(1) Three migrants gunned down in southern Thailand : Source : DVB
27-Jul-12
Three Burmese migrant workers in
southern Thailand’s
Phang-nga and Songkhla provinces were shot and killed by unknown gunmen in two
separate incidents on 25 July.
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(2) Teachers to be utilised in census; conflict areas may not be counted : Source : DVB
27-Jul-12
Tens of thousands of teachers will
carry out Burma’s
first nationwide census since 1983, a minister said yesterday, but some areas
may remain out of reach because of conflict with separatist groups.
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(3) Burma Eyes Proportional Representation : Source : RFA
2012-07-27
As a group proposes electoral
reform in Burma
and a report says more representation for ethnic minorities could make the
country more stable.
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(4) Laos to be Venue for Kachin Peace Talks : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jul-12
The Burmese government’s
peace-negotiating delegation has selected Laos as a venue for the next round
of ceasefire talks with ethnic Kachin rebels.
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(5) Pakistani Taliban Threatens Burma Over Rohingya Violence : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jul-12
The Pakistan-based
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) released an official statement on Wednesday calling on the Pakistani
government to cut its relations with Burma
and shut down the Burmese embassy in Pakistan’s
capital, Islamabad,
according to an AFP report.
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(6) Ex-NDAK Troops Bemoan BGF Role : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jul-12
Reports from the front-line between Burma’s military and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) suggest that many ethnic Kachin soldiers from the government-backed Border Guard Force (BGF) who were previously with the New Democratic Army–Kachin (NDAK), a now defunct ceasefire group, have been
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(7) 23 Rohingya Escape Java Detention Center : Source : Irrawaddy
27-Jul-12
Twenty-three Rohingya refugees from
Burma escaped from a
temporary shelter in Bogor,
Indonesia, on Wednesday,
the city’s immigration office said.
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(8)
No. 3 in Mekong drug gang to be handed over to Thailand : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 27 July 2012 13:11 Mizzima
News
The No. 2 lieutenant in the Burmese
drug gang believed to be connected to the murder of nine Chinese sailors on the
Mekong River on Oct. 5 will be handed over to
Thai authorities, the Shan Herald News Agency said on Wednesday.
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(9)
Burma-Thailand planning to change migrant worker process : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 27 July 2012 12:31 Mizzima
News
Burma and Thailand
are planning a major overhaul in how migrant workers can enter and work in Thailand, the
Minister of Labour said on Friday.
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(10)
Suu Kyi speaks to international HIV/AIDS conference : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 27 July 2012 14:13 Mizzima
News
Aung San Suu Kyi, speaking via video
to the International HIV/AIDS Conference in Washington D.C.
on Thursday, said the stigma against HIV/AIDS patients found in many countries
must end.
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(11) Mongla in flood : Source : Panglong
Friday, 27 July 2012 11:19 S.H.A.N.
Incessant rain during the past few
days have resulted in the flooding of Mongla, opposite China’s Dai Autonomous
Prefecture, since
yesterday afternoon, according to reports from the Sino-Burmese border.
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(12) Interview: Chief Minister must be elected : Source : Panglong
Friday, 27 July 2012 11:03 S.H.A.N.
On 23 July,
Tai Freedom, official media of the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan
State Army (RCSS/SSA), interviewed Lt-Gen Yawdserk, the movement’s leader. The
following are the excerpts:
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(13) Burma
Army takes two KIA posts : Source : Kachin
27-Jul-12
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA)
lost its Loi Ying and Battalion 15 posts to the Burmese military at about 12:30
pm, July 25.
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(14) Kachin women's group worries about the future for women and
children : Source : Kachin
27-Jul-12
The Kachin Women’s Association
Thailand (KWAT) is very concerned for women and children suffering from the
ongoing conflict in Kachin state.
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