(1) Exiled activist handed prison sentence after returning to Burma : Source : DVB
30-Aug-12
A
political activist and lawyer, who recently returned home after years in exile,
was sentenced to six months in prison for charges of contempt of court on
Wednesday.
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(2) Plans to Raise Rice Output : Source : RFA
2012-08-30
A
new report says Cambodia, Laos, and Burma must leverage their resources to up
their rice yields.
Cambodia, Laos, and Burma can become more efficient
rice producers by improving their transport and marketing networks and
enhancing research, the Asian Development Bank said in a report Thursday aimed
at boosting rice production and stabilizing prices of the region’s staple food.
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(3) Blacklist Names Released : Source : RFA
2012-08-30
Burma’s
government publishes the names of thousands of people it removed from a
‘no-entry’ list.
The
Burmese government said Thursday it will not allow citizens accused of treason
or who took asylum in a foreign country to return home, as it published the
names of more than 2,000 people removed from an immigration blacklist.
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(4) Obama removes visa restrictions ahead of Thein Sein’s US trip : Source : DVB
30-Aug-12
US
President Barack Obama on Wednesday waived visa restrictions for Burma’s leader
Thein Sein to visit during next month’s UN summit in a show of support for
reforms in the country.
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(5)
Burma’s foreign investment law loaded with restrictions : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 30 August 2012 12:33
Mizzima News
President Thein Sein wants to make
Burma’s Foreign Investment Law more open to investors and his office has been
working to convince lawmakers to remove dozens of restrictions, according
to wire reports. The law could be approved this week.
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(6)
Kachin call for halt of Burmese government offensives : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:51
Mizzima News
An 11-member Kachin coalition group
issued a comprehensive policy statement directed to President Thein Sein, the
UN and the Chinese government on Thursday.
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(7) More Displaced as Kachin Fighting Escalates : Source : Irrawaddy
30-Aug-12
Hostilities
have been escalating in Burma’s northern Kachin State since early this week
with community-based organizations saying that at least 90,000 civilians have
been displaced so far.
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(8)
Investors want to see Thailand support Dawei: ADB : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 30 August 2012 12:59
Mizzima News
The Asian Development Bank (ADB)
said Thailand should speed up investment in transport and infrastructure
development on the Dawei special economic zone project, to show international
investors it is committed to the project.
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(9) KNU leader sees positive in Burma’s cabinet shuffle : Source : Karen
30-Aug-12
The
Karen National Union’s vice chairman, Saw David Tharc Kapaw, acknowledged that
Burma’s recent cabinet reshuffle has cast President U Thein Sein as a reformer.
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(10)
Hearing held in anti-Rohingya protest case : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:54 Than
Htike Oo
Rangoon
(Mizzima) – A hearing was held in the Sanchaung Township Court on Tuesday in a
case against the organizers of an anti-Rohingya protest held during the visit
of UN Special Envoy on Human Rights Tomas Ojea Quintana to Burma in early
August.
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(11)
Burmese Union Leader Maung Maung returns from Exile : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:43
Mizzima News
The International Trede Union
Confederation (ITUC) has welcomed the imminent return to Burma of the leader of
the country’s trade union movement.
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(12)
Burmese groups say MPSI initiative process ‘flawed’ : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 30 August 2012 14:40
Mizzima News
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