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Topic: Irrawaddy Division

	BASSEIN - LoveToKnow Article on BASSEIN
		, a district and town in the Irrawaddy division of Lower Burma, in the delta of the Irrawaddy.
		The principal river of the district is the Irrawaddy, which debouches on the sea at its eastern extremity through a delta intersected with salt water creeks, among which the Pyamalaw, Pyinzalu, Kyunt6n, and Ngawun Shagegyi or Bassein river rank as important arms of the sea.
		The delta of the Irrawaddy forms, wherever cultivable, a vast sheet of rice, with cotton, sesamum, and tobacco as subsidiary crops.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BASSEIN.htm (151 words)

	HENZADA - LoveToKnow Article on HENZADA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It stretches from north to south in one vast plain, forming the valley of the Irrawaddy, and is divided by that river into two nearly equal portions.
		Numerous torrents pour down from the two boundary ranges, and unite in the plains to form large streams, which fall into the chief streams of the district, which are the Irrawaddy, Hlaing and Bassein, all of them branches of the Irrawaddy.
		Meanwhile/in Tharawaddy, or the country east of the Irrawaddy, and in the south of Henzada, much disorder was caused by a revolt, the leaders of which were, however, defeated by the British and their gangs dispersed.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HENZADA.htm (349 words)

	SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
		This prison is located in Irrawaddy division in lower Burma.
		Irrawaddy division [Lower Burma] 140 miles to Rangoon.
		Irrawaddy division [Lower Burma] 60 miles to Rangoon.
	www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/prison-burma01.html (1326 words)

	1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Whilst the advance of 33 Corps to the Irrawaddy is attracting the Japanese attention, 4 Corps is moving southward tot he west of the Chindwin with the intention of crossing the Irrawaddy near Meiktila.
		In the 33 Corps sector on the mainland, Monywa on the Chindwin, is taken by the 20th Indian Division.
		Inland, in the advance of 4 Corps to the Irrawaddy, Pauk is taken by the 7th Indian Division.
	www.burmastar.org.uk /1945.htm (2110 words)

	Sikhs in British Armed Forces: Gateway to Sikhism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It was decided that the XXXIII Corps should drive straight for the Irrawaddy from Kalewa, while the IV Corps, now under General Messervy, moved down the Gangaw valley with the object of crossing the river farther south behind the Japanese main forces at Mandalay.
		The 7th Division formed part of the IV Corps and was to move on Pakokku, on the Irrawaddy.
		Myitche was situated on the Irrawaddy, so the Battalion had the distinction of being the first troops to reach the river south of Mandalay.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /warriors/sww_burma_1945.htm (9737 words)

	1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Chinese 55th Division retreating from Mauchi is effectively destroyed by the Japanese 56th Division.
		The Allied forces in the Sittang and Irrawaddy Valleys are forced to retreat because the Japanese 56th Division has forged on from Taunggyi towards Lashio, threatening the left flank of the Allied Armies.
		Orders are given to the 14th Indian Division, advancing slowly into the Arakan, to reach a line between Rathedaung and Buthidaung, by the start of December in preparation for further operations towards Akyab.
	www.burmastar.org.uk /1942.htm (1496 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma
		Two fishing boats from Kantame Village, Dedaye Township in the delta region of Irrawaddy are still missing after the tsunamis hit coast along Burma on 26 December.
		These boats have been fishing on the sea, between the offshore locations between Irrawaddy Division and Tenesserim Division, and it is not known exactly in which area the fishing boats went missing.
		The elected representative (MP) of Depaye, Dr. Myo Nyunt told DVB that as the Burmese marine authorities have been unable to provide useful information and rescue efforts with coastguards, the remaining relatives of the fishermen are still waiting for the news from their loved ones.
	english.dvb.no /news.php?id=3854 (495 words)

