Hundreds attend Mahn Shah funeral

Irrawaddy – Violet Cho : Hundreds of mourners, including Karen and members of Burma’s other ethnic groups, attended the funeral on Monday of Mahn Sha, the leader of the country’s largest ethnic resistance organization. The funeral was held near the Thai-Burmese border town of Mae Sot.

Myanmar, Russia celebrate 60th anniversary of diplomatic establishment

Xinhua : Top leaders of Myanmar and Russia Monday exchanged messages of felicitation on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, appraising the friendship and cooperation of the two nations over the past six decades, according to the official newspaper New Ligth of Myanmar.

Banned ‘Rambo’ a hot commodity in Myanmar

(AFP) - Hla Hla Htay : YANGON (AFP) – Police in military-run Myanmar have banned DVD vendors from selling the new “Rambo” film about a Vietnam war veteran fighting the junta’s soldiers, but that hasn’t stopped people from trying to buy it.