Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Daily Burma Related News (Oct 24, 2012)


(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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