(1) Military opens fire on residents in Arakan state : Source : DVB
26-Oct-12
The
Burmese military have reportedly killed several people in Arakan state after
opening fire on residents amid the ongoing sectarian clashes in the region,
according to a local government official.
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(2) More than 100 dead as communal violence continues in Arakan state : Source : DVB
26-Oct-12
At
least 112 people have been killed and scores more wounded in wave of communal
violence between Muslims and Buddhists convulsing western Burma, a local
government spokesman told AFP Friday.
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(3) Letpadaung Mine Protesters Scale New Heights : Source : Irrawaddy
26-Oct-12
In
defiance of a local government trespassing act and a police roadblock, some
1,000 miners, monks and members of the general public in Sagaing walked to the
highest point of the Letpadaung mountain range on Friday to make merit at a
Buddhist pagoda.
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(4)
Quintana faults Burma for lack of ‘proper decisions’ : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 26 October 2012 12:36
Mizzima News
Tomas Quintana, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, said on Thursday that Burma's leaders are delaying crucial decisions on ways to reduce tensions in volatile ethnic regions, as a fifth day of sectarian violence and tensions continued between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in the western region
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(5)
Hun Sen warns Asean of dangers of religious violence : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 26 October 2012 12:46
Mizzima News
Respect for religious differences within Asean countries is essential to ensure harmony and stability, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday, speaking at the opening of the 8th Asean socio-
Respect for religious differences within Asean countries is essential to ensure harmony and stability, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday, speaking at the opening of the 8th Asean socio-
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(6) Thai Drugs Suspect Reveals Burma-led Narco Network : Source : Irrawaddy
26-Oct-12
Arrested
drugs suspect Thai Police Snr-Sgt-Maj Manas Seupho told investigating officers
in Bangkok that his illicit smuggling network is run by Burmese narcotics
kingpin Yi Say, also known as Chaiwat Pornsakulpaisal, who is currently hiding
inside Burma.
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(7)
Gov’ts call for end to Rakhine violence : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 26 October 2012 13:17
Mizzima News
The US and
Britain have called for an immediate cessation of violence in western Rakhine
State, as the death toll increased to at least 56 people including 31 women in
the past three days.
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(8) New Violence in Western Burma Claims 56 Lives : Source : Irrawaddy
26-Oct-12
KYAUKTAW,
Arakan State—At least 56 people were killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in
the latest outbreak of sectarian violence in western Burma, a government
official said on Thursday.
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(9)
Peace funds should be based on local needs : Source : Mizzima
Friday, 26 October 2012 13:39 Zoya
Phan
(Commentary) – For many decades, the Burmese
Army was engaged in constant military attacks against civilian populations in
Karen, Karenni and Shan states. Every year tens of thousands of people were
forced to flee their homes because of these attacks and human rights abuses by
the Burmese Army.
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(10) Biases on Beauty Draw Thais to Illegal Surgery : Source : Irrawaddy
26-Oct-12
BANGKOK—Her
dream was to look less Thai and more like Jennifer Lopez, so the 25-year-old
street food vendor went to the Internet and typed in “cheap Botox.”
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(11) Shan leader: Political dialogue must include give and take to go ahead : Source : Panglong
Friday, 26
October 2012 10:08 S.H.A.N.
A
meaningful and successful political dialogue means both sides must be willing
to make concessions, according to Lt-Gen Yawdserk, leader of the Restoration
Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), better known as the SSA
South.
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(12) Rapporteur calls for UN access
to IDP in Kachin State : Source : Kachin
26-Oct-12
Speaking
at a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on
Thursday, Tomás Ojea Quintana, the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Burma
called on Thein Sein's government to grant the UN and its agencies unimpeded
access to all areas of Burma including parts of Kachin State not controlled by
the government.
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