Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Daily Burma Related News (September 3, 2012)


(1) Mass Myanmar monk rally backs anti-Rohingya plan : Source : Google
3-Aug-12
YANGON — Hundreds of Buddhist monks marched in Myanmar Sunday to support President Thein Sein's suggestion that Muslim Rohingya be deported or held in camps, in the biggest rally since the end of junta rule.

 

(2) Myanmar sending mixed signals to Asean : Source : Nationmultimedia

3-Sep-12
After Myanmar rejected the Asean chair's call for an urgent meeting on Rohingya while it granted access to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and UN agencies, other Asean colleagues were left befuddled - trying to understand the Nayphidaw's attitude towards them. During the by-election in April, which brought

 
(3) Myanmar to allow daily newspapers next year : Source : Google
2-Aug-12
YANGON — Myanmar's new information minister on Sunday predicted newspapers would be able to publish daily from early 2013, heralding fresh reform for a sector recently freed from decades of draconian censorship.

 

(4) Myanmar develops nuclear weapon : Source : Weeklyblitz

2-Sep-12
Myanmar's military junta has secretly gained nuclear power and soon the country will emerge as the third nuclear nation in South Asia. The issue of developing nuclear bomb by Myanmar came into media's focal point following broadcast of a documentary in Al Jazeera Television. The documentary was produced by Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma [DVB]. Shortly before the film was due to be broadcast, US

 

(5) Chinese villagers offer help after Myanmar boat capsizal : Source : English

3-Sep-12
KUNMING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Villagers in southwest China's Yunnan Province rescued eight Myanmar people near the China-Myanmar border after a ship overturned in the Lancang-Mekong River on Sunday afternoon, said local port authorities.
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