(1) China forces refugees to return to conflict zone : Source : DVB
24-Aug-12
China
has pushed thousands of refugees from Burma’s Kachin minority back across the
border into a province wracked by fighting between government troops and ethnic
guerillas, the rebels said Friday.
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(2) President’s Appointees Submit Assets Lists : Source : Irrawaddy
24-Aug-12
Cabinet
ministers and public officials appointed by President Thein Sein have finally
submitted details of their financial assets and interests but the information
is likely to remain sealed from public view, according to the President’s
Office.
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(3)
US sanction policy not affected by Rohingya issue: US ambassador : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 24 August 2012 12:21 Mizzima
News
The community violence in western
Burma was surprising, but it hasn’t affected Washington’s views on easing
sanctions, the US Ambassador to Burma said in a story in The Wall Street
Journal on Friday.
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(4) Press Protest Gets Red Light, as Journals Put on Trial : Source : Irrawaddy
24-Aug-12
A
media rights group has been denied permission to hold a protest in Rangoon next
week, as courts in Burma’s largest city move forward with lawsuits lodged
against two journals by the government.
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(5)
Kachin refugees in China forced to return : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 24 August 2012 12:38 Mizzima
News
China has begun a forced return of
thousands of ethnic Kachin refugees to northern Burma, Human Rights Watch (HRW)
said on Friday.
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(6) Activists Claim Travel Restrictions Remain : Source : Irrawaddy
24-Aug-12
Rights
activists say they continue to be refused permission to travel abroad despite
the Burmese government claiming to being undergoing political reform.
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(7)
Rangoon to undergo urban modernization plan : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 24 August 2012 12:52 Mizzima
News
Rangoon is set to start on a
long-term urban facelift in cooperation with a Japanese agency that is drafting
a 40-year upgrading plan to give the colonial city more modern urban
characteristics, local media reported on Thursday.
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(8) Map of flooding in Karen and Mon states : Source : Mizzima
24-Aug-12
The following
is a map showing the location of flooding in Burma’s Karen and Mon states for
Aug. 18-22.
More than 75,000 people in Burma have been affected by flooding of hundreds of
villages and large areas of farmland, the ACT Alliance of church organizations
said in a statement on Thursday.
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(9)
Burma’s rubber production increases : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 24 August 2012 14:53 Mizzima
News
Burma’s rubber production reached
100,000 tons in the fiscal year 2011-12.In 2005-06, rubber production was
around 60,000 tons, local media reported on Wednesday.
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(10)
Bangladesh should open borders to Rohingyas: HRW : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 24 August 2012 16:20 Mizzima
News
The government of Bangladesh should immediately remove its restrictions on international organizations providing life saving humanitarian aid to the more than 200,000 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. In addition, it should open its borders to Rohingyas seeking to flee Rakhine
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(11) Shan survey finds people want peace process to go on : Source : Panglong
Friday, 24
August 2012 15:01 S.H.A.N.
A
recent report submitted by the month long Shan State Army (SSA) South field
trip to its leadership says most people, despite the on and off clashes that
have been taking place between it and the Burma Army, have recommended
continued talks to reach a political solution is the best option available at
present.
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