(1) Three senior Karen leaders dismissed : Source : DVB
4-Oct-12
The
Karen National Union (KNU) today dismissed three senior rebel leaders for
opening an unauthorised liaison office with the Burmese government in the state
capital Hpa-an.
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(2) Accident at construction site kills 7 in Shan state : Source : DVB
4-Oct-12
Seven
workers were killed and three injured after scaffolding at a construction site
collapsed in Shan state’s capital Taunggyi yesterday afternoon.
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(3)
Thein Sein to visit South Korea : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 11:41
Mizzima News
Burma’s President Thein Sein will
pay a state visit to the Republic of Korea in the near future, the state-run
press reported on Thursday. The date for the trip was not announced.
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(4) Gun Find Prompts Port Inquiry : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Oct-12
Rangoon
authorities have begun an investigation after a weapon was found in shipping
container belonging to the Diamond Star Company at Rangoon’s Thilawa port last
month.
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(5)
Burma joins Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 12:24
Mizzima News
Burma continues to expand its ties
to the world community with its admission to the Asia-Europe Parliamentary
Partnership (ASEP) grouping at the Seventh ASEP meeting in Vientiane on
Wednesday
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(6) KNU Appoints New Commander : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Oct-12
The
commander of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 5, Brig-Gen Baw
Kyaw Heh, has been appointed as acting commander-in-chief of the KNLA following
the dismissal of Gen Mutu Say Poe on Wednesday, according to sources close to
the Karen rebels.
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(7)
Second Orient-Express river vessel to be launched : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 11:55
Mizzima News
(Feature) – In a sign of high-end travelers’
interest in touring Burma, a second Orient-Express Hotel river vessel will be
launched to cruise the Irawaddy River.
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(8) Minorities Still Neglected, Say Ethnic MPs : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Oct-12
The
rights of Burma’s ethnic minorities are still not being respected despite
recent political reforms, according to ethnic members of the country’s
Parliament who expressed dissatisfaction with the administration of President
Thein Sein.
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(9)
Burma joins Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 12:24
Mizzima News
Burma continues to expand its ties
to the world community with its admission to the Asia-Europe Parliamentary
Partnership (ASEP) grouping at the Seventh ASEP meeting in Vientiane on
Wednesday.
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(10)
Naw Kham’s violent history on the Mekong River : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 14:06
Mizzima News
(Feature) – As Golden Triangle drug boss Naw
Kham awaits sentencing in China, his family says his former friends have
abandoned him. The once powerful gang leader who made his living off selling
illegal drugs and threatening Mekong River boat traffic is alone, abandoned,
and no longer surrounded by powerful
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(11) Minorities Still Neglected, Say Ethnic MPs : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Oct-12
The
rights of Burma’s ethnic minorities are still not being respected despite
recent political reforms, according to ethnic members of the country’s
Parliament who expressed dissatisfaction with the administration of President
Thein Sein.
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(12)
OIC organizing donors meeting for Burma’s Rakhine State : Source : Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 15:28
Mizzima News
The
Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC ) and Qatar Charity are organizing a
meeting with about 30 regional and international organisations to coordinate
humanitarian services to Rakhine State in Burma, the Gulf Times reported
on Wednesday.
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(13) Lawyers Protest Colonial Buildings’
Privatization : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Oct-12
RANGOON—After
their appeals to the government to preserve two colonial buildings fell on deaf
ears, lawyers in Burma’s former capital are preparing to stage a protest to
bring attention to their demands.
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(14)
Burmese government, aid donors accused of trying to divide Karen : Source :
Mizzima
Thursday, 04 October 2012 16:08
Mizzima News
Recent developments in Karen State
in Burma have raised serious questions about the government’s sincerity in its
peace negotiations with the Karen National Union (KNU), the European Karen
Network (EKN) said in a statement released on Thursday.
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(15) Rohingya Boatpeople Released from Prison : Source : Irrawaddy
4-Oct-12
Forty-three
of the 85 Rohingya boatpeople who were sentenced to one year in prison for
illegally entering Burma were on Wednesday released under a presidential
pardon, with the remaining 42 due to be released on Thursday, according to
sources in Mon State.
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(16) Norwegian Initiative “not planning” to move refugees back to Burma : Source : Panglong
Thursday,
04 October 2012 10:51 S.H.A.N.
The
Myanmar Peace Support Initiative (MPSI), better known as the Norwegian
Initiative, does not have any plans to return Burmese refugees in Thailand to
Burma, according to Charles Petrie, head of the MPSI.
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