BNI Photos - January - July 2012

BNI Photos - January - July 2012

{rokbox album=|Jul| title=|Vice president Sai Mauk Kham at the Martyrs Mausoleum|}images/2012/photosnews/2012071902.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Jul| title=|Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi prays in honour of her late father, independence hero Gen. Aung San, during a ceremony to mark the country's 65th anniversary of Martyrs Day at the Martyrs Mausoleum in Rangoon on Friday, July 19, 2012. The memorial is a tribute to Aung San and several other independence leaders who were killed on July 19, 1947. Photo: AFP|}images/2012/photosnews/2012071901.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Jul| title=|Is Burma education system need to reform? Will technical department and other departments can impart quality education to students? |}images/2012/photosnews/2012071601.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Jul| title=|Many pigs are being transported to Mizoram state, India from Burma everyday.|}images/2012/photosnews/2012070901.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|A stubborn coal fire at the International Thilawa Port about 16 kilometres from Rangoon was still ablaze at midnight on Monday. Photo: Mizzima|}images/2012/photosnews/2012032701.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung was released under an amnesty issued by Burma’s president, U Sein Thein, on March 19th and he arrived in the Thai border town of Mae Sot on March 24. Photo: KIC|}images/2012/photosnews/2012032601.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung was released under an amnesty issued by Burma’s president, U Sein Thein, on March 19th and he arrived in the Thai border town of Mae Sot on March 24. Photo: KIC|}images/2012/photosnews/2012032602.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|Soe Myint, the founder of Mizzima, delivers his paper at the 'Conference on Media Development in Myanmar' in Rangoon on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The conference, which included domestic and international experts on the media, was designed by the government to offer suggestions on how Burma can create a more free media environment and develop its professional capacities. Mizzima has opened an office in Rangoon to better report from inside Burma. Photo: Mizzima|}images/2012/photosnews/2012032101.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|Global Forum for Media Development director Bettina Peter, Information and Culture Minister Kyaw Hsan and deputy director of UNESCO (Bangkok) Etienne Clement at the 'Conference on Media Development in Myanmar' in Rangoon on Monday, March 19, 2012. Photo: Mizzima/ Lynn Bo Bo|}images/2012/photosnews/2012031901.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|Local youths in Kyaukpru in southeastern Arakan State have launched a peaceful campaign on Thursday demanding rights and benefits from the Shwe Gas Project in their area.Photo: Narinjara|}images/2012/photosnews/2012030801.jpg{/rokbox}{rokbox album=|Mar| title=|Striking workers at the Tai Yi footwear factory in the Hlaingthaya Industrial Zone in Rangoon on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. The strike started on February 6. Photo: Mizzima |}images/2012/photosnews/2012030101.jpg{/rokbox}

February

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January

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