(1) News journal loses defamation appeal : Source : DVB
21-Jun-12
The Voice news journal
will face criminal proceedings at the end of this month, after losing an appeal
for defamation charges – brought by the Ministry of Mines over corruption
allegations made against them in March – to be heard by Burma’s
constitutional tribunal rather than a local court.
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(2) Immigration officials prevent conference attendees from entering country : Source : DVB
21-Jun-12
Eager foreign investors paying top
dollar to attend the New Myanmar Investment Summit 2012 have been
sent home empty handed after immigration officials refused to grant them visas.
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(3) Gov’t launches investigation into mob attack : Source : DVB
21-Jun-12
A union-level investigation team
has launched a probe into the killings of 10 Muslim pilgrims in Arakan state’s
Taungup town by a mob, which was one of the precursors to the sectarian riots
that erupted in western Burma
earlier this month.
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(4) Foreign oil companies ink exploration deals : Source : DVB
21-Jun-12
Burma has signed a raft of oil
exploration deals with foreign companies, state media reported on Wednesday, as
the reformist government seeks overseas investment to spur economic
development.
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(5) Suu Kyi Makes Historic Address to British Parliament : Source : VOA
21-Jun-12
LONDON -- Burmese pro-democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi asked for practical help in completing Burma’s journey towards democracy, during a
high-profile visit to London’s
Westminster Hall. The Nobel laureate addressed both houses of Britain's
parliament.
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(6) Aung San Suu Kyi calls for UK's support over Burma : Source : BBC
21-Jun-12
Burmese opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi has urged the UK to
support moves to democracy in Burma,
in an historic address to both Houses of Parliament.
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(7) KIO No Longer Outlawed : Source : Irrawaddy
21-Jun-12
Kachin State’s
Chief Minister La John Ngan Hsai declared on Thursday that Naypyidaw had told
him to instruct the various departments within his regional assembly in
Myitkyina to dismiss or ignore the constitutional act that outlaws the Kachin
Independence Organization (KIO).
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(8) Western countries to become Burma’s top investors : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:30 Aung
Win
Western countries will make up the top investors in Burma after a new investment law is signed by the government, following the removal or suspension of sanctions by many countries, senior officials of the Ministry of National Planning & Economic Development told the New Myanmar Investment Summit in Rangoon on Wednesday. Mizzima
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(9) With Pipelines at Stake, Companies Try PR Approach : Source : Irrawaddy
21-Jun-12
KYAUKPYU, Arakan State — Located on the coast of Arakan State in western Burma, Kyaukpyu is fast becoming a major gateway for the country’s offshore resources. And as the starting point of the multi-billion dollar Shwe Gas Project, it is also becoming the focus of a contentious debate over who benefits from those
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(10)
Bangladesh
gov’t putting lives at risk: HRW : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 21 June 2012 15:00 Mizzima
News
On World Refugee Day (June 20), Human Rights Watch urged the Bangladeshi
government to provide Rohingya in Burma humanitarian assistance and
at least temporary refuge until it is safe for them to return home.
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(11) Murders of Environmentalists on the Rise : Source : Irrawaddy
21-Jun-12
BANGKOK—The eulogies called Chut
Wutty one of the few remaining activists in Cambodia brave enough to fight
massive illegal deforestation by the powerful. The environmental watchdog was
shot by a military policeman in April as he probed logging operations in one of
the country’s last great forests.
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(12)
80 unconfirmed dead in Burmese rioting this month : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:02 Mizzima
News
An unconfirmed report says as many as 80 people may have been killed in
the widespread violence in Burma’s
western Rakhine State in June. The latest figure came
from a government official in Sittwe who was not named in an article on
Thursday by Reuters news agency.
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(13)
Burmese airline to extend flights to new cities : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:38 Mizzima
News
Yangon Airways, a Burmese domestic
private airline, will extend its coverage of cities to Kengtung, Dawei, Myeik,
Kawthoung, Thandwe and Sittwe in the near future, according to local media.
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(14)
Bangladeshi petition calls for opening of border : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 21 June 2012 12:18 Mizzima
News
A petition signed by Bangladeshi
this week has called on the government to provide humanitarian assistance to
refugees from Rakhine State in Burma in line with international
standards.
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(15) Yawdserk: Naypyitaw should stop resorting to force to resolve problems : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 21 June 2012 11:04 S.H.A.N.
Commenting on continued occurrences of hostilities between the Burma Army and the armed opposition movements that have reached ceasefire agreements with Naypyitaw, Lt-Gen Yawdserk, leader of the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), thinks it is time the Burma Army
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(16) Detained Kachin IDPs forced to
pay for their food : Source : Kachin
21-Jun-12
Six Kachin villagers who fled from fighting
between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese military were detained by
authorities and their relatives forced to pay for their food. One was released
but five-people are still being held.
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(17) Myanmar steps up
dialogue with Kachin rebels : Source : Google
21-Jun-12
YANGON — Myanmar's government and
Kachin minority rebels have held three rounds of talks over the past month in
an attempt to resolve a civil war raging in the far north, the two sides said
Thursday.
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(18) SIO protests at Myanmar’s Kolkata consulate against killing of Muslims : Source : Twocircle
21-Jun-12Kolkata: Students Islamic
Organisation of India on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration outside Myanmar’s Consulate office against the killings
of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
in last few weeks. SIO officials wanted to meet the Consul General Mr. U. Kyaw
Swe Tint, but Myanmar
officials
(19) Suu Kyi: Myanmar headed for better future : Source : News
21-Jun-12
LONDON (AP) — Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, warned Thursday that her
country's people need Britain and other allies to act as watchdogs, and not
cheerleaders, to ensure its rulers deliver on their
promises of reform.
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