Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Daily Burma Related News (Oct 29, 2012)


(1) Over 22,500 Hit by Violence : Source : RFA

2012-10-28
ASEAN warns that the Rohingya could turn into a radical force after bearing the brunt of communal riots in Burma.

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(2) OIC Slams 'New Attacks'  : RFA

2012-10-27
Satellite imagery shows 'widespread destruction" of Rohingya homes, property in western Burma.

The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday "strongly condemned" what it called a new wave of attacks on Muslim Rohingyas in Burma amid a report that an entire section of a town occupied by the stateless

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(3) Human Rights Groups Decry Burma’s Communal strife : Source : Irrawaddy

27-Oct-12
SITTWE — Western Burma appeared calm Saturday after almost a week of deadly communal strife, a government spokesman said as human rights groups called for action to end the violence that one said it has documented with satellite imagery.

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(4) Villagers claim Dawei deep seaport project making life hell : Source : Karen

28-Oct-12
Villagers living in the area of the Dawei deep-sea port, part of a mega development project worth USD$60 billion that is planned for southern Burma, claim it is making it hard for them to now make a living.

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(5) Myanmar strife victims flee to already packed camps; UN says latest unrest displaced 22,000 : Source : Washingtonpost

29-Oct-12
SITTWE, Myanmar — Victims of Myanmar’s latest explosion of Muslim-Buddhist violence fled to already packed displacement camps along the country’s western coast, with a top U.N. official saying the unrest has forced more than 22,000 people from their homes.

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(6) 22,000 displaced by Myanmar unrest: UN : Source : Nzherald

28-Oct-12
More than 22,000 people from mainly Muslim communities have been displaced by fresh unrest in western Myanmar that has killed dozens and seen whole neighbourhoods razed, the UN said Sunday.

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(7) Myanmar’s Ethnic Violence: Where Is Suu Kyi? : Source : CRF

28-Oct-12
Over the past week, violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar, has flared up badly once again. According to reports in local media and the news wires, over the past seven days at least sixty —and as many as one hundred— people have been killed in clashes. The local

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(8) Burma to Myanmar and back? : Source : Sundaytimes

28-Oct-12
NEW DELHI – In ways big and small, Asia is still living with the tainted legacy of imperialism. Consider the debate now underway in Myanmar – or Burma to some. Because the imperial tongue found it difficult to pronounce “Myanmar,” the country’s no-nonsense British masters renamed it Burma (redrawing its borders as well for good measure).

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(9) Myanmar: Tale of two cities : Source : Thejakartapost

28-Oct-12
Other than the massive 15-lane thoroughfare that could double as an airstrip, another spectacular attraction in Nay Pyi Taw, the new capital of Myanmar, is the country’s parliamentary building.
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