(1) Burmese authorities targeting Rohingyas, UK parliament told : Source : DVB
28-Jun-12
The Burmese army and police force
have played a leading role in targeting Rohingya Muslims in northern Arakan
state through mass arrests, arbitrary violence, rape and systematic
discrimination since a state of emergency was declared on 10 June, according to
a group of UK-based NGOs speaking to the British parliament on Wednesday.
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(2) Burma inks deal to prevent use of child soldiers : Source : DVB
28-Jun-12
Burma on Wednesday signed an
agreement with the United Nations pledging to prevent the use of child soldiers
and allow access to military units to check for underage recruits, the UN said
Wednesday.
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(3) Burma’s Soft Drink Makers Brace for Big Changes : Source : Irrawaddy
28-Jun-12
The return of Cocoa-Cola to Burma
after a six-decade absence has many in the local soft-drink industry
worried about their future, as they face off against one of the world’s most
recognizable brand names in a battle for the hearts and minds of Burmese
consumers.
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(4)
Burma
suspends taxes on some agricultural items : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 28 June 2012 15:59 Mizzima
News
Burma’s commercial tax on import of some agriculture-related
items and domestic sales has been suspended for a period of nine months,
state-run media said on Thursday.
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(5)
U.S.
investments in Burmese oil, gas discussed at hearings : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:32 Mizzima
News
Allowing U.S.
oil companies to invest in Burma’s
rich off-shore oil and gas fields came up at the nomination hearing for Derek
Mitchell to become the first U.S.
ambassador to Burma
since the early 1990s.
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(6) Farmers in Kawthaung Fear Loss of Land : Source : Irrawaddy
28-Jun-12
A group of farmers in Kawthaung Township, Tenasserim Division, say they
are worried they will be evicted from their land after a local army
installation put up a signboard last week announcing that it was the owner of
the property.
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(7)
Burma’s
banking landscape changing fast : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 28 June 2012 14:47 Mizzima
News
The total number of foreign bank
offices in Burma
now stands at 20, following the country’s rapid move to integrate with the
international community. Krungthai Bank of Thailand is the most recent bank to
make the move, and Siam Commercial Bank is planning to open a local office, say
reports.
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(8)
Burma
pledges to end use of child soldiers : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:21 Mizzima
News
Burma will enforce a law against child soldiers and allow the
U.N. access to military units to check for underage recruits, the U.N. said on
Wednesday, following the signing of an agreement in Naypyitaw, the capital.
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(9) Burma’s ‘Lost Generation’ of Students : Source : Irrawaddy
28-Jun-12
RANGOON—The dormitories are empty, the once
charming bungalows of professors overgrown with vines and weeds. Only grass
grows where the Student Union building stood before soldiers obliterated it
with dynamite.
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(10)
Webb calls for U.S.
to drop ban on Burmese imports : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:12 Mizzima
News
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb said the U.S should “implement the decisions that have been announced and continue to ease additional sanctions, such as the ban on imports” from Burma, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination Ambassador Derek Mitchell to be ambassador to Burma on
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(11) US Envoy Voices Concerns about MOGE : Source : Irrwaddy
28-Jun-12
The United
States has concerns about Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise
(MOGE) with regard to the lack of transparency and the level of corruption
associated with it, a top US
diplomat told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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(12) Burma’s peace roadmap: What we can learn from Sri Lanka : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 28 June 2012 13:53 S.H.A.N.
All in all, there are three things
as plain as day about the peace process in Sri Lanka, which began in 2002 and
ended with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in 2009:
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(13) Suu Kyi tells AFP
willing to lead Myanmar
if her party wins : Source : Google
29-Jun-12
PARIS
— Myanmar democracy champion
Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that she is prepared to lead her country one
day, speaking with AFP in Paris at the end of a
triumphant Europe tour.
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(14) Myanmar seeks investors for second Yangon airport : Source : News
28-Jun-12
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar
is looking for investors to develop a second
international airport for the commercial capital, Yangon, on the site of an old
Japanese-built air strip from World War Two, state media said on Thursday.
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(15) Aid Workers Detained in Myanmar : Source : Nytimes
28-Jun-12
GENEVA — The United Nations and several
humanitarian agencies that operate in Myanmar said Thursday that
a number of their staff members had been detained by the government in a part
of the country where sectarian violence erupted this month, and that they were
trying to secure their release.
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