Within Burma, the Karen people live spread across from Irrawaddy, Pegu and Rangoon, down to the Tenasserim Divisions. |
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Civil war erupted, with challenges to central government by the Karens of the Irrawaddy Delta and the Chin, Kayah, and Kachin hill tribes. |
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The European Commission continues to provide substantial financial support for the medium-term recovery of the Irrawaddy Delta. |
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Reaching people in the Irrawaddy Delta was equally challenging as roads and bridges were destroyed, and vast areas of land were under water. |
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In 1994 and 2002, a total of 16 Irrawaddy dolphins were captured in Cambodia for export to Thailand or to stock local displays. |
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In other words, the present humanitarian disaster is set to be compounded in the medium term by a food production crisis in the Irrawaddy Delta. |
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The next stage will be to look at the deltas of the Irrawaddy, Salween and Mekong, and see how long they, too, have actually been around. |
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The Irrawaddy Delta is Burma's largest rice-producing region and plays a key role in food production. |
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Other factors, such as pollution, may be responsible for the deaths of young Irrawaddy dolphins. |
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The Burmans, the dominant ethnic group, inhabit the Irrawaddy River Basin. |
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Some of the Foundation's projects are located in the affected Irrawaddy delta. |
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Ama is a sub-township in Phyar Pone district located in the southeast Irrawaddy delta between Yangon and the Yadana platform. |
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For example, we are now leaning in favour of the proposal to outlaw commercial trade in the Irrawaddy dolphin. |
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In the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin, I recognise that the proposal has some merit. |
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It has been estimated that 1 million people in the Irrawaddy Delta are in need of food aid. |
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However while Collins was on board a boat on the Irrawaddy River, which runs through Burma, she decided to do some pilates on deck. |
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Bangladesh has one of the largest population of Irrawaddy dolphins and Ganges dolphins. |
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A 2009 census found 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins inhabiting the littoral rivers of Bangladesh. |
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During January and February 1945, XXXIII Corps seized crossings over the Irrawaddy River near Mandalay. |
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On Election Day, I rode the ferry across the brown waters of the Irrawaddy and then took a rattletrap taxi to the river-delta township of Kawhmu, to watch Suu Kyi visit polling booths in her district. |
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On the northern wing of the Burma front, a three-pronged drive by NCAC forces southward from Myitkyina to the Irrawaddy River had been planned by Stilwell. |
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The aid groups are using Mr Pun's boats and warehouses to channel food, shelter and medicine to stricken communities in the Irrawaddy delta, where at least 2.4m people are estimated to need help. |
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A giant dam is being built near the source of Myanmar's mightiest river, the Irrawaddy, to the dismay of local residents and Kachin nationalists, who may have been behind the deadly bombings in April. |
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Médecins du Monde has just received autorisation to work in the Irrawaddy Delta region, the major rice producing area where there has been considerable damage. |
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The storm hit the Irrawaddy Delta region on Saturday morning 3 May and the death toll is now at 22,000 with parts of the country still cut off and 40,000 people missing. |
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Winds of up to 200 kph swept through Yangon and the Irrawaddy Delta region causing severe damage and a substantial loss to livelihoods and infrastructure for millions of people. |
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Oasis Dream and Jimmy Fortune tracked Irrawaddy in the early stages, as Elusive City pulled hard in behind. |
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The Bahamian Riviera, the Faroe Islands and the Mekong and Irrawaddy rivers in Southeast Asia round out the top 10 list. |
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Officials said the oil spill is threatening various species including rare Irrawaddy dolphins. |
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A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province killed at least 381 people and injured more than 1,800, The Irrawaddy reported. |
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Although the Japanese retreat over the Irrawaddy forced the Allies to completely change their plans, such was the Allies' material superiority that this was done. |
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Bagan sits almost right in the middle of the countrys plains, three quarters of the way along the Yangon-Mandalay highway, East of the bend in the Irrawaddy River. |
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