(1) World Bank grant could ‘exacerbate’ problems in border regions : Source : DVB
10-Aug-12
Civil society groups have urged the
World Bank to exercise caution before pressing ahead with their plans to pump
$85 million into community projects in Burma’s conflict-torn border
regions or risk “exacerbating” local problems.
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(2) Thein Sein meets with Arakan leaders : Source : DVB
10-aug-12
President Thein Sein and leaders
from two major Arakanese parties met during informal talks on Wednesday and
discussed the unrest in western Burma’s
Arakan state that was rocked by sectarian rioting in June.
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(3)
Turkey foreign minister
travels to Rakhine
State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 12:04 Mizzima
News
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu, who is leading a delegation of the Organization of the Islamic
Cooperation (OIC) on a visit to Rakhine
State, met with Burmese
President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw on Thursday.
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(4)
Burma looking to become world’s No. 1 rice exporter : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 12:20 Mizzima
News
Burma could be poised to reclaim its No. 1 position as the
world’s top rice exporter, perhaps within three years, say officials, if all
goes well. Burma
was the world's top rice exporter in the 1960s.
A top priority
is to give farmers better access to high-quality seeds and fertilizer,
officials said.
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(5) Three new wharfs planned for Ahlone Port : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 12:52 Theingi
Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima)
– The Ahlone Dockyard Port will significantly expand with the construction of
three new wharfs valued at more than US$ 110 million.
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(6) People’s voice needed to establish rule of law : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:06 Aung
Myat Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Parliament Legal Affairs and Investigating Committee member Than Maung told a Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) meeting this week that people must understand that the police, courts, public administrators and government staff are all public servants who are bound
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(7) EU asks Bangladesh to rescind aid ban on NGOs : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 13:47 Mizzima
News
The European Union has urged Bangladesh to ensure humanitarian access to
Rohingya refugees from Burma,
and to allow humanitarian aid organizations “to do their work for the benefit
of all communities.”
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(8) Thousands homeless after Karen State floods : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:20 Mizzima
News
Up to 6,000 people are homeless
after severe flooding in Hpa-an Township in Karen State.
Zaw Min, the Karen State
chief minister, said that heavy rains since July have caused the Salween River to finally flood.
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(9) About 20,000 people fined for illegally crossing roads : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:37 Yadanar
Oo
Rangoon (Mizzima)
– A total of 19,492 people were given citations for illegally crossing roads
from January until late July, the Rangoon Region Supervisory Committee for
Motor Vehicles reported this week.
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(10) A strong democratic front needed in Burma : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 10 August 2012 14:49 Myat
Thu Pan
(Commentary) – The 24th anniversary
commemoration of the 1988 uprising on Thursday by Min Ko Naing and the
88-generation students was a remarkable event in the healing for both the
88-students group and the government.
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(11)
Burma’s
president helps fund ’88 24th anniversary event : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 09 August 2012 12:41
Mizzima News
Burma’s President Thein Sein personally sent two cabinet minister
to hand over a check to a former political prisoner to help fund a 24th
anniversary commemoration event of the 1988 protest movement held in Mandalay on Wednesday.
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(12) Burma Govt Forms Interim Press Council : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Aug-12
Facing growing criticism for
stalling on promises to abolish its draconian censorship board, Burma’s
government has announced that it has formed a new 20-member interim press
council, state media reported on Friday.
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(13) MPs Say States Should Get Cut of Resource Revenues : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Aug-12
Burma’s Upper House of Parliament
agreed on Thursday to discuss a proposal to share natural resource revenues
with the states and divisions where the resources are located.
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(14) Turkey Foreign Minister Tours Arakan State : Source : Irrawaddy
10-Aug-12
Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu visited Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State,
on Friday morning to assess the needs of those displaced by communal violence
between Arakanese Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims.
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(15) Burma Army’s ‘shoot on sight’ order still in use : Source : Karen
10-Aug-12
The
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) raised their concerns to the United Nations
Special Human Rights Rapporteur, Mr. Tomas Ojea Quintana that now is not the
time to repatriate Karen refugees back to Burma.
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(16) Villagers face taxing time using Kawkareik Township waterways : Source : Karen
10-Aug-12
Villagers in the Kawkareik
Township area claim the Democratic
Karen Buddhist Army and its political wing the Klohtoobaw Karen Organization is
taxing boat travelers using the Haung
Tha Raw
River.
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(17) Shans offer olive branch to Wa kingpin : Source : Panglong
Friday, 10 August 2012 11:36 Khio
Fah
Lt-Gen Yawdserk, Chairman of the
Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), has called on Wei
Xuegang, Commander of the United Wa State Army (UWSA)’s Thai border based 171st
Military Region, for cooperation against drugs, according to Tai Freedom, the
movement’s media organ.
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(18) Mekong murder suspect adamant on denial : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 09 August 2012 14:35 Khio
Fah
Sai Aung Myat who is reported to
have carried out the execution of 13 Chinese sailors near the Golden Triangle
on 5 October 2011 has denied he had anything to do with the victims, according
to a source close to his family.
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(19) Intl media mostly
ignores Kachin conflict : Source : Kachin
10-Aug-12
Despite plenty
of fighting, refugees and bloodshed the international media has largely ignored
the ongoing conflict between Burma's
army and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), which has now entered its
14 months.
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