(1) A Chinese observer told The Irrawaddy that PLA troops have routinely been deployed near the border since 2003.

(2) Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, Win Tin said: "I talked about the NLD policy on ethnic groups.

(3) Kyu Road to Mandalay, Irrawaddy River is the upper reaches of the river, one after another through the first 60 kilometers long canyon, 23 km of the second canyon.

(4) It devastated much of the fertile Irrawaddy delta and Yangon, the nation's main city.

(5) In the Irrawaddy River Delta, tens of thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis still struggle to eke out a life a year later.

(6) The Irrawaddy is published in both English and Burmese, with a primary focus on Burma, although other Southeast Asian countries are also covered to a lesser extent.

(7) But, few children from the cyclone struck Irrawaddy Delta will be going.

(8) The Irrawaddy obtained a copy of the USDP's 81-page constitution which detailed its policies of how to govern the country if the party should dominate the upcoming election.

(9) A city of central Burma on the Irrawaddy River north of Rangoon.

(10) Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Wednesday, La Nan, a spokesman for the Kachin Independence Organization, refuted Hla Min's accusations that his group recruited one member per household.

(11) Opposition to damming the Irrawaddy River in the country's northeast had been low key, not unusual in Burma.

(12) Some 2,000 temples, remnants of Myanmar's first imperial capital, stretch along an 8-mile (13-kilometer) curve of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) river.

(13) When contacted by The Irrawaddy, the Chinese embassy in Rangoon neither confirmed nor denied reports of discussions on these two issues(sentence dictionary), both sensitive topics for Burma's military regime.

(14) Actions towards the Irrawaddy Myitsone Dam construction will be key for the future of harmony in our lands.

(15) The Irrawaddy River splinters into several outlets in its delta on the Bay of Bengal, creating the ideal environment for mangroves.

(16) Last year small river craft were brought in by air or overland to Kalewa and driven down the Chindwin to the Irrawaddy.

(17) The country, though rugged and underdeveloped, is as large as France and is formed around the lush cradle of the Irrawaddy River valley, surrounded by highlands on three sides.

(18) It'still blows across the vast flooded plains of the Irrawaddy delta.

(19) It was at the Mekong, just north of Stung Treng, that I set out to see the Irrawaddy river dolphins, some of the last remaining on the planet.

(20) It says nearly 1.5 million people in the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta have not received any international aid.

(21) The United Nations reports logistical obstacles are making it difficult to get aid to cyclone victims in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta.

(22) It took more than two weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy Delta before ASEAN members could persuade Burma to meet to discuss aid for the storm's victims.

(23) Then a couple more to the left, and more to the right, before I finally realised that I was at the centre of a pod of Irrawaddy river dolphins, one of the rarest species on the planet.

(24) WFP spokesman Paul Risley says it is unfortunate that U.S. Navy helicopters will not be available to bring aid across the Irrawaddy Delta.

(25) The generals lifted the state of emergency today in three of the five worst-affected states, and also in parts of Rangoon and Irrawaddy, and announced that there was no immediate food crisis in Burma.

(26) Approximately 50 to 80 "massage parlor" brothels have opened in Panghsang, according to a NGO worker who spoke to The Irrawaddy on condition of anonymity.

(27) A river rising in the hills of northern Burma and flowing about , 58 km (720 mi) generally south to the Irrawaddy River.

(28) She says the WFP plans to provide emergency assistance to 11 townships in the Irrawaddy Delta and eight townships in the main city of Rangoon.

(29) International aid workers say they continue to face bureaucratic delays over access to the regions in the Irrawaddy Delta region that bore the brunt of Cyclone Nargis.

(30) The article suggested that the NLD had encouraged funding cuts for exiled media that have forced a number of organisations, including the Irrawaddy and DVB, to cut programmes and fire staff.

(31) In Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, a local resident said, "It's been raining for a week, but the water level of the Irrawaddy River has not increased."

(32) Top chords of Pyay Irrawaddy River Bridge in Myanmar are of steel box members.

(33) The Irrawaddy River in Myanmar is a source of continuity and hope in a country at odds with itself.

(34) The United Nations says aid agencies have managed to reach 1.3 million victims in the worst hit parts of the Irrawaddy Delta.