Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Daily Burma Related News (13 June , 2012)


(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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