(1) Hardliners exit parliament amid reshuffle : Source : DVB
4-Jul-12
Several hardliners will leave Burma’s top
leadership in an imminent reshuffle, officials said Wednesday, as the reformist
regime welcomed the parliamentary debut of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition.
(2) Parliament to address Arakan state, economy : Source : DVB
4-Jul-12
Burma’s opposition lawmakers are
due to take their seats in the nation’s fledgling parliament today, in a
session likely to be dominated by recent deadly communal unrest.
(3) VP’s Resignation Confirmed; Replacement to be Named Next Week : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Jul-12
The long-rumored resignation of
Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo was confirmed on Wednesday during the opening
of the fourth session of Burma’s
Parliament. A deadline for the nomination of his replacement was set for next
week.
(4) Ethnic Conflict Key to Rebuilding Nation: Thein Sein : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Jul-12
Burma’s President Thein Sein says
that ending ethnic conflict is the key to rebuilding the nation, and the
benchmark that will denote the transition from the old administration to the
new one.
(5) Burma Confirms Plans to Resurrect Death Railway : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Jul-12
Burma’s
Railways Minister Aung Min has confirmed plans to begin construction later this
year of a railway linking Rangoon and Bangkok along the route
of the notorious “Death Railway” built by Japanese-held prisoners of war during
the Second World War.
(6)
China and Burma have good
relations: Suu Kyi : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 12:24
Mizzima News
Burmese opposition leader Aung San
Suu Kyi said on Tuesday she would travel to Asian countries if invited,
following her return from a five-country tour of Europe
last week.
(7)
Max Myanmar confirms ‘pulling out’ of Dawei : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 17:29
Mizzima News
Burma’s Max Myanmar Group, a domestic partner in the Dawei
deep-sea port and industrial complex, officially said on Wednesday it was
pulling out of the project, adding to doubts about how the US$ 50-billion
project will go forward.
(8) Pressure Grows to End Tainted State Agency’s Role in Oil and Gas : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Jul-12
The Burmese government’s quest for
big-named international oil companies to invest in developing the country’s
still largely untapped offshore gas and oil potential could be stymied unless
it shuts down its own regulatory agency.
(9) The Woman Who Saved Burmese History : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Jul-12
RANGOON
— The British Council Library in Rangoon is Burma’s leading
authority on history and culture, but one woman is owed a huge debt of
gratitude for preserving its peerless collection.
(10)
Heavy fighting in Shan
State : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 13:48
Mizzima News
Heavy artillery fire erupted this
week when Shan State Army (SSA) North fighters defended their position in
Monghsu Township against an estimated 10 infantry battalions of the Burmese
army, said the SSA and local sources.
(11)
August gem show cancelled due to Kachin unrest : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 04 July 2012 12:52 Mizzima
News
Due to fighting in Kachin State,
Burma has postponed its annual special gem sale in August following the
suspension of jade mining in Pha-Kant in northern Kachin State, where fighting
has been ongoing for more than one year.
(12) China denies sending Myanmar refugees to combat zone : Source : Chinadaily
5-Jul-12
KUNMING
- A border official in Southwest China's Yunnan
province on Wednesday said border authorities have not forced Myanmar
refugees to return to a conflict-torn region in their home country.
(13) Myanmar MPs to take home lessons on India : Source : Indianexpress
5-Jul-12
The executive accountability to the
legislature, freedom of the media, committee system and the provision of
dedicated television channels of the two Houses have fascinated the 10 MPs from
Myanmar, who have come here for an orientation programme organised by the
Indian Parliament for them.
(14) Myanmar Parliament Reconvenes, but Without Suu Kyi : Source : ABC
4-Jul-12
Myanmar's parliament reconvened
Wednesday for what is expected to be an important session, but its best-known
member, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent because she was busy
with other work.
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