	Chapter 17. Rock. History of the AFS, 1920-1955. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		On completion of their assignment with 5th Division, 10 jeeps were transferred to the newly returned 4 Corps: 6 to 9 LFA of 268 Brigade and 4 to 19th Division.
		The main 7th Division crossing of the Irrawaddy was scheduled for February at Nyaungu and was to be synchronized with feint crossings to the north at Pakokku by a brigade of the division and south at Chauk by 28 East African Brigade.
		Although 19th Division met with the greatest enemy opposition of the period, conditions on both corps' fronts, as well as the work AFS was called on to perform, were in general the same.
	www.ku.edu /carrie/specoll/AFS/library/Rock/R20.html (22937 words)

	Karen Prisoners Hope Ceasefire Leads to Freedom
		He said many Karen are confined to prisons in Irrawaddy Division and getting information on their well-being is difficult, a fact corroborated by the absence of information about KNU prisoners in Irrawaddy Division prisons available from AAPP.
		Irrawaddy Division is home to many ethnic Karen people.
		Wai Moe, who was also detained in Myingyan Prison, said all of them were arrested after the KNU’s failed military campaign in Bokalay, Irrawaddy Division, in 1991.
	www.karen.org /news/wwwboard/messages/2481.html (714 words)

	The Burma Campaign UK: Tsunami - Did Burma escape the consequences? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Their account of death toll in Burma was mostly from Irrawaddy region where access to the area is a lot easier than other regions such as southern Burma and Arakan state.
		Dr Tin Min Htut, the local opposition leader from Pantanaw Township in Irrawaddy division told DVB that the disaster struck during the high fishing season for local villagers meaning many fishermen could be killed by the tsunamis.
		The junta said that the Irrawaddy Division is the hardest-hit.
	www.burmacampaign.org.uk /pm/more.php?id=149_0_1_0_M (2426 words)

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	tsunami - Burma. - VeggieBoards - Vegetarian and Vegan Message Board, Recipes
		They have, however, reported casualties and destruction in Tenasserim (Tanintharyi) Division, Rangoon (Yangon) Division, Pegu (Bago) Division, Irrawaddy (Ayerwaddy) division, Arakan (Rakhine) State, and in southern Shan State, mostly along the coats line, and caused by the earthquake as well as by the tidal waves.
		The worse affected regions are reported to be Tenasserim Division bordering Thailand in Eastern Burma and Irrawaddy Division as well as Arakan State in Western Burma.
		Population density: Irrawaddy Division is densely populated, with about 5,61 million inhabitants and a density of 169 people per sq.km., as compared to 1,07 million inhabitants and 25 people per sq.km in Tenasserim.
	www.veggieboards.com /boards/showthread.php?t=30280 (4612 words)

	News Alert Archives - The Irrawaddy News Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		October 10, 2001— The junta released five political prisoners yesterday in what they are calling a "goodwill gesture" to mark the beginning of a two week visit to Rangoon by a UN team sent to investigate political and civil rights in Burma.
		The prisoners were all National League for Democracy (NLD) members as well as elected Members of Parliament (MP).
		The political prisoners freed yesterday are Tun Win, Min Don Constituency, Magwe Division, Kyi Lwin, Ngaphe Constituency, Magwe Division, Min Swe, Pyapon Constituency Two, Irrawaddy Division, Kyi Myint, Latha Constituency, Rangoon Division and Dr. Myo Nynt, Dedaye Constituency One, Irrawaddy Division.
	www.irrawaddy.org /news/2001/oct-10.html (211 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma
		Dr Tin Min Htut, the elected representative from Pantanaw Township in Irrawaddy Division, said the disaster struck while it is the high fishing season for local villagers.
		An official from the Marine Administration Department in charge of offshore fishing in the area admitted that the missing boats were registered at his department but insisted that no report on the loss or damage has been received.
		Although responsible officials are denying the truth, Rangoon-based International Federation of the Red Cross, IFRC, reported 47 dead and 76 fishing boats missing in Irrawaddy Division alone due to the quake and subsequent tsunamis.
	english.dvb.no /news.php?id=3811 (306 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma
		Feb 22, 2005 (DVB) - 12 National League for Democracy (NLD) members from Bogale Township in the delta region of Irrawaddy Division, who had been detained and tried for trying to celebrate the Burmese National Day, were released by a court in nearby Pyapon on 22 February.
		Pyapon Township court postponed the sentencing three times, and the accused were released after they were found not guilty of Act 3/90 with which they were charged.
		Irrawaddy Division NLD chairman U Hla Pe told DVB that the NLD members are innocent all along and they were deliberately trapped and arrested by the township authorities, causing them and their family members many kinds of problems.
	www.dvb.no /english/news.php?id=4106 (235 words)

