(1) UN rejects Thein Sein’s potential Rohingya plan : Source : DVB
13-Jul-12
The UNHCR rejected calls
from Burma’s
president to resettle the country’s Rohingya minority group on Thursday as the
Rakine Nationalities Development Party backed the leader’s plan.
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(2) Clinton to hold talks with Thein Sein in Cambodia : Source : DVB
13-Jul-12
US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton and Burmese President Thein Sein are set to hold landmark talks on Friday
as Washington moves to ease sanctions on the once pariah state.
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(3) Rohingya Raised at ASEAN Meeting : Source : RFA
2012-07-13
The Southeast Asian body vows to
monitor the plight of the ethnic group unwanted in Burma
and Bangladesh.
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(4) US Investment Could Fuel Problems, Say Burma Activists : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jul-12
Many activists and politicians in Burma have cautiously welcomed the US president’s easing of sanctions on Burma this week, but many stressed that the US must take
into consideration the unsolved issues in the country.
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(5) Journals Warned over Maung Aye Reports : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jul-12
Two Rangoon-based journals have
been warned that they could be shut down for violating censorship rules after
they carried reports about the health of retired Vice-Snr-Gen Maung Aye, the
second-in-command of Burma’s
former ruling junta, according to sources.
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(6) KIA Claims to Have Captured Child Soldiers : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jul-12
A large number of child soldiers
have reportedly been found among 34 government troops being detained by the
Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at its Laiza headquarters.
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(7) UNHCR Rejects Rohingya Resettlement Suggestion : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jul-12
The United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees has rejected an offer by Burmese President Thein Sein
that the UN agency take responsibility for resettling Burma’s Rohingya
community in third countries.
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(8) Burma Allows Foreign Currency Bank Accounts : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jul-12
Burma’s Central Bank (CB) allowed
11 local private banks to operate foreign currency accounts on Monday in the
first step towards an international finance system deemed crucial for allowing
foreign direct investment.
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(9) Potent Strain of Common Illness Deadly in Asia : Source : Irrawaddy
13-Jul-12
HANOI, Vietnam—Tran
Minh Giang has spent more than a third of his young life in a Vietnamese
hospital, and it could be many months more before he can go home. All for a
disease that in Asia is as common as chicken
pox, and usually about as severe.
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(10)
Powerful Wa army considers becoming People’s Militia Force : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 13 July 2012 15:27 Mizzima
News
The strongest ethnic army in Burma, the
United Wa State Army (UWSA), is reportedly considering a move to drop its
independent status and accept a Burmese Army-run People’s Militia Force (PMF)
status, according to an article by the Shan Herald news agency on
Friday.
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(11)
Asean drops the Code of Conduct issue : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 13 July 2012 12:46 Mizzima
News
Asean foreign ministers backed away from approving a Code of Conduct for territorial disputes in the South China Sea, after Chinese objections proved too hot to handle at the Asean Summit meeting in Cambodia.
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(12)
Supporting Rohingya human rights draws ugly attacks : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 13 July 2012 16:52 Mark
Farmaner
(Opinion) – Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) supports
human rights for the Rohingya people. For Burma Campaign UK to make such a statement
shouldn’t be surprising or controversial.
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(13)
U.S.
investment rules won’t deter abuses: HRW : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 13 July 2012 14:23 Mizzima
News
The new U.S.
government policy allowing business activity in Burma’s controversial oil sector
with reporting requirements will not adequately prevent new investments from
fueling abuses and undermining reform, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
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(14)
Burma
considering international landmine treaty : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 13 July 2012 12:34 Mizzima
News
Burma’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Wunna Maung Lwin said his government is seriously considering all key
disarmament treaties including the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or
Ottawa Convention, as part of its state reforms, and he expressed optimism that
Burma would positively consider the treaty.
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(15) Italian-Thai company dam survey on final leg : Source : Karen
13-Jul-12
Villagers in the Mu Lah townships area are
concerned that the Italian-Thai Development Company are soon to finish the last
phase of the soil survey for the building of the Tenasserim hydro-power dam in
southern Burma.
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(16) KNU liaison office link to Burma’s MI scares villagers : Source : Karen
13-Jul-12
Karen villagers are being scared off from
using the newly opened Karen National Union (KNU) liaison office in Tavoy town
in Southern Burma, as they fear their personal
data is recorded and then given to Burmese military intelligence.
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(17) Wa considering Burma Army’s militia status : Source : Panglong
Friday, 13 July 2012 12:48 S.H.A.N.
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) may
currently be the strongest opposition armed movement, but its leadership is
seriously considering whether it should accept a Burma Army run People’s
Militia Force (PMF) status, according to insider sources.
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(18) NGO says learning in one’s mother tongue will help learning in official language : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 12 July 2012 12:48 S.H.A.N.
If the government fears opening up
non-Burman classes in elementary schools may undermine the importance of the
dominant Burman language, it needs not, says a report published in March by
Shalom Foundation, a registered NGO in Burma.
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(19) Shan negotiator: VP selection proves Than Shwe still power behind the throne : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 12 July 2012 12:36 S.H.A.N.
The selection of Lt-Gen Myint Swe,
long-time protégé of “retired” Senior General Than Shwe and his wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing, once more is a reminder that the former dictator is still very active
behind the scenes, said a member of the Restoration Council of Shan State /
Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) delegation that met
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(20) Military intelligence officer absent during
Brang Shawng court proceedings : Source : Kachin
12-Jul-12
Military Intelligence Officer Kyaw
Zwa Lin, who is a plaintiff in the Lahtaw Brang Shawng trial, was ordered to
appear in court after a judge summoned him for examination.
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