(1) Police arrest 30 people for role in massacre : Source : DVB
2-Jul-12
Burmese authorities have arrested
30 people for their suspected role in the murder of ten Muslim pilgrims in
Arakan state’s Taungup township on 3 June.
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(2) Suu Kyi to miss parliamentary session after European tour : Source : DVB
2-Jul-12
Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend
the parliament’s new session that commences this week due to exhaustion after
touring through Europe.
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(3) Thein Sein cancels July trip to Bangladesh : Source : DVB
2-Jul-12
President Thein Sein has postponed
his mid-July visit to Dhaka due to sectarian violence in the country’s western
Arakan state, a Bangladesh
foreign ministry official said today.
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(4) US appoints Mitchell as ambassador to Burma : Source : DVB
2-Jul-12
After 22 years, the United States will have an ambassador serving in
Burma.
The US Senate confirmed Derek
Mitchell, the former special envoy to Burma,
as America continues to
engage the former pariah state and seeks to consolidate the country’s
diplomatic pivot to Asia.
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(5) Is a Cabinet Reshuffle Coming Soon to Burma? : Source : Irrawaddy
2-Jul-12
Since early this year there has
been persistent speculation that President Thein Sein is contemplating a
cabinet reshuffle that would reduce the power of ministers opposed to ongoing
reforms—a move that would speed up the ongoing transition process.
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(6) Naypyitaw: a capital at the crossroads : Source : Mizzima
2-Jul-12
(Feature) – Naypyitaw – I never dreamt I would
meet him in Naypyitaw. But, there he was – Mickey Mouse – welcoming every
visitor to the national park. Here, the visitor can, in miniature, tour every
region and state in Burma
and their associated landmarks – from Mon’s State’s Golden Rock to Shan State’s
Inle Lake.
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(7) Clashes
Continue Despite Ceasefires : Source : Irrawaddy
2-Jul-12
Ceasefire agreements signed in
recent months between Burma’s
government and ethnic armed groups have done little to end fighting in Shan and
Karenni states, where a series of clashes in recent days have claimed several
lives.
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(8)
ADB says loans to Burma
could resume in one year : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 02 July 2012 16:24 Mizzima
News
A top Asian Development Bank (ADB)
official said resumption of development loans and other aid to Burma
could resume in about one year, if further progress is made in talks.
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(9) Protect the People,’ 88 Gen Tells Shwe Mann : Source : Irrawaddy
2-Jul-12
Burma’s
speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Shwe Mann, met on Sunday in Rangoon with
representatives of the 88 Generation Students group, including former political
prisoner Min Ko Naing, in a first show of recognition by the new government for
the dissident organization.
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(10)
After 50 years, will the Fighting Peacock rise again? : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 02 July 2012 15:50 May Ng
(Commentary) – Fifty years ago on July 7,
1962, Burma’s military took
control of Rangoon
University and dynamited
the student union building, shattering a historic symbol of the Burmese
struggle for freedom. Many students leaders went underground and became the
staunchest opponents to the military dictatorship to this day.
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(11)
More murders on the Mekong
River : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 02 July 2012 14:13 Mizzima News
Three people have been found shot
dead onboard a long-tailed speedboat on the Mekong River,
in another incident that has the markings of drug-gang violence which had
tapered off during the past 8 months, following the murder of 13 Chinese
sailors on the river.
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(12) Shan leader’s planned visit stirs up Shan community in Thailand : Source : Panglong
Monday, 02 July 2012 15:18 S.H.A.N.
He may not be Shan’s answer to Aung San Suu Kyi, but Hkun Tun Oo, who is scheduled to fly quietly into Bangkok for a full medical checkup today, is already on hundreds of Facebooks. Shan migrant community has already been alerted to stage a hearty welcome for him at Suvarnabhumi airport this evening, according
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(13) Arrests made in murder of 10 Muslims : Source : Mizzima
Monday, 02 July 2012 13:51 Mizzima
News
Burmese security forces have arrested 30 suspects in connection with the
killing of 10 people in western Rakhine
State in June, which
ignited the sectarian unrest that caused tens of thousands of people to seek
shelter in refugee camps, according to state media on Sunday.
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(14) Myanmar: potential to prosper : Source : Bangkokpost
3-Jul-12
Myanmar's
prolonged isolation and economic stagnation left a mark on almost every sector
the country needs to prosper _ from energy and transport to agriculture,
education and health. So where to begin?
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(15) Myanmar may park the bus : Source : NST
3-Jul-12
MYANMAR will likely play an ultra-defensive game
to survive against Malaysia’s
mercurial strikers led by Rozaimi Abdul Rahman in a crucial Asian Under-22
Qualifiers Group G match in Yangon today.
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(16) Myanmar plans second airport to serve Yangon : Source : Businessweek
2-Jul-12
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar called upon local and foreign investors
Monday to fund construction of a second airport to serve the country's largest
city, Yangon, as it prepares for an influx of
tourists in the wake of political reforms.
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