Maungdaw, Arakan State: Local people from Myoma Kayoungdan (Sekda para) village blocked traffic police personnel while they tried to extort and harass a religious leader who raiding a motorbike on February 25, said a teacher from Maungdaw.
Kaladan News Maungdaw, Arakan State: No Rohingya businessmen are selected as a central executive committee (CEC) in Maungdaw trade association in its annual meeting which held on February 26, said a Rohingya businessman from Maungdaw.
Asean economic ministers and Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan pose for a photo at the 18th informal meeting. (Photo: MNA) Economy ministers from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) were greeted by Burma's President Thein Sein as they met for talks in Naypyidaw on Sunday as the regional bloc focuses on becoming an economic community by 2015.
By Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian PHUKET: The 100 or so Rohingya men and boys who washed up on a Phuket beach this morning reached out for food and water, delivered by Phuket police and some generous Phuket women. It was clear they were thirsty and hungry after 12 days at sea, packed tight in a pathetically small open boat.