	Highlights of Myanmar - Ayeyawady (Irrawaddy) Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Pathein - situated in the Ayeyawadd y Delta about 190 km west of Yangon is the capital of the Ayeyarwaddy Division and the port of Pathein is noted for the taste of its speciality Pathein Halawar.
		It is also located just 29 miles from Pathein in the Ayeyawaddy Division.
		Chaung-tha beach is located 40 km to the west of Pathein (Bassein) in Ayeyawaddy Division, is the jump-off point for the Southern beach resort.
	www.myanmartourex.com /ayeyawady.html (314 words)

	Moken Tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It was swept away, all huts were destroyed and 17 people were killed in our village, mostly young children," fishing contractor Ko Myo Tun, 37, told AFP in one of the first personal accounts of the disaster reported in the secretive country.
		In the first assessment of the damage in Burma, a team from the World Food Program and UNICEF found that in the Irrawaddy Division, near the capital, Rangoon, "only two of 26 townships suffered serious damages," and that 10,000 people were in need of immediate food aid.
		The Irrawaddy Division was probably not hit as hard as southern Burma, experts said.
	moken.atspace.org /report8.html (1998 words)

	Burma News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Democratic Voice of Burma,:...for Democracy (NLD) members from Danubyu Township, Irrawaddy Division, who were arrested and detained in November, had been released by Burmaâs military junta...
		Democratic Voice of Burma,: 14 National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders and members from Bogale Township, Irrawaddy Division in the delta region of Burma, who were arrested on 6...
		The Irrawaddy News Magazine,: India and neighboring Burma may launch a joint offensive against rebels who are fighting in India âs northeast and have bases hidden just over the border in...
	www.4newz.net /nov2004/Burma.html (2178 words)

	Ashin Sakkinda
		Ashin Sakkinda was born in Yekansu Village, Butalin Township, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma) on the 8th of February 1955.
		He received the higher ordination as a bhikkhu on the 3rd of July 1975 at the Mogoke Khanda Sima of Amrpura Mahagandhayone Monastery under the preceptorship of Aggamahapandita Sayadaw Ashin Janakabhivamsa.
		His supporters of the four requisites were U Thein Maung and Daw Ohn of Mawlamyaingkyun, Irrawaddy Division.
	www.mahasiusa.org /sakkinda.html (343 words)

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		Reports indicate that the wave force reaching the coast of Myanmar (and including some 60 km of the Thai coast) was already substantially reduced in comparison with neighbouring countries, and the particular topography of the southern and delta coastlines, as well as the rocky nature of the islands, provided physical protection for the population.
		The most affected areas were the Arakan State, the Irrawaddy Division and the southern coast including the most populated islands of the Myeik archipelago and the islands off Kawthaung around Lampi Island.
		UNICEF is procuring clean water supplies, water and sanitation teams have been dispatched to Tenasserim Division, Irrawaddy Division and Arakan State.
	tsunami.jrc.it /CountryReports/couRep.asp?country=Myanmar (299 words)

	Taxes -- Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Irrawaddy News Magazine,: In a statement released May 31, IFJ president Christopher Warren welcomed the development saying that âfor the citizens of Burma, living under a repressive...
		The Irrawaddy News Magazine,: The trade group, known as BIMSTEC, was launched by Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Burma, Sri Lanka and Thailand in 1997.
		The Irrawaddy News Magazine,: Burmese dissidents and activists are fearful of a new crackdown by the junta on people in Burma with connections to opposition groups in the outside world.
	bluegrouper.com /feb2004/Taxes/Burma.html (2781 words)

	National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Kyaw Min, NLD, Bassein West (2), Irrawaddy Division, died on 1 July 1999.
		Hla Pe, exiled NLD, Pyaw Bwe (2),, Mandalay Division, was assassinated outside Bangkok, Thailand, on 16 June 1993.
		U Aung Kyin (NLD MP of Myangmya constituency- 1, Irrawaddy) also was arrested on 16 August 2004 by the local authority in Myaungmya.
	www.ncgub.net /campaign/MPs_in_Detention.htm (511 words)

