(1) Opium production in Burma on the rise: UN : Source : DVB
31-Oct-12
Opium
production in Burma has risen for the sixth consecutive year, despite a
government commitment to eradicate cultivation by 2014, according to a new UN
report released on Wednesday.
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(2) Villagers File US Complaint : Source : RFA
2012-10-31
Cambodian
families say a US refiner is purchasing ‘blood sugar’ from