Photo News - September 2011

After their third meeting under the new government led by President Thein Sein, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and government representative Labour Minister Aung Kyi spoke with the press on Friday September 30, 2011. Their talks included the Burmese government's planned amnesty, protecting the Irrawaddy River, peace talks with ethnic armed groups and stability and law and order in the country. Photo: Mizzima

U Nay Min Da and Ashin Issariya, right, speak to a large crowd gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 'Saffron Revolution' on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

A candlelight march in Chiang Mai, Thailand, was held on Tuesday, September 27, 2011, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 'Saffron Revolution' in Burma. Photo: Mizzima

Protestors say 'loving kindness' prayers on the platform near the Meteorology and Hydrology Department on Kabaraye Pagoda Road in Rangoon on Monday, September 26, 2011, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 'Saffron Revolution.' The protesters were stopped and dispersed by police as they attempted to go to Sule Pagoda. Photo: Mizzima

Security police photograph protesters as they chant 'loving kindness' prayers in Rangoon on Monday, September 26, 2011. The protesters were   prevented from walking to Shule Pagoda and dispersed. Photo: Mizzima

A Rangoon police official and a protestor talk. The authorities stopped  three buses carrying the protesters from North Okkalapa Township. They planned to mark the fourth anniversary of the 'Saffron Revolution' at Sule Pagoda. The protestors tried to march to the pagoda but police forbade them, saying that a gathering of more than five people was against the law. The crowd dispersed peacefully. Photo: Mizzima

Aung San Suu Kyi studies a picture at 'The Sketch Of A River-The Ayeyarwady' art exhibition in Rangoon on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

Aung San Suu Kyi is surrounded by viewers and the media at 'The Sketch of a River' art exhibition in Rangoon on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Photo Mizzima

Aung San Suu Kyi signs the art exhibition book for 'The Sketch of A River' exhibition in Rangoon on Thursday, September 22, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

Aung San Suu Kyi poses for pictures in front of art work about the possible negative impacts on the Irrawaddy River, if the Myitsone Dam is completed. The exhibition, 'The Sketch of a River,' will run through Saturday. Photo: Mizzima

Seven shops were damaged in a fire caused by a burning candle in Thanlyin in Rangoon Region on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

Police guards were posted near the Chinese embassy in Dagon Township in Rangoon at around noon on Monday, September 19, 2011. Rumors circulated that the embassy would be the site of demonstrations by environmental activists. Photo: Mizzima

National League for Democracy central executive committee member Win Tin, left, poet Ant Maung, lawyer Aung Thein and Ko Gyi (The Mirror) at a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of veteran politician Thakhin Ohn Myint, held  in Yankin Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, September 17, 2011. Thakhin Ohn Myint, who died at age 93, was detained in the Coco Islands in 1958 for his political activities. He was also imprisoned in 1989 for three years and in 1998 for seven years. Photo: Mizzima

NLD chairman Aung Shwe and Vice Chairman Tin Oo attend a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of veteran politician Thakhin Ohn Myint in Yankin Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, September 17, 2011. Thakhin Ohn Myint, who died at age 93, joined Dobama (Our Burma) Association in 1933 and carried out political activities his entire life. Photo: Mizzima

Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the office of the National League for Democracy in Rangoon at a ceremony to mark International Democracy Day on Thursday, September 15, 2011. Suu Kyi said Burma is in a process of political change. The Burmese government will hold a ceremony in  Parliament to mark the occasion. Photo: Mizzima

Aung San Suu Kyi and senior leaders of the  National League for Democracy opposition party at a ceremony in Rangoon to mark International Democracy Day on Thursday, September 15, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

The Myanmar Football Federation chairman Zaw Zaw greets opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi who joined him to watch a football match between Myanmar and Laos in the AFF under-19 championship at Thuwunna Stadium in Rangoon on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Zaw Zaw is on a list of sanctioned individuals by the U.S. government for his association with the former military junta. Photo: Mizzima

Officials of the Myanmar Football Federation welcome the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi who joined them to watch a football match between Myanmar and Laos in the AFF U-19 championship at Thuwunna Stadium in Rangoon on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

US special envoy to Burma Derek Mitchell meets with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Monday, September 12, 2011 at her house. They met to discuss US-Burma related policies and issues. Photo: Mizzima

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her house after meeting with US special envoy to Burma Derek Mitchell on Monday, September 12, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

A main street in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand, turned into a flowing stream of water after heavy rain in the area on Monday, September 12, 2011. Photo: Albert Guzman

A policeman watches cars trying to drive on flooded streets in Mae Sot, Thailand, after heavy rain caused flooding in the border town on Monday, September 12, 2011. Photo: Albert Guzman

Tun Lwin, the well-known, retired Burmese meteorologist, delivers a speech titled “Save the Irrawaddy” at Zabuthiri Monastery in Mingalardon Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, September 10, 2011.  He said he opposed the Myitsone dam project. About 500 people attended the talk organized by the Zabuthiri charity youth group. Photo: Mizzima

