(1) Japan calls on int’l creditors to support Burma : Source : DVB
11-Oct-12
Japan
vowed Thursday to resume loans to a reforming Burma and called on global creditors
of the one-time pariah state to chip in more, chiding China for skipping a key
lenders’ meeting.
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(2) Armed Shan group holds talks with government : Source : DVB
11-Oct-12
Delegations
from the Shan State Progressive Party (Shan State Army-North) and the
government’s Internal Peace Making Committee have met in northern Shan state’s
Lashio for peace talks.
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(3) Suu Kyi Sorry for ‘Disunity’ : Source : RFA
2012-10-11
The
democracy leader addresses concerns over jockeying for grassroot-level posts
within her opposition party.
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(4)
Both sides file suits in mine protest : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 11 October 2012 12:29
Mizzima News
Over 1,000 villagers staged a
symbolic demonstration on Tuesday at a graveyard to dramatize their struggle
against a Chinese co-owned mine in the Letpadaung mountain range near Sagaing
Division's Monywa city.
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(5) Curfew Eased in Arakan State : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Oct-12
Local
authorities in Arakan State this week shortened the night-time curfew in
townships affected by clashes between polarized communities in western Burma.
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(6)
Burma’s ‘at risk’ food areas : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 11 October 2012 13:05
Mizzima News
The following
is a food security update for Burma in September by the World Food Program,
noting areas of potential risk and political and other factors affecting food
production.
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(7) Alliance Calls for ‘United States’ of Burma : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Oct-12
An
alliance of 10 political parties, including five ethnic parties, plans to raise
the issue of federalism in Parliament.
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(8) Under Fire from Critics, Norwegian Peace Initiative to Continue : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Oct-12
Norway’s
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports that an Oslo-led peace project
in Burma has been temporarily suspended, but confirmed that it will not move
forward with new activities in areas controlled by the Karen National Union
(KNU) until the group has had a chance to resolve recent internal divisions.
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(9) Agreement between Naypyitaw-SSA reached but not signed : Source : Panglong
Thursday,
11 October 2012 14:43 S.H.A.N.
The
second Union-level meeting between Naypyitaw-appointed Union Peacemaking Work
Committee (UPWC) and the Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA)
held in Lashio yesterday had resulted in the agreement to set up a village for
families of the SSPP/SSA and IDPs (Internally displaced persons), according to
sources.
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(10) Farmers Persist in Fight to Halt Monywa Copper Mine : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Oct-12
The
public movement to stop a copper mining project in Sagaing Division is
continuing, with farmers and locals symbolically planting about a thousand
toddy palm trees in the area, and holding a theater show to publicize their
plight.
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(11) China Hits Out at US Solar Panel Tariffs : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Oct-12
BEIJING—China
demanded Thursday that Washington repeal steep tariffs on solar panels that
Chinese producers fear will shut their equipment out of the American market.
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(12) UN Says World Hungry Not 1 Billion After All : Source : Irrawaddy
11-Oct-12
ROME—
The United Nations said Tuesday its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1
billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the number is
actually more like 870 million.
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(13) Japan vows aid for Myanmar, urges debt resolution : Source : Business
11-Oct-12
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is moving ahead
with financial and economic backing for Myanmar while working to clear its
mountain of unpaid debt, part of a growing effort to shore up the impoverished
country's economic and democratic reforms.
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(14) No. 2 US diplomat to visit Myanmar next week, meet its president and Suu Kyi : Source : Washingtonpost
12-Oct-12
WASHINGTON
— Deputy Secretary of State William Burns will visit Myanmar next week during a
five-country trip to Asia
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(15) Myanmar go top; Laos beat Brunei : Source : Espnstar
12-Oct-12
Myanmar are almost through to the
2012 AFF Suzuki Cup after recording a routine 3-0 qualifying win over Cambodia
on Thursday.
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