(1) Court rules in favour of Suu Kyi’s brother in housing row : Source : DVB
25-Jun-12
A court in Rangoon ruled that Aung San Suu Kyi’s
estranged brother, Aung San Oo, is a partial owner of the family’s lakeside
estate, where the opposition leader spent 15 years under house arrest.
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(2) Security forces begin resettling displaced Rohingya : Source : DVB
25-Jun-12
Residents in Arakan state’s capital
Sittwe said security forces have begun resettling Rohingyas after weeks of
rioting.
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(3) Gold shop held up in border town : Source : DVB
25-Jun-12
Three armed men robbed a gold shop
in the border town of Myawaddy on Sunday.Witnesses said three unidentified
armed men arrived at Emperor gold shop in the town’s market yesterday afternoon
in a car while heavy rains inundated the area.
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(4) Govt Taking Steps to Ensure Trickle Down: ILO : Source : Irrawaddy
25-Jun-12
RANGOON
— The Burmese government is taking steps to ensure foreign investment in Burma results
in jobs and training for local people, says the International Labour
Organization (ILO).
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(5)
Thein Sein to visit Bangladesh
: Source : Mizzima
Monday, 25 June 2012 13:32 Mizzima
News
Burmese President Thein Sein is
scheduled to visit Bangladesh
on July 15 for three days to discuss closer ties in trade, border management
and security affairs, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said, according to
reports.
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(6)
More old Rangoon
buildings on the market : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 25 June 2012 16:24 Mizzima
News
Another four historical state-owned
buildings in Rangoon are on the real estate
market to be used as possible hotels to help boost Rangoon’s room shortage.
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(7)
South Korean garment businessmen to meet in Rangoon : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 25 June 2012 12:23 Mizzima
News
South Korean businessmen from eight
companies will discuss opportunities in the clothing and textile sectors with
their Burmese counterparts in Rangoon
on Wednesday. The garment sector has been badly hit by sanctions and the
downturn in the world economy.
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(8) Press release by Shan Drug Watch on International Day Against Drug Abuse and Trafficking : Source : Panglong
Monday, 25 June 2012 19:51 S.H.A.N.
Press release by Shan Drug Watch on
International Day Against Drug Abuse and TraffickingNew Shan Drug Watch report: political solution needed to end drug scourge
in Burma
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(9)
Burma, Bangladesh deny
reports of helicopter attack : Source :
Mizzima
Monday, 25 June 2012 10:44 Mizzima
News
Authorities in Burma
and Bangladesh have denied
accounts by Rohingya refugees that a helicopter from their country attacked
boats carrying refugees seeking to enter Bangladesh by sea on June 8.
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(10) Parley results unknown but fighting ceases : Source : Panglong
Monday, 25 June 2012 14:59 S.H.A.N.
At the time of this reporting
(13:00), SHAN is still trying in vain to call the Shan State Progress Party /
Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) to ask for the outcome of the meeting between it and
Naypyitaw on 22 June, but a report from a reliable local source said fighting
which began on 17 June had taken a break on the same day.
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(11)
Burma
mining, gem conference to open July 23-25 : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 25 June 2012 10:01 Mizzima
News
Burma will hold a mining and gem conference in Rangoon on July 23-25, aimed at encouraging
foreign partnerships, the mining ministry said on Saturday.
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(12) Thai officials read migrant workers their rights : Source : Karen
25-Jun-12
Last week Thai officials and advocates from a
migrant worker rights group held a public meeting to tell workers from Burma
what their rights and protection was provided by Thailand’s labor laws.
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(13) Wrong ID card data meant Mon denied electoral representation : Source : Karen
25-Jun-12
Mon politicians and civil society groups claim information on national identity cards has denied them a getting a representative into Parliament. The Mon Literature and Culture Committee (Yangon) wants corrected what they claim is the wrong ethnicity information on national identity cards and the household
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(14) Drug fight faces more challenges : Source : Chinadaily
26-Jun-12
Bumper harvest in Myanmar and rise in Afghan trafficking to blame
The fight against narcotics faces increasing challenges amid a bumper poppy
harvest in Myanmar
and a rise in Afghan drug trafficking, a police official said.
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(15) Myanmar, Bangladesh leaders 'to discuss Rohingya' : Source : News
25-Jun-12
The leaders of Myanmar
and Bangladesh
will discuss the issue of Rohingya
refugees and related unrest near their shared border next month, Bangladesh's ambassador in Yangon
said Monday.
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