(1) Aung San Suu Kyi 'wants to lead Burma people' : Source : BBC
19-Jun-12
Burmese opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi has confirmed her desire to lead the Burmese people - "if I can
lead them in the right way".
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(2) Burma President Promises 'Second Wave' of Reforms : Source : VOA
19-Jun-12
Burmese President Thein Sein has promised what
he calls a "second wave of reforms" aimed at developing the
impoverished country's long-stagnant economy.
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(3) Burma, Vietnam Improve on Trafficking : Source : RFA
2012-06-19
New laws aid the
countries' anti-trafficking efforts, according to a new U.S. report.Burma and Vietnam
have been upgraded from their low rankings in an annual U.S. report on human trafficking as
the two countries were highlighted Tuesday for taking effective steps to check
the scourge.
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(4) Aung San Suu Kyi Thanks Britain for Years of Support : Source : VOA
Posted Tuesday,
June 19th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Burma's
opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi thanked the British people for
two-and-a-half decades of support during the start of her visit to Britain
Tuesday, on her 67th birthday.
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(5) Burmese army clashes with armed Shan groups : Source : DVB
19-Jun-12
The Shan State Army-South and Shan
State Army-North have engaged in brief clashes with the Burmese Army during the
last week despite reaching union-level ceasefire agreements with the
government.
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(6) Burmese SMEs demand an equal chance under FDI laws : Source : DVB
19-Jun-12
As the Burmese government irons out
the finishing touches to the much-anticipated Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
law, members of the country’s credit-starved small business sector say a
five-year tax exemption for foreign firms is unfair.
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(7) More political prisoners to be released: minister : Source : DVB
19-Jn-12
Burma’s
government is planning to free more political prisoners as early as next month,
a minister said in Norway,
while democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on a four-day visit.
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(8)
Suu Kyi ‘walks on’ from Dublin to Oxford : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:49 Mizzima
News
It was a lovefest at the “Electric
Burma” concert for Aung San Suu Kyi in Dublin on
Monday, a prelude to her visit to her alma mater, Oxford University,
on Wednesday, and her address to the British Parliament on Thursday.
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(9)
Int’l monitors needed in Rakhine
State: AI : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:51 Mizzima
News
Burma’s government should ensure full and unfettered humanitarian
access to displaced people and conduct an impartial investigation into recent
violence in Arakan (Rakhine) State, Amnesty International (AI) said in a
statement on Monday.
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(10)
A friend’s appeal to Burma
: Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:33 Benedict
Rogers
(Commentary) – The violence in Arakan State over the past two weeks has caused disillusion for some, division among many, and shock and anguish for everyone. Racial and religious tensions that have simmered just beneath the surface for years have exploded into an ugly cycle of destruction and revenge
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(11) Shan army releases letter to Wa : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:07 S.H.A.N.
In an attempt to clear up the confusion
surrounding the 4-day long siege of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) to its Loi
Gawwan base, opposite Chiangrai’s Mae Fa Luang district, the Restoration
Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) released today the contents
of the letter written to the UWSA in February.
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(12)
Burma 18th on ‘Failed State’
ranking : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:49 Mizzima
News
Burma is ranked No. 18 in the “Failed
State Index (FSI)” issued by the Fund for Peace on Monday, highlighting global
political, economic and social pressures experienced by states.
The ranking is in the “In Danger” category. In 2010,
Burma
ranked No. 16, two notches lower.
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(13) Two Burmese government soldiers surrender to KIO : Source :
Kachin
20-Jun-12
Two Burmese government soldiers
surrendered to forces loyal to the Kachin Independence Organization on June 16,
according to an official from the group's armed wing.
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(14) Burmese military close Stilwell Road : Source : Kachin
19-Jun-12
Tensions are building in Kachin State
after government troops have blocked Stilwell
Rd., also known as Ledo Rd., connecting Myitkyina with Danai,
on June 17. The Burmese army blocked travel on the road so they could control
the movement of civilians and reinforce their military positions in Hpakant Township.
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(15) Helping Myanmar transform : Source : Japantimes
20-Jun-12
YANGON — Across
the Mideast, and now in Myanmar,
one of the great questions of contemporary global politics has resurfaced: How
can countries move from a failing authoritarianism to some form of
self-sustaining pluralism?
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