(1) Political Prisoners Freed : Source : RFA
2012-07-03
Burma releases 20 more prisoners of
conscience.Burma on Tuesday released a new batch of political prisoners
imprisoned under its former military regime, as opposition leader Aung San Suu
Kyi called for the release of remaining dissidents.
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(2) Suu Kyi Defends Use of ‘Burma’ : Source : Irrawaddy
3-Jul-12
RANGOON — Burmese opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi said on Tuesday that how she chooses to refer to the country of her
birth is directly related to one the basic principles of democracy: freedom of
expression.
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(3) Salween River Dammed by Peace : Source : Irrawaddy
3-Jul-12
PA-AN, Karen State — Snaking
through the verdant limestone landscape, the Salween River finally reaches the
Andaman Sea by Burma’s former teak port capital of Moulmein after running a
course of 2,800 kilometers during which it supports an estimated 10 million
people.
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(4)
Military changed name to Myanmar
without asking: Suu Kyi : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 15:58 Mizzima
News
Aung San Suu Kyi brushed off the Burmese government’s call for her not
to use the word Myanmar for Burma on
Tuesday, saying she can call her country whatever she likes.
(5)
Burma to build new
international airport outside Rangoon
: Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 11:50 Mizzima
News
As businessmen and tourists line up
to visit Burma, old Yangon International
Airport is showing its
50-plus years, and the government has started a search for investors to build a
second international airport to relieve the pressure.
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(6)
Warrants issued for Thai solders in Mekong
murders : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 16:13 Mizzima
News
After nine months, Thai police have
issued arrest warrants for nine soldiers in connection with the murder of 13
Chinese sailors on the Mekong
River last year, Thai
media reported on Tuesday.
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(7) UN Denied Entry to 30 Kachin Camps : Source : Irrawaddy
3-Jul-12
Local Kachin groups have told The
Irrawaddy that the Burmese army is preventing UN aid agencies from transporting
humanitarian supplies to 30 refugee camps sheltering thousands of Kachins who
are now facing severe food shortages.
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(8) Rohingya Say They are Being Terrorized : Source : Irrawaddy
3-Jul-12
Burmese authorities have resumed a brutal crackdown on Rohingya minorities throughout Arakan State, according to terrified sources in the villages who contacted Asia Sentinel, saying they are burning homes, beating women and children and arresting Rohingya males as the majority ethnic Arakanese go on a
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(9) Army still not on board, fighting goes on : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 15:09 S.H.A.N.
For the 4th consecutive day, Shan State Army (SSA) North fighters have been defending its Kawng Maihoong hill base in Monghsu township, Shan State South, near the border of Tangyan township, Shan State North, against some 10 infantry battalions from the Burma Army’s Central Eastern and Northeastern
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(10) Norway: Getting Ahead of Itself in Burma? : Source : Irrawaddy
3-Jul-12
When Aung San Suu Kyi visited Norway earlier this month to belatedly receive her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize and other awards, she was given a hero’s welcome. During her trip, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg also announced that he would now encourage Norwegian companies to invest in Burma. This
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(11) Shan leader welcomed by migrants : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 12:38 S.H.A.N.
Shan leader Hkun Tun Oo, who was
elected in the 1990 general elections, was given a hero’s welcome by hundreds
of Shan migrants working in Bangkok on his arrival at the Suvanabhumi airport
last night, according to Sai Hseng Ya, SHAN/DVB correspondent.
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(12) Pangsai villagers shot by Burmese military during offensive :
Source : Kachin
2-Jul-12
Burmese military troops have been
reinforcing their positions near Pangsai (Kyukok) in northern Shan State
and killing civilians at the same time the government peace team and the Kachin
Independence Organization (KIO) have been meeting.
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(13) Naypyitaw lodges protest with Bangkok over award for Shan leader : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 03 July 2012 11:36 S.H.A.N.
The Yingluck Shinawatra government
on Saturday, 30 June, received an angry protest from the Burmese government
over the presentation of an anti-drug service award for Shan State Army (SSA)
leader Lt-Gen Yawdserk, according to both Thai and Shan sources.
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(14) Myanmar opposition take historic step into parliament : Source : New
3-Jul-12
Myanmar's
opposition lawmakers are due to take their seats
in the nation's fledgling parliament on Wednesday, in a session likely to be
dominated by recent deadly communal unrest.
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(15) Myanmar Opens Door to Change—and Frustration Follows : Source : Online
3-Jul-12
When Myanmar's leaders began launching
economic and political overhauls last year, skeptical investors and activists
weren't counting on big changes. Now, policymakers in Washington
and the Myanmar
capital of Naypyitaw are facing the opposite problem: Everyone seems to be
expecting too much.
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(16) Myanmar arrests 30 over Muslim deaths : Source : Odt
3-Jul-12
Police in Myanmar have
arrested 30 people in connection with the vigilante killing of 10 Muslims that
helped spark days of sectarian violence in Rakhine state last month in which at
least 80 people were killed and tens of thousands were displaced.
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(17) Myanmar Foreign Investment. Initial Impressions Are That It Is China’s Opposite. : Source : China Law Blog
3-Jul-12
Dan and I just returned from Yangon, Myanmar.
I attended the first Myanmar Investment Summit. Dan and I then met with local
attorneys and discussed the foreign investment situation with local business
people and interested foreign investors.
(18) Myanmar frees at least 20 political prisoners, but opposition leader Suu Kyi wants more freed : Source : Canada
3-Jul-12
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's
reformist government granted amnesties for at least 20 political prisoners on
Tuesday, but opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for the release of
hundreds more still behind bars.
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