(1) Tricky Task of Resettling the Displaced : Source : Irrawaddy
29-Sep-12
The Norwegian-led Myanmar Peace Support Initiative
(MPSI) was launched earlier this year to prepare the ground for the eventual
return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Burma’s border areas in the
wake of government ceasefires with ethnic armed groups.
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(2) Taungoo villagers protest Thauk Ye Khat Dam : Source : Karen
30-Sep-12
Protesting
Karen villagers and community organisations concerned that a dam construction
will destroy plantations, roads and their way of life stage a protest against
the energy company.
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(3) Italian-Thai Company trucks blamed for damaged roads : Source : Karen
29-Sep-12
Villagers
from Yay Phyu Township in Tanintharyi Region claim that heavy trucks used by
the Italian-Thai Development Company for the Dawei Project are damaging village
roads.
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(4) Divided town challenges
Myanmar's democracy hopes : Source : Google
1-Oct-12
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — There are no
Muslim faithful in most of this crumbling town's main mosques anymore, no
Muslim students at its university.
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(5) Myanmar leader would 'accept' Suu Kyi in vote : Source : Chinadaily
1-Oct-12
Myanmar leader Thein Sein has said
in an interview he would accept Aung San Suu Kyi as president if elected, but
added he could not alone amend rules that bar her from power.
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(6) Suu Kyi must realise she is not above public scrutiny : Source : Gulf
30-Sep-12
As
I write this, Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting the US
for the first time in more than 40 years. Before this trip, the last time she
visited the US was back in the 1960s, when she spent three years working at the
United Nations in New York.
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(7) A Conversation with President U Thein Sein of Myanmar : Source : Keller
30-Sep-12
Following
is the transcript of an interview with President U Thein Sein in New York,
September 28. He also answered questions before an audience at the Asia Society
on September 27, and the video is available here.
In both conversations, he spoke through a translator.
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