(1) Kachin War a Battle for Resources : Source : RFA
2012-08-31
Fighting
escalates in northern Burma's resource-rich Kachin state.
In
a high-stakes battle reflecting political and economic interests, Burmese
government troops have stepped up their offensive this week against ethnic
Kachin rebels in an area at the heart of Burma’s jade industry.
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(2) Burma Moves to Scrap Ministry : Source : RFA
2012-08-31
The
Burmese government seeks legislative approval to abolish the Ministry of
Industrial Development.
Burmese
President Thein Sein’s administration on Friday proposed shutting down a
ministry which oversees industrial megaprojects and was created at the tail end
of the previous military regime, saying it was irrelevant amid the reforms that
are underway.
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(3)
Former monk Gambira pens open letter on Arakan State : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 12:49 Mizzima
News
The prominent Burmese Buddhist monk
who helped lead the “Saffron Revolution,” Ashin Gambira – now known as Ko Nyi
Nyi Lwin since he took off his robes – has released a letter accusing the
military of using the Arakan community unrest for its
own purposes
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(4)
UN population fund director concludes visit to Burma : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 15:19 Mizzima
News
Meeting with reproductive health
advocates and private sector leaders, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the executive
director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, wrapped up a three-day
visit to Burma on Wednesday.
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(5)
Burma appoints three new ministers in Cabinet reshuffle : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 13:17 Mizzima
News
Three new deputy ministers have been
appointed as part of Burma’s Cabinet reshuffle this week, according to an order
from the President's Office.
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(6) Tycoon Agrees to Return Confiscated Land : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Aug-12
RANGOON—
After facing the threat of a protest in front of his head office, a Burmese
tycoon and Lower House MP hastily struck deals with farmers from Kachin State
who filed a lawsuit against his company alleging illegal land confiscations.
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(7)
Township authorities to give funds to flooded farmers : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 13:26 Min Min
Kangyidaung
(Mizzima) – Thirty Kangyidaung Township authorities will give money and seeds
to farmers whose 15,000 acres of spoiled paddy in Irrawaddy Region were flooded
in August, an official at the Settlement and Land Records Department told Mizzima.
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(8) Exiles Return a Day after Being Taken off Blacklist : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Aug-12
A
day after their names appeared in a government list of Burmese nationals who
are no longer regarded as threats to national security, a group of high-profile
dissidents returned to their homeland on Friday for the first time in more than
two decades.
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(9)
Returned exiled lawyer serving six-month prison sentence : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 13:54 Mizzima
News
An exiled
defense lawyer who returned to Burma under the olive branch offered by the new
government has been jailed for a previous sentence in absentia, and is now in
Insein Prison.
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(10) US says China should create ‘protection program’ for Kachin refugees : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 14:09 Mizzima
News
The United States on Thursday
criticized China following reports that it returned Kachin refugees to Burma
despite ongoing fighting.
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(11) Western Markets ‘Will Promote Worker Rights’ : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Aug-12
RANGOON—The
return of Western markets for Burma’s once-booming garment industry can help
safeguard worker rights, claims an industry expert.
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(12)
Australia gives direct aid to Rakhine State homeless : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 15:05 Mizzima
News
Australia will give US $1 million to
Burma in emergency aid to provide clothing, blankets and basic supplies to
around 14,000 people left homeless by sectarian conflicts in Rakhine State.
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(13)
UN population fund director concludes visit to Burma : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 31 August 2012 15:19 Mizzima
News
Meeting with reproductive health
advocates and private sector leaders, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the executive
director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, wrapped up a three-day
visit to Burma on Wednesday.
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(14) Wa commander removed to minor position : Source : Panglong
Friday, 31
August 2012 12:32 S.H.A.N.
A
United Wa State Army (UWSA) officer who shot to prominence during the last two
years was suddenly transferred to a lower position earlier this month,
according to confirmed reports from the Sino-Burmese border.
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(15) Fighting intensifies in Hpakant jade district as army poses as
civilians : Source : Kachin
30-Aug-12
[B]Hpakant, Burma —[/B] Armed clashes between
Burma military forces and troops from the armed wing of the Kachin Independence
Organization (KIO) continued yesterday in Kachin state's famed Hpakant jade
district, according to members of the Kachin resistance.
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(16) Two famous / notorious Shans removed from blacklist but one’s dead : Source : Panglong
Friday, 31
August 2012 12:27 S.H.A.N.
According
to the list of de-blacklisted foreigners and exiles that was published
yesterday, two prominent Shan exiles Tiger Yawnghwe and his younger brother the
late Dr Chao Tzang Yawnghwe are now safe to travel back to their home country.
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