The recent violence in Burma's Rakhine state makes it even more unlikely that they can return.
Hundreds of people in Burma have attended the country's first public gay pride event.
Alan de Lastic was born in Burma when it was part of British India.
Today, the United States is easing restrictions to allow U.S. companies to responsibly do business in Burma.
Not long after Billy's birth, his father, William Connolly, left to join the war effort in Burma.
They also say they have learned that front-line forces in Burma's border areas are still on full rations.
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Mr Gray served with the Suffolk Regiment in Burma during World War II.
Until this year only 60 international NGOs and UN agencies worked in Burma.
Archaeologists have called off a hunt for World War II Spitfires in Burma.
In July, US President Barack Obama announced that US companies will now be allowed to "responsibly do business in Burma".
Aung San Suu Kyi will try to win a seat in Burma's parliament in forthcoming by-elections, her party has confirmed.
Maj Philip Malins, from Solihull in the West Midlands was held by the Japanese in Burma during World War II.
Mr Fraser had seen service too, far more soberly, with the Gordon Highlanders in Africa and the Fourteenth Army in Burma.
Ford said it would offer a range of cars and trucks across various vehicles segments in Burma, which is also known as Myanmar.
Most of the Spitfires that were in Burma at the time appear to have been re-exported in the autumn of 1946, they said.
The government in Burma has apologised to Buddhist monks for the injuries sustained during a police operation outside a copper mine nine days ago.
Analysts say it is unlikely that the men will be put to death, as no prisoners have been executed in Burma since before 1988.
In 1903, Orde Wingate, British general who led his forces against the Japanese in Burma in World War II, was born in Naini Tal, India.
The planes at the airport site are thought to be among more than 120 unassembled Spitfires buried at at least three different sites in Burma.
Earlier this month, the two biggest telecommunications companies in the world - Vodafone and China Mobile - created a consortium to bid for mobile licences in Burma.
British experts have begun work in Burma following a 17-year search for a cache of World War II Spitfire planes believed to be buried in the country.
Mawdsley had been arrested on two previous occasions in Burma.
"There is an opportunity for progress in Burma, " he said.
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Britain already offers Canada space in its embassy in Burma.
Billionaire George Soros' Quantum Strategic Partner has joined forces with Digicel and Serge Pun, a businessman in Burma, to bid for licences as well, they said in a statement.
Mr Coombe, who is now in his early 90s, was stationed in Burma at the end of World War II and is one of eight eye-witnesses to come forward.
Since the country began its reforms, the international community has increasingly looked to invest in Burma, which the International Monetary Fund says is one of the poorest countries in Asia.
The challenges went on to include responding to the Arab Spring, forming international coalitions to inflict sanctions on Iran and North Korea and dealing with changes in Burma, Europe, Latin America and Africa.
The various moves on sanctions come amid a process of reform in Burma that began with the election of a military-backed nominally civilian government in November 2010 that ended decades of military rule.
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