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		A total of 17 youths were arrested and one of them - Ko Tun Zaw Zaw, leader of the Rangoon Division NLD Youth - was released at the beginning of last month November.
		Bo Mya, who in a recent interview with The Irrawaddy called Khin Nyunt "a good liar," said the KNU is now trying to work out if it can believe him or not.
		He emphasized that the visit is designed to explore what the regime is doing and find out if its road map agenda is genuine, but not to discuss other political issues with the military leaders.
	www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/2003/20031204.txt (3985 words)

	Burma (03/03)
		It is during this period that Theravada Buddhism first made its appearance in Burma, and the Pagan kings built a massive city with thousands of pagodas and monasteries along the Irrawaddy River.
		Constitutional disputes and persistent division among political and social groups contributed to the democratic government's weak hold on power.
		The Union of Burma (or Myanmar as it is called by the ruling junta) consists of 14 states and divisions.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/b/27290.htm (3189 words)

	Daily News
		The Rangoon Division NLD has issued a directive last week to township NLD parties whose offices were closed and signboards pulled down.
		According to the directive, the township NLD members are to present a report to the Rangoon Division NLD citing where the office is located, the structure of the office, and arrangements to reorganize the township executive committee.
		In a sign that the regime may not meet Suu Kyi’s demand for a release of political prisoners, Min Swe, an NLD MP from Pyapon, Irrawaddy Division, was given a 10-year prison sentence in late January.
	www.rebound88.net /01/mar/14.html (2250 words)

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		Agence France Presse August 26, 2003 Myanmar's new prime minister to be junta's fall guy: analysts By Sarah Stewart A political reshuffle in Myanmar, where a moderate general has been installed as prime minister, is a bid to shift blame over the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and serious economic woes, analysts said Tuesday.
		The only tools at his disposal to carry out the herculean tasks of breaking the political deadlock and putting the economy on its feet would be the cabinet, a toothless institution which defers policy decisions to the military.
		Military analysts in Rangoon told The Irrawaddy there was a lot of talk among top leaders before reaching final decisions on the reallocation of portfolios.
	www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/2003/20030826.txt (6732 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma
		Maw-Tin-Soun Pagoda in Bassein (Pathein), capital of Irrawaddy Division collapsed as a result of earthquake.
		College building in Ma-Ubin, also in Irrawaddy Division, was also hit by the earthquake.
		Serious damages happened to the residents of Coco Island, 270 miles southwest of Rangoon and located in the India Ocean, as tidal waves run over the island.
	www.dvb.no /english/news.php?id=3776 (167 words)

	SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
		Kyaw Min, NLD MP, Bassein West 2, Irrawaddy Division, died on 1 July 1999.
		Win Ko, exiled NLD MP, Ye Oo 2, Sagaing Division, was assassinated in Kumming, China, on 1 November 1992.
		Hla Pe, exiled NLD MP, Pyaw Bwe 2, Mandalay Division, was assassinated outside Bangkok, Thailand, on 16 June 1993.
	www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/prison-burma02.html (303 words)

	Junta Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		He was born in Kyaukse, Mandalay Division, and is a graduate of Kyaukse Government High School.
		In 1988 he was a Lieut-Gen and a Central Executive Committee member of the Burmese Socialist Programme Party and held the posts of Chair, Irrawaddy Division BSPP and Deputy Defense Minister.
		After SLORC took-over, he became Vice-Chair and in 1990 became the Commander-in-Chief of the Army with the rank of full General.
	users.senet.com.au /~kaung/Biograpgyjunta.htm (2552 words)

	USCB : News / Press Releases : August 2004 News
		Applause for the EU from Burmese Democracy Activists (Irrawaddy)
		The first Sagaing Division Organizing Committee meeting held
		Irrawaddy Division NLD leaders meet in Rangoon (DVB)
	www.uscampaignforburma.org /news-press/news0804.html (232 words)

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