(1) Foreign investment may be restricted under new laws : Source : DVB
15-Aug-12
Burma’s new foreign investment law
may be more restrictive than its predecessor, experts said, after an updated
draft of the much-anticipated foreign direct investment (FDI) bill was leaked
to Reuters last week.
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(2) MPs Want Tribunal Sacked : Source : RFA
2012-08-15
Burma’s Lower House of Parliament says a ruling on affairs committees was
unlawful.Burma’s Lower House of Parliament has called for the resignation of
all members of the country’s Constitutional Tribunal for a ruling that will
make it difficult for MPs to effectively oversee the activities of government
entities.
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(3) Navy Chief Picked as VP : Source : RFA
2012-08-15
Burma's newly appointed vice
president is seen as politically moderate. Burma on Wednesday appointed a navy
chief who has a reputation as a political moderate to be one of the country’s
two vice presidents, replacing a hardliner who resigned for health reasons.
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(4) Flooding Displaces Thousands in Delta Region : Source : Irrawaddy
15-Aug-12
Massive flooding caused by ongoing
heavy rain this week has forced thousands of people living in Irrawaddy
Division and Karen
State to flee their
homes.
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(5) Kachin women demand Myanmar Human Right Commission hold in-depth investigation into Kachin abuses : Source : Karen
15-Aug-12
The Kachin Women Association
Thailand urged the Myanmar Human Right Commission to do a proper comprehensive
and in-depth inquiry into the massive amount of people who have been displaced
or made refugees by Burma Army offensives in Kachin State.
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(6) Turkey’s Arakan Access Shows Govt Sincere: UN : Source : Irrawaddy
15-Aug-12
A top UN envoy says that the recent
visit of Turkey Foreign Minister Ahmet Ahmet Davutoglu to violence-hit Arakan
(Rakhine) State shows the Burmese government sincerely wants to solve the
crisis.
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(7) Tech Schools Reopen in Rangoon and Mandalay : Source : Irrawaddy
15-Aug-12
Institutes of Technology will
reopen in Burma’s two
biggest cities of Rangoon and Mandalay after being closed by the junta
government 24 years ago.
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(8) Drug abuse free-for-all on the Chinese border : Source : Panglong
15-Aug-12
Drugs are widely available in
Namkham and the neighboring Kachin township
of Manwiang but local
authorities are taking no action against this state of affairs, report locals.
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(9) Traffic police officer arrested for smuggling tons of jade : Source : Panglong
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:14 MHO
On August 11, deputy traffic police
officer U Kyaw Soe Aung who is currently assigned to Muse
City in Northern Shan
State was reportedly
arrested altogether with his two subordinates for illegally transporting jade.
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(10) Kyaunggon Township needs flood aid : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 12:16 Than
Htike Oo and Theingi Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Residents of three quarters and 18 villages
in Kyaunggon Township in Irrawaddy Region need food,
medicine and other aid, a military officer working in the area told Mizzima on Tuesday.
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(11) Shan leader says Wa should help gov’t in anti-drug campaign : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 12:26
Mizzima News
The top Shan army leader says now is
a “golden opportunity” for a top commander of the United Wa State Army who is
wanted by the US
on drug changes to cooperate in Nawpyitaw’s drug elimination policy.
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