(1) VP candidate nominated as reshuffle continues : Source : DVB
10-Jul-12
The nomination of chief minister of
Rangoon Region and former lieutenant general Myint Swe as the new vice
president signals another step forward in the country’s reform process,
according to analysts.
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(2) Citizenship law in spotlight as Suu Kyi returns to parliament : Source : DVB
10-Jul-12
Aung San Suu Kyi and the National
League for Democracy (NLD) must play a leading role in repealing the
authoritarian 1982 citizenship law that rendered the Rohingya stateless in Burma, a group
of human rights organisations urged on Monday.
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(3) ‘Right to Protest’ Law Passed in Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jul-12
Burma’s Ministry of the Interior on
Thursday released details of a constitutional law that accords civilians the
right to gather and protest peacefully.
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(4) 88 Generation Visits Victims of Arakan Strife : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jul-12
Leaders of the 88 Generation
Students group arrived in the Arakan
State capital Sittwe on
Tuesday to provide assistance to victims of the recent sectarian violence.
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(5) Maung Aye Hospitalized in Singapore : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jul-12
Maung Aye, formerly the deputy
senior-general under Than Shwe’s military junta and No. 2 in the hierarchy of
the ruling State Peace and Development Council, is currently in Singapore
receiving emergency treatment after falling victim to a stroke.
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(6) Myint Swe Nominated as New Vice-President : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jul-12
Military appointees in Parliament
nominated ex-Gen Myint Swe, chief
minister of Rangoon Region, as the new vice-president of Burma on
Tuesday.
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(7) Burma to be ‘Guide’ for US in Asean : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jul-12
A senior US State Department
official says Burma can act
as a partner for the United
States in Asean during a regional tour
looking primarily at boosting business ties.
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(8) Euphoria Gives Way to Harsh Reality : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Jul-12
Burma is on the edge of an economic boom the like of which Southeast Asia has not seen for many years, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) gushed in April. A little over two months later this optimistic assertion has been toned down substantially, with a senior bank official warning that it could be 30 years before
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(9) 2015 elections: Will it be a PR system? : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 12:31 S.H.A.N.
In order to prevent a highly likely
landslide win by the National League for Democracy (NLD) of Aung San Suu Kyi,
the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) may be pushing for a
Proportional Representation (PR) system, say political and activist sources in Burma.
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(10) Two dead, six wounded
following KIA assault in N.Shan state : Source : Kachin
10-Jul-12
An attack by Kachin resistance
forces against a Burma
army convoy left two soldiers dead and wounded six others in northern Shan
state on July 8. The raid by troops from
the 4th Brigade of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) took place along the road
between Nam Hkam (or Nam Kham) and Muse.
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(11)
Drug destruction ceremony up over last year : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 17:59 Mizzima
News
With opium and illegal drug
production increasing in Burma,
the authorities reported 220 drug-related arrests in June, according to monthly
statistics by anti-drug authorities released on Monday.
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(12)
Trespassing Thais held by Burmese authorities : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 13:15 Mizzima
News
Sixty-one Thai nationals who are
accused of setting up a rubber plantation inside Burmese territory have been
detained on the Burma-Thai border, Burmese state-run media said on Monday.
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(13)
Asean human rights document closer to adoption : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 13:00 Mizzima
News
The Asean draft Human Rights
Declaration is scheduled to be adopted at the 21st Asean Summit to be held in Cambodia in
November, according to a Cambodian senior official.
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(14)
Dawei contractor says infrastructure financing lined up : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:47 Mizzima
News
An infrastructure development loan
for the Dawei deep-sea port in Burma
is likely to be secured from Japan
next week, the president of Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) told The
Bangkok Post on Monday.
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(15)
South China Sea dispute: Tough issue for Asean
: Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:23 Mizzima
News
A thorny agenda item has appeared at the Asean foreign ministers meeting
in Cambodia: a code of
conduct in the South China Sea.
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(16) Myanmar aims to bring mobile and Internet to masses : Source : Google
10-Jul-12
BANGKOK — Myanmar
fired the starting gun in the process of liberalising its communications
networks in a move that could finally bring mobile and Internet access to the
masses and drive international investment.
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(17) Myanmar minister views Japanese tech, hopes it will help nation develop : Source : Japantimes
11-Jul-12
Myanmar Commerce
Minister Win Myint, visiting a small factory in Tokyo,
said he is impressed with Japan's
technology and that such firms can assist his country's drive for economic
development.
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