(1) Gov’t removes more than 2000 names from ‘blacklist’ : Source : DVB
28-Aug-12
More
than 2,000 names have been excised from Burma’s blacklist, according to a
report published in state newspaper The
New Light of Myanmar.
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(2) Thein Sein announces long-awaited cabinet reshuffle : Source : DVB
28-Aug-12
Burma’s
president reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, his office announced, in a
long-awaited move seen as promoting reform-minded allies and sidelining a
prominent hardliner.
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(3) Jailed Aid Staff Pardoned : Source : RFA
2012-08-28
Burma
frees three local aid workers ordered jailed over ethnic unrest between
Rohinygas and Rakhines.
Burma’s
President Thein Sein on Tuesday pardoned three local U.N.-linked staff
imprisoned for their alleged involvement in recent ethnic violence in western
Burma, a rare amnesty that was immediately welcomed by the world body.
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(4) Thousands Flee as Burma Army Attacks Jade Capital : Source : Irrawaddy
28-Aug-12
Thousands
of Kachin civilians living in villages in Hpakant Township, the center of
Burma’s lucrative jade industry, have been forced to flee as Burmese government
troops mount an intensifying offensive against the Kachin Independence Army
(KIA) in the area.
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(5) Human Rights Abuses Rife in Karen State: Report : Source : Irrawaddy
28-Aug-12
Almost
one-third of families in Karen State surveyed for a new report experienced
human rights violations despite government promises that Burma is moving
towards reform.
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(6)
Burma sentences two UN staffers to prison : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 12:36
Mizzima News
Two UN local workers in Burma have
been sentenced to prison after being charged with crimes during the community
unrest in Rakhine State.
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(7) Can Burma Solve Energy Gap Via its Asean Connections? : Source : Irrawaddy
28-Aug-12
Burma’s
chronic shortage of electricity, which threatens to stymie economic growth,
could be eased by pushing for acceleration of plans by the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) for a regional power grid.
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(8)
Suu Kyi to visit largest Burmese community in US : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 12:57
Mizzima News
Burmese natives living in the San
Francisco bay area said Aung San Suu Kyi will visit there on Sept. 29 during
her US tour.
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(9)
Asean economic ministers meeting underway : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:13
Mizzima News
The 44th Asean Economic
Ministers Meeting and related meetings opened in Cambodia on Monday, with talks
focused on the bloc's economic development and building an Asean Economic
Community by 2015.
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(10)
Burmese lawmakers still challenging Constitutional Tribunal : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 14:03
Mizzima News
The Burmese Parliament continues to
challenge the Constitutional Tribunal over its ruling that lawmakers said
weakened the Parliament’s ability to perform its duties.
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(11)
Second Mae Sot-Myawaddy bridge site chosen : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 13:03
Mizzima News
Work on a larger, second bridge
connecting Mae Sot and Myawaddy will be completed by 2014, according to Burmese
officials.
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(12) KNU wants relocation of Burma Army high on peace-talk agenda : Source : Karen
29-Aug-12
The
Karen National Union (KNU) and the Burma Government announced today that they
have agreed on the dates and location for the third round of their ‘peace-talk’
negotiation. The two parties finally agreed to meet in Hpan-an, Karen State on
September 3rd and 4th after the Burma Government had earlier postponed the
‘peace-talks’ that were originally scheduled for August 27th to 29th.
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(13)
Spirituality comes too late to many national leaders : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 13:14 Myat
Thu Pan
(Commentary) - Reading Chit Hlaing's
reminiscence of his last meeting with Ne Win in 1995 is quite a revelation.
What is most confounding is that Chit Hlaing realized the key to Ne Win’s
failure as a ruler of Burma only after the nation had been left in utter ruins.
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(14)
Journalists negotiate press council duties with Burmese gov’t : Source :
Mizzima
Tuesday, 28 August 2012 12:51 Mizzima
News
Activities of
the newly formed Myanmar Core Press Council have been halted to allow for
negotiations with the Myanmar Journalists Association (MJA), government
officials said.
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(15) New liaison office in the Shan capital to be opened soon : Source : Panglong
Tuesday,
28 August 2012 14:55 S.H.A.N.
The
PaO National Liberation Organization (PNLO) that became the 13th group to sign
a ceasefire agreement with Naypyitaw will be setting up a liaison office in
Taunggyi, the Shan State Government seat, before the end of the month,
according to its spokesman Khun Thurein.
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(16) 6,000 people flee from Hpakant
battle : Source : Kachin
29-Aug-12
[B]uesday, August 28[/B] — Within two weeks,
over 6,000 miners and residents in Burma’s Hpakant jade mine have fled from war
zones to local Christ churches and Buddhist monasteries in Hpakan. The fighting intensified in the jade mining
region in western Kachin State when a Burmese Army column took position near
Maw Mau Bum— the jade
(17) United Wa State Army (UWSA) payroll still going Communist way : Source : Panglong
Monday, 27
August 2012 15:08 NMHO
United
Wa State Army which is currently the strongest in terms of finance, equipment,
weapons and manpower among all the ethnic armed groups is said to be practicing
its salary system as during the days under the Communist Party of Burma (CPB),
according to former CPB members.
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