Audience members at the “Save the Irrawaddy” panel discussion by writer Maung Sein Win (String of Beads), Ko Tar and meteorologist Dr. Tun Lwin at the Zambuthiri Monastery in Mingalardon Township, Rangoon, on Saturday, September 10, 2011. Tun Lwin said that he opposed the Myitsone dam construction project on the upper Irrawaddy River. Photo: Mizzima

Mrs Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, meets with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her house in Rangoon on September 10, 2011. Photo: Mizzima. Mrs Kristalina Georgieva visited Burma to meet with government ministers and other stakeholders including the secretary general of the National League for Democracy to discuss issues related to European Commission-funded humanitarian aid, according to a press release issued by the European Commission.

Burma activists wearing cutout photographs portraying Hla Hla Win, a reporter for the Norway-based 'Democratic Voice of Burma,' hold posters during a rally outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on Friday, September 9, 2011. Burma activists are demanding the release of all political prisoners and journalists in Burmese prisons. Photo: AFP

Indian lawmakers D. Raja and Syed Azeez Pasha were among those who spoke on behalf of the Parliamentarians’ Forum for Democracy in Burma at a press conference calling for the  release of  political prisoners in Burma. A letter signed by 104 Indian MPs will be sent to Burmese President Thein Sein through Aung San Suu Kyi, the general-secretary of the National League for Democracy in Burma. Photo: Mizzima

A young man reads an article by Aung San Suu Kyi published in the People’s Era Journal near a poster that advertises the journal at a shop in Rangoon on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Last week, the state censorship board told the journal to remove some paragraphs of Suu Kyi’s article—her first effort to publish in a local journal since her release from house arrest— but  later allowed the article to be published without changes. The article recounts her personal pilgrimage to Bagan, the ancient temple site. Photo: Mizzima

A vendor shows the article by Suu Kyi in the People’s Era Journal on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. The article, 'Letter from Burma: Holiday-1,' recounts her recent personal pilgrimage to Bagan. English and Japanese versions of the article were published in the Japan-based Mainichi newspaper on July 19. Photo: Mizzima

 A journal vendor carries a copy of 'People’s Era Journal' on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. The journal includes an  article written by Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi about her recent personal pilgrimage to Bagan and an article by Win Tin, a National League for Democracy leader,  titled “Fifth Pillar” about the role of the media in society. Photo: Mizzima

Forty four companies displayed computers and related accessories in 71 showrooms at the third 'ICT Expo 2011' in Mandalay  from Friday to Sunday, September 2-4, 2011, in City Hall. Large crowds attended the displays. Photo: Mizzima

The Mandalay Region Myanmar Computer Professionals Association and Myanmar Computer Industry Association jointly organized the ICT Expo 2011 in Mandalay City Hall from Friday to Sunday, September 2-4, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

A large crowd gathers around one passenger coach of the Rangoon 'circle' train that derailed on Thursday, September 1, 2011. The last coach of the inbound train slipped off the tracks at 1:55 p.m local time and derailed, seriously injuring four passengers. Photo: Mizzima

 

A crowd of onlookers inspect the last coach of the Rangoon 'circle' train which derailed at 1:55 p.m. on Thursday, September 1, 2011.  Four people were seriously injured, authorities said. Photo: Mizzima

One of four passengers who were injured when the last coach of the  Rangoon 'circle' train went off the tracks on Thursday, September 1, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

The engine of the Rangoon 'circle' train, which lost the rear passenger coach when it went off the tracks on Thursday, September 1, 2011. Photo: Mizzima

Aung Khin, the railway minister of Rangoon Region, visits the site of the train derailment on Thursday, September 1, 2011. The last passenger coach of the inbound Rangoon 'circle' train derailed and four passengers were seriously injured, authorities said. Photo: Mizzima

A refugee from Burma looks out at the corridor at his home after settling in Kuala Lumpur on August 31, 2011. Australia's High Court dealt a heavy blow to the government on August 31 by blocking its plans to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia, ruling they could not go to a nation lacking legal safeguards. Australia had hoped to send up to 800 asylum-seekers to the Asian nation in exchange for resettling 4,000 of its refugees, and the decision leaves hundreds of boat people in legal limbo. Photo: AFP

Former refugees and their children from Burma who had settled in Malaysia chat in their house in Kuala Lumpur on August 31, 2011. Australia's High Court dealt a heavy blow to the government on August 31 by blocking its plans to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia, ruling they could not go to a nation lacking legal safeguards. Photo: AFP

Refugee children from Burma now settled in Malaysia with their family sleep in their rented private housing in Kuala Lumpur on August 31, 2011. Australia's High Court dealt a heavy blow to the government on August 31 by blocking its plans to send asylum-seekers to Malaysia, ruling they could not go to a nation lacking legal safeguards. Photo: AFP