(1) Islamic body to take Rohingya issue to United Nations : Source : DVB
16-Aug-12
The Islamic summit decided on
Thursday to take the issue of Burma’s
Muslim Rohingyas, displaced by deadly sectarian violence, to the United
Nations.
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(2) Rakhine Aid Workers Freed : Source : RFA
2012-08-16
Burmese authorities release local
NGO staff held amid ethnic violence between Rohingyas and Rakhines.
Two local staff members of an
international aid non-governmental organization detained during the height of
ethnic violence in western Burma’s
Rakhine state were released Thursday amid easing tensions but several more aid
workers continue to languish in detention.
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(3) Curfews Cut Back in Arakan State as Tensions Ease : Source : Irrawaddy
16-Aug-12
Local authorities in Arakan State
have shortened curfews in townships affected by clashes between Arakanese
Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims as the situation appears to be returning to
normal, according to government officials and local residents.
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(4) Govt ‘Plotting Kachin Attack’ despite Peace Rhetoric : Source : Irrawaddy
16-Aug-12
Amid apparent attempts to arrange
peace talks, the Burmese military is preparing for a large scale offensive
against Kachin rebels in northern Burma with large troop deployments
at the frontline, according to local sources.
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(5)
Islamic group to take Rohingya issue to the UN : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:23
Mizzima News
The Islamic summit meeting has
decided to take the issue of Muslim Rohingyas in Burma to the United Nations, it
said in a statement.
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(6) Suu Kyi’s Silence on Rohingya Draws Rare Criticism : Source : Irrawaddy
16-Aug-12
BANGKOK—She
is known as the voice of Burma’s
downtrodden but there is one oppressed group that Aung San Suu Kyi does not
want to discuss.
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(7) Sea turtle sanctuaries in Irrawaddy Region cut in half: researcher : Source : Mizzima
16-Aug-12
(Feature) – After one decade, Burmese sea
turtles can no longer can be found in many turtle sanctuaries in Irrawaddy
Region, according to researchers.
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(8) Drought Hits Central Burma despite Delta Floods : Source : Irrawaddy
16-Aug-12
Despite flooding across the
Irrawaddy Delta due to heavy rain, drought has hit central Burma
destroying the crops of farmers in Mandalay Division.
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(9) Flooding closes 41 schools in Pathein : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 16 August 2012 14:01 Kyaw
Phone Kyaw
Rangoon (Mizzima)
– Forty-one schools in Pathein [Bassein] Township, a flood-stricken area in
Irrawaddy Region, have been closed since Wednesday, due to heavy monsoon rains.
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(10)
World Bank to fund ‘model villages’ in Burmese townships : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 16 August 2012 13:10
Mizzima News
A World Bank development program in Burma plans to
set up model villages in more than 300 townships, in addition to creating 15
plans to alleviate chronic poverty in rural areas.
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(11)
SNLD party leader calls for more gov’t decentralization : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 16 August 2012 16:21
Mizzima News
The head of the newly registered Shan Nationalities League for Democracy
(SNLD) has called for more decentralization of regions and states by the
Burmese government.
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(12) Heavy flooding destroys 9,500 acres of rice in eastern Burma : Source : Karen
16-Aug-12
Record monsoon rains in eastern Burma destroyed
thousands of acres of rice cultivated by villagers and there are no sign the
rains are likely to ease any time soon.
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(13) ATM
debit card rollout to start in September : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:54 Theingi
Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima)
– Burmese consumers will be able to use a Myanmar Payment Union (MPU) debit
card in September to withdraw money at ATM machines of participating banks and
to buy goods at some stores.
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(14) Elected Shan leader calls for more power to the states : Source : Panglong
Thursday, 16 August 2012 11:30 S.H.A.N.
Hkun Htoon Oo, leader of the Shan
Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) that won statewide in the 1990
elections, yesterday called for more decentralization by the central government
for the states and regions, according to reports from Rangoon.
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