(1) Several labourers injured after Thai, Burmese nationals clash : Source : DVB
23-Oct-12
Several people were seriously
injured after violence erupted between Thai and Burmese labourers near a
construction site in Thailand’s
Ayutthaya
province on Sunday.
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(2) Monk group calls on locals to target ‘Rohingya sympathisers’ : Source : DVB
23-Oct-12
A group of Arakanese monks have
called for Rohingya “sympathisers” to be targeted and exposed as “national
traitors” while tensions again flare between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma’s
westernmost state.
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(3) Rakhine Violence Spreads : Source : RFA
2012-10-23
The number of torched homes doubles
as new violence rages on in Burma’s
Rakhine state.
More than 600 homes have been destroyed by fire in
western Burma’s
Rakhine state as violence between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists spread
to six villages, authorities said Tuesday.
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(4) Permanent Residency Not for All Foreigners: Minister : Source : Irrawaddy
23-Oct-12
The Burmese government’s permanent
residency scheme (PRS) will be divided into two categories and contain conditions
for foreigners, according to Soe Thein, one of six government ministers
attached to the President’s Office.
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(5) 500 NLD Members to Quit in Pathein : Source : Irrawaddy
23-Oct-12
More than 500 members of Burma’s main opposition National League for
Democracy (NLD) threatened to resign on Monday in protest at the closure of the
party office in Pathein
Township, Irrawaddy
Division.
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(6)
Three dead in clashes in Rakhine
State : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:47
Mizzima News
Three people died and hundreds of
homes were burned in violent clashes starting on Sunday between Muslims and
Buddhists in the western Rakhine State in Burma, officials report.
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(7)
Land confiscation issue major concern for Burma’s rights groups : Source :
Mizzima
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:03
Mizzima News
Land confiscation disputes are
increasing in Burma,
where all land is nominally owned by the state.
Of late, however, farmers and others are taking
their grievances public, staging mass demonstrations and attracting widespread
coverage by the media, which is working in a freer climate than in the past.
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(8)
KIO-government proposed talks break down : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:19
Mizzima News
Efforts to renew peacemaking talks
between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Burmese government
have collapsed over a dispute involving who the KIO would negotiate with.
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(9)
Germany to help build new Rangoon airport : Source
: Mizzima
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:32
Mizzima News
Germany will provide technical and financial assistance to Burma’s new
international airport project at Hantharwaddy in Bago region, Weekly Eleven
News said on Monday.
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(10) Drugs main topic for the next Naypyitaw-Shan meeting : Source : Panglong
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:34 S.H.A.N.
A pilot crop substitution project
will be at the top of the agenda in the upcoming Union level meeting between
the government and the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army
(RCSS/SSA), according to RCSS/SSA leader Lt-Gen Yawdserk.
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(11)
Foreign investment law expected to pass soon : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:41 Myat
Kyaw Thu
Naypyitaw (Mizzima) – Burma’s Foreign
Investment Law is likely to pass soon, members of the Joint Bill Committee told
Mizzima on Monday.
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(12)
Burma pulling out of N. Korean ties: US : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:17
Mizzima News
The US
believes Burma is giving up
its remaining military ties with North Korea
but said it will take time, a US
envoy for the US-North Korean nuclear issue said on Monday.
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(13) Burma
army troops steal from Kachin villagers : Source : Kachin
23-Oct-12
[B]KAMAING, BURMA — [/B]Troops from the Army's
Light Infantry Division No. 88 stole valuable jewelry from a Kachin woman
Sunday evening during military operations at her village in western Kachin
state, according to the woman's neighbors.
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