Monday, September 10, 2012

Daily Burma Related News (Sep 10, 2012)


(1) Hispaw Haw—Abode of Tragic Shan Prince : Source : Irrawaddy

8-Sep-12
During my last trip to Burma in June, I went up to Lashio, northern Shan State, and decided to stop in en route at Hispaw to visit the residence of famed Shan Prince Sao Kya Seng.

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(2) Burma’s Constitutional Tribunal resigns : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 07 September 2012 12:43 Mizzima News
Burma’s nine-member Constitutional Tribunal voluntarily resigned en masse on Thursday, according to an order of the President's Office aired by state-run Radio and Television.

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(3) Latest ceasefire group slams news on state media : Source : Panglong

Friday, 07 September 2012 18:40 S.H.A.N.
Some top members of the PaO National Liberation Organization (PNLO) that concluded a ceasefire agreement on 25 August at the Shan State capital Taunggyi have expressed disappointment with the news report that appeared on the Myanmar Alin daily two days later.

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(4) KIO refuses NLD request to gather bodies from Hpakant battleground : Source : Kachin
8-Sep-12

A request made by representatives from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) that they be allowed to collect the bodies left behind by a massive August 29 explosion at a mining compound in the jade rich Hpakant (also Hpakan, Phakant) mining district in western Kachin State, has been rejected by the armed wing of the

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(5) Reforms lift veil on Myanmar's power struggles : Source : Brecorder

10-Sep-12

For the near half century that they lived under a military junta, the people of Myanmar knew nothing of the power struggles going on within the regime. But as the country slowly gets used to its new democratic institutions following a wave of political reforms over the past year, these battles are now being played out very much in public.
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(6) Myanmar invites member of legendary 30 Comrades group home from exile in China : Source : Vancouversun

9-sep-12
YANGON, Myanmar - One of Myanmar's legendary "Thirty Comrades" who spearheaded the struggle against British colonialism has been invited back from exile by President Thein Sein.

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