(1) More Than 20 Killed in Sectarian Violence in Burma : Source : VOA
12-Jun-12
More than 20 people have been
killed in western Burma's Rakhine State, as international pressure mounts
for an end to the sectarian fighting between ethnic-Rakhine Buddhists and
Rohingya Muslims.
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(2) Suu Kyi Set for Landmark Trip to Europe : Source : VOA
Posted Tuesday, June 12th, 2012 at
6:20 pm
Burmese democracy leader Aung San
Suu Kyi is set to leave Burma
for Europe Wednesday, her first trip to the
continent in 24 years, after spending much of the past two decades under house
arrest.
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(3) Gov’t suspends news journal’s operations : Source : DVB
12-Jun-12
The government has temporarily
suspended Snapshot news journal’s operations for publishing a photograph on 9
June of the dead body of the woman whose rape and murder instigated sectarian
violence in Arakan state last week.
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(4) Bangladesh Turns Away 1,500 Refugees from Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
12-Jun-12
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh
refused three big boats carrying about 1,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence
in Burma as they approached land Tuesday, after 500 refugees were turned back
in recent days, officials said.
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(5) Max Myanmar pulls out of Dawei Project: Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 11:59 Mizzima
News
The Max
Myanmar Group, a Burmese company, will no longer be involved in the Dawei
project, a huge deep-sea port and industrial complex project in southern Burma, a business source in Rangoon told Mizzima on Monday.
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(6) Sustainable Peace Before IDPs Return: Shan CBOs : Source : Irrawaddy
12-Jun-12
A sustainable peace must be
restored in Shan State
before war refugees can return, said representatives of a Shan civic group in
northern Thailand
on Tuesday.
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(7)
Kachin conflict continues one year on : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 12:52 IRIN
Laiza – A gathering of worshippers
is singing in a white-brick church in the town of Laiza
in Kachin State
near Burma’s border with China, but it
is not a day of celebration.
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(8) After Naw Kham, there’s Punako : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 12 June 2012 16:06 S.H.A.N.
Business sources SHAN has talked to
have rejected Thai drug czar’s claim that after drug “godfather” Naw Kham was
arrested on 25 April, the one most worth watching is Yishay, leader of the
Nampong People’s Militia Force (PMF) in Tachilek, opposite Thailand’s
Maesai.
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(9) Kachin Peace Network
held service for the one-year anniversary of Kachin conflict : Source : Kachin
12-JUn-12
The Kachin
Peace Network (KPN) organized a prayer service at Doh Yoe Yar restaurant in Rangoon. During the
service salted rice was distributed as a reminder of the thousands of IDPs in Kachin State.
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