(1) Int’l Islamic group visit Arakan state : Source : DVB
11-Sep-12
Members
of an influential Islamic body are visiting Burma’s Arakan state, a government
official said Tuesday, to survey fallout from deadly sectarian unrest between
Buddhist and Muslim communities.
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(2) Minister meets with leading media representatives : Source : DVB
11-Sep-12
Burma’s
new Information Minister Aung Kyi met with representatives from Myanmar [Burma]
Journalists’ Association and from Myanmar Journalists Network
separately this weekend to discuss on-going lawsuits involving the media and
the formation of the country’s interim Press Council.
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(3) Man surrenders for involvement in Rohingya-related bomb plot : Source : DVB
11-Sep-12
An
Indonesian terror suspect has surrendered himself and confessed to a suicide
bomb plot against Buddhists in Jakarta to protest against Burma’s treatment of
Muslim Rohingya, police said Monday.
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(4) Hundreds Want Activists Released : Source : RFA
2012-09-11
Burmese
villagers demand the end to a mining project and freedom for four detained
protesters.
Around 300 villagers held a second day of protests in northwestern Burma Tuesday demanding the release of four activists in police custody and calling on authorities to shut down a copper mining project they say led to the
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(5) ‘Great Concern’ Over Rakhine : Source : RFA
2012-09-10
Washington
says it is concerned about the humanitarian plight in Burma's violence-hit
Rakhine state.
The United States said Monday it has “great concern” for the humanitarian situation in western Burma’s Rakhine state, following a visit by the American ambassador to the area three months after deadly violence
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(6) Govt-backed Inquiry into Arakan Violence Underway : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Sep-12
A
committee formed by Burma’s government last month to probe the causes of
communal clashes between Arakanese Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims is about
half-way through a visit to Arakan State, where it is gathering information
about the deadly outbreak of violence that began in early June.
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(7)
US ambassador Mitchell, delegation visit Rakhine State : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:10
Mizzima News
US Ambassador to Burma Derek
Mitchell returned from a fact-finding mission to Rakhine State in Burma this
week and expressed “great concern” for the humanitarian situation involving ethnic
Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas.
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(8) Burmese President Opens Online Postbox : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Sep-12
Over
the past few months President Thein Sein has gone out on a limb to appear
PR-savvy, media-friendly and all-inclusive.
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(9)
Burmese political parties object to coal-fired power plant : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 12:38 Kun
Chan
Chaing Mai (Mizzima) – Three Burmese
political parties have agreed to raise objections against the coal-fired power
plant in Kawthaung, Tanintharyi [Tenasserim] Region, according to party
officials.
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(10) Burmese Lawyers Push to Save Colonial Buildings : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Sep-12
RANGOON—Lawyers
in Burma vowed on Tuesday to fight the sale of Rangoon’s 101-year-old High
Court and a plan to convert the city’s imposing old police headquarters into a
Chinese-owned hotel.
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(11) Treating Burma’s HIV gay community : Source : Mizzima
11-Sep-12
Burma's largest supernatural spirit festival [Nat
festival] takes place annually in a small town outside of Mandalay called
Taungbyone, attracting animists and also many members of the gay community, who
come from all over the country for a week of celebrations and offerings.
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(12)
Indonesian Red Cross to help displaced people in Rakhine State : Source :
Mizzima
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:01
Mizzima News
The Indonesian Red Cross has agreed
to provide financial and technical assistance for short and long-term programs
in response to the refugee crisis in Rakhine State in Burma.
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(13) KIA Claims Howitzer Mortar Shelling on Villages : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Sep-12
Howitzer
artillery shelling is being used on civilian territory surrounding the Kachin
Independence Army (KIA) headquarters of Laiza, claim rebel sources.
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(14)
Legendary 30-comrade member invited to return to Burma : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:15
Phanida
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Former
Brigadier General Kyaw Zaw, a leader of Communist Party of Burma (CPB), and his
daughter, Hla Kyaw Zaw, have been invited to return to Burma from exile, said
Aung Kyaw Zaw, a son of Kyaw Zaw.
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(15) Ethics of MOGE and Gas Money : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Sep-12
“We set high standards of performance and ethical
behavior that we apply internationally … according to our core values of
honesty, integrity and respect for people and to comply with relevant
legislation and regulations.”
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(16)
Burma’s president calls for clean, more efficient government : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:46
Mizzima News
President Thein Sein has called on
his newly reshuffled cabinet members to abide by the law and to create a clean,
non-corrupt government, official media reported on Tuesday.
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(17)
Burma plans to privatize telecommunications industry : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 11 September 2012 13:31
Mizzima News
Burma’s State Posts and
Telecommunication (MPT) has worked out a plan to turn over telecommunications
to four private operators, local media reported on Monday.
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(18) FBR: Despite ‘peacetalks’ armed conflict, forced labour continue in Karen State : Source : Karen
11-Sep-12
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