanmar gas deal with China
• India, Myanmar to sign investment pact


20 Jun 2008
• Aung San Suu Kyi in good health after cyclone, says party official
• UN denounces rape as "war crime"


18 Jun 2008
• New ASEAN emerging from response to Myanmar cyclone


16 Jun 2008
• S'pore-led team starts $3.5m liver cancer clinical trial
• Sports writer arrested after aiding Myanmar cyclone victims


13 Jun 2008
• Experts say ASEAN rights body should include all members
• Australian PM pledges cooperation with Indonesia president


12 Jun 2008
• ASEAN says team to have full access in Myanmar
• Panel on ASEAN human rights to get terms of reference ready by year end
• ASEAN aid teams in Myanmar to have full access to devastated areas


11 Jun 2008
• Myanmar minister denies post-cyclone rice shortage


09 Jun 2008
• Myanmar experience prompts talks of integrated relief efforts by S'pore


08 Jun 2008
• Myanmar denies evicting cyclone survivors from shelters
• UN-chartered helicopters arrive in Myanmar, military lashes foreign media over coverage


06 Jun 2008
• Nearly S$300,000 raised for Myanmar, China disaster victims
• Myanmar lashes foreign media over 'despicable' cyclone reports


05 Jun 2008
• Medical team returns after lending aid to Myanmar's cyclone victims
• ASEAN aid assessment team moves into Myanmar cyclone zone
• UN fears food shortages in Myanmar as paddies remain empty


04 Jun 2008
• Four US ships to leave Myanmar coast after snub
• Myanmar evicts cyclone victims from schools


03 Jun 2008
• Myanmar denies delays to cyclone aid, as relief effort lags
• ASEAN says 'rapid' response team starts work in Myanmar
• Myanmar charter 'washes away' Aung San Suu Kyi's victory


02 Jun 2008
• Asian Tour golfers raise over S$110,000 for relief efforts
• UN warns of 'urgent work' to help Myanmar cyclone victims
• Singapore volunteers tell of plight faced by Myanmar cyclone survivors


01 Jun 2008
• DBS Children's Charity Run raises S$140,000 for S'pore Children's Society
• Gates says more will die unless Myanmar government changes approach
• Cyclone aid drips in but Myanmar still wary of foreign help
• Myanmar says cyclone aid must have 'no strings attached'
• Myanmar cyclone raises risk of forced labour


31 May 2008
• Car wash fundraising drive at Turf Club carparks
• Gates says US interest in Asia Pacific remains strong
• South Korea calls for global disaster management system
• Myanmar urged to stop evicting cyclone victims
• Myanmar's delay on aid 'cost tens of thousands of lives'
• Myanmar lashes foreign aid, says survivors can eat frogs


30 May 2008
• UN flash appeal for Cyclone Nargis victims is 63% funded
• Myanmar lashes foreign aid, says survivors can eat frogs
• Annual Asia Security Summit opens in Singapore
• Myanmar enacts new charter as aid trickles to cyclone victims


29 May 2008
• Myanmar enacts new constitution
• Aid workers head to Myanmar delta as more visas granted


28 May 2008
• Myanmar says volunteers free to enter cyclone-hit delta
• S'pore Red Cross and Myanmar-based company to deploy aid to cyclone victims
• Donors say Aung San Suu Kyi detention won't affect Myanmar aid
• UN welcomes Myanmar's decision to allow more international aid
• Foreign aid workers enter Myanmar's cyclone-hit delta


27 May 2008
• S'pore disappointed with extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's detention
• UN officials cautiously optimistic about aid situation in Myanmar
• Important to gain trust of Myanmar govt in facilitating aid flow
• Myanmar officials say Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest extended
• ASEAN team to assess needs of cyclone-hit Myanmar
• Myanmar tightens security around Suu Kyi's home, party's offices
• Aid groups ready to test Myanmar on access to cyclone victims


26 May 2008
• S’pore offers to deploy Chinooks to aid disaster relief efforts in Myanmar
• No evidence of S'pore involvement in weapons export to Myanmar
• Fire destroys part of Myanmar embassy in Thailand
• Myanmar declares victory for military-backed constitution
• Fire at Myanmar embassy in Thailand
• Myanmar aid effort stalls as French ship turns back
• World tells Myanmar to focus on saving lives
• International aid conference pledges US$50m for Myanmar cyclone victims


25 May 2008
• Shoppers raise S$11,400 at MediaCorp's charity bazaar
• SSA donates more than S$195,000 to aid China, Myanmar relief efforts
• Singapore's problems cannot be solved by subsidies
• UN chief tells Myanmar to focus on saving lives
• World looks to Japan's rice mountain to ease crisis
• Ban arrives in Myanmar for cyclone aid meeting
• President Ramos-Horta says Timor Leste won't be ASEAN 'basket case'
• Minister Yeo in Yangon for cyclone aid pledging conference


24 May 2008
• After deal, aid groups wait for access to Myanmar
• Singapore churches donate to disaster relief efforts
• Myanmar votes across cyclone zone
• Groups cautious on Myanmar aid announcement
• UN's Ban gets Myanmar to accept foreign aid


23 May 2008
• Parliament to address issue of school bus safety on Monday
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi votes on proposed charter
• UN chief says Myanmar agrees to allow 'all aid workers'
• UN's Ban leaves for Myanmar capital to meet junta chief
• Rwandan president urges investors to look at Africa's successes
• UN head tours Myanmar disaster area
• Myanmar allows in first US government relief expert
• Thai PM Samak pledges rice sales in Philippines visit
• UN secretary-general to work powers of persuasion in Myanmar


22 May 2008
• UN chief Ban meets Myanmar prime minister
• MOH deploys two medical teams to Myanmar in aid of relief effort
• UN chief arrives in cyclone-hit Myanmar
• Chevron executive grilled in US Congress over Myanmar venture
• UN chief says he will meet Myanmar's military leader
• Another woman saved as China plans billions for relief


21 May 2008
• UN's Ban to try to convince Myanmar on aid
• UN chief to convince Myanmar on aid
• Ban leaves for Myanmar, calls situation there 'critical'
• US questions relevance of funding conference for Myanmar
• Myanmar mourns cyclone victims as UN chief heads to the scene


20 May 2008
• Singapore medical teams expected to leave for Myanmar this week
• UN secretary-general leaves for Myanmar
• ASEAN, UN call on international community to help victims of Cyclone Nargis
• No World Bank aid for Myanmar for now
• Complaints of corruption amid prayers for Myanmar's cyclone dead
• Myanmar begins three days of mourning
• ASEAN to lead Myanmar cyclone relief effort
• Myanmar agrees to aid effort led by ASEAN


19 May 2008
• Fundraising meet set for cyclone-scarred Myanmar
• Mercy Relief delivers first batch of relief supplies to quake-hit areas
• Myanmar declares three days of mourning for cyclone victims
• Exhibition of Buddhist relics held at Singapore Flyer
• Myanmar agrees to ASEAN-led cyclone aid effort
• UN's disaster chief visits Myanmar disaster zone
• Thailand says ASEAN chief could visit Myanmar
• ASEAN meets in Singapore on Myanmar disaster
• UN says Ban Ki-moon will visit Myanmar this week


18 May 2008
• Myanmar children 'could starve within weeks'
• Photographers raise funds for Myanmar cyclone victims
• Sembawang GRC health fair focuses on women's issues
• Bush renews sanctions on Myanmar, says no effect on storm aid


17 May 2008
• Myanmar takes diplomats to tour disaster zone
• SRC to send 260,000 rice sticks to China quake victims
• Countries must accept autonomy of Myanmar, China when extending helping hand
• World turns up heat on Myanmar
• Suu Kyi's party rejects Myanmar vote result
• US lawmakers ask Bush to consider Myanmar 'intervention'
• More than 100 doctors head to Myanmar on Saturday, says EU official
• Myanmar won't budge on foreign relief, says EU envoy
• Myanmar says more than 133,000 dead, missing in cyclone


16 May 2008
• S$700,000 worth of relief items sent to Myanmar by Red Cross
• Thailand assures S'pore that rice supply can meet global demand
• Water purification powder to be sent to Myanmar this weekend
• UN humanitarian chief awaits visa for Myanmar mission
• UN calls meeting as Myanmar stalls on cyclone aid
• Mercy Relief to begin fund-raising for China quake victims


15 May 2008
• Ngee Ann Poly to raise S$14,000 in aid of Cyclone Nargis victims
• Myanmar says constitution approved by 92.4%
• Fresh cyclone unlikely to hit Myanmar, says US aid agency
• ASEAN to lead 'coalition of mercy' into cyclone-hit Myanmar
• When charity becomes a weighty hazard
• UN chief sends humanitarian chief to Myanmar to press rulers
• Thailand's PM says Myanmar junta rejects outside help


14 May 2008
• Organisations continue with relief efforts for Myanmar
• All ASEAN foreign ministers to meet and discuss help for Myanmar
• Pressure on Myanmar to open up to cyclone aid
• Myanmar tightens access to cyclone zone, say aid groups
• HK mounts biggest-ever aid effort for China quake
• UN says another cyclone could be forming over Myanmar
• UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar


13 May 2008
• Typhoon downgraded as it passes by Japan
• Mercy Relief's aid workers waiting for visas to travel to Myanmar
• Myanmar remains defiant on relief workers
• Bush, UN chief frustrated at Myanmar's response to cyclone
• ASEAN foreign ministers to hold crisis meeting on Myanmar
• Singapore Red Cross to send liaison team to Myanmar on Tuesday


12 May 2008
• US readies US$13m aid for Myanmar
• FAO says 2008 rice output to climb in Asia, Africa, Latin America
• US aid flight arrives, but UN says Myanmar too slow
• Strong typhoon heads to Japan
• US aid flight heads for cyclone-hit Myanmar
• US aid flight takes off for Myanmar
• Myanmar says parts of country still cut off
• EU to hold emergency Myanmar meeting
• Myanmar nationals start petition for immediate aid to cyclone survivors


11 May 2008
• 'Drip-feed' of aid but Myanmar still desperate
• Myanmar raises cyclone death toll to over 28,450
• Red Cross says cyclone aid boat sinks in Myanmar
• Myanmar community donate cash, hold special prayers for cyclone victims
• Aid falls far short of Myanmar's urgent needs, say relief groups
• Myanmar says 'massive turnout' in referendum
• Australia increases Myanmar aid to US$23.5m
• Aid groups hit out at Myanmar over delays
• WFP says Myanmar military has released aid supplies
• Myanmar holds vote despite cyclone devastation


10 May 2008
• UN says million cyclone survivors still without aid
• Finance Minister says price of rice to rise in aftermath of Cyclone Nargis
• Various organisations raise over S$476,000 for cyclone victims
• US official says diplomacy is the only way to allow aid in the country
• Myanmar junta holds vote, as aid fails to reach cyclone victims
• Voting begins in Myanmar referendum, despite cyclone
• Elderly aches that hide deeper pain?
• UN launches Myanmar aid appeal and tells junta to open up


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09 May 2008
• World Food Programme to resume aid flights to Myanmar
• Myanmar says it will accept US cyclone aid