(1) Armed group, gov’t to build model village as fighting continues : Source : DVB
12-Oct-12
The
Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) is set to partner with the Burmese
government to build a model village for displaced persons and the families of
soldiers in northern Shan state, despite ongoing clashes.
(2) Anti-OIC Protests Spread : Source : RFA
2012-10-12
Buddhist
protesters march against Muslim influence in Burma.
Demonstrations against the
57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation spread to the country’s
second-largest city on Friday, as thousands of Buddhist monks and laypeople in
Mandalay marched to protest the
(3) Ruling party aiming to revamp image ahead of elections : Source : DVB
12-Oct-12
Burma’s
army-backed ruling party is preparing for a leadership revamp as the dramatic
political reforms that it has helped foster threaten to bring an electoral
wipeout in 2015.
(4) More demonstrators charged for protesting without permits : Source : DVB
12-Oct-12
The
leaders of a workers’ protest in Rangoon’s Sanchaung township last week have
been charged by the police for demonstrating without an official permit.
(5) Thein Sein Misses Out on Peace Prize : Source : Irrawaddy
12-Oct-12
The
Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 was awarded to the European Union (EU) “for over six
decades [contribution] to the advancement of peace and reconciliation,
democracy and human rights in Europe.”
(6) Protesters Seek to Halt Multiple Court Cases : Source : Irrawaddy
12-Oct-12
A
court in Rangoon’s Dagon Township said yesterday that it would decide on Oct.
24 whether to accept a request from the leaders of an unauthorized protest held
last month to have their case tried in a single court.
(7) Govt Offers KIO New Venue for Peace Talks : Source : Irrawaddy
12-Oct-12
The
Burmese government has proposed a new venue for peace talks with the Kachin
Independence Organization (KIO), its second offer in a month. The KIO rejected
the government negotiating team’s last proposal to hold peace talks in
Naypyidaw, saying that it would be inappropriate given that fighting between
the sides was ongoing so close to the Kachin headquarters at Laiza.
(8)
Suu Kyi exposes local ‘disunity’ in NLD party : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 12 October 2012 12:36
Mizzima News
Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t happy with
what she calls “disunity” at the grassroots level of some local branches of the
National League for Democracy.
(9) Thais to Investigate King’s Tomb in Mandalay : Source : Irrawaddy
12-Oct-12
The
Thai government said it plans to send a fact-finding team to investigate a
funereal site in Mandalay which is believed to be the ancient tomb of a Siamese
king, according to Thai news website Matichon.
(10)
Top US official to visit Burma : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 12 October 2012 12:54
Mizzima News
US Deputy Secretary of State William
Burns will visit Burma on Wednesday during a five-country trip to Asia in which
he will meet with President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
(11)
Gov’t agrees to build village for Shan group : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 12 October 2012 13:05
Mizzima News
An agreement to set up a village for
families of the Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and
internally displaced persons has been reached with the Burmese government, the Shan
Herald reported on Thursday.
(12)
ABSDF leaders to speak in Bangkok : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 12 October 2012 13:15
Mizzima News
Former leaders of the All Burma
Students Democratic Front (ABSDF) will speak about their recent return to Read More---
(13) Burma Army stops Dawei smugglers : Source : Karen
12-Oct-12
Since
the beginning of October the Burma military has started a major crack down on
motorbike smugglers crossing over from Thailand.
(14) Amazons busting dope pushers in Shan State North : Source : Panglong
12-Oct-12
Worried of their
children becoming drug users, women in Muse township’s Mongpaw tract are up in
arms against both drug addicts and peddlers, according to sources coming to the
Sino-Burmese border.
(15) Agreement between Naypyitaw-SSA reached but not signed : Source : Panglong
Thursday,
11 October 2012 14:43 S.H.A.N.
266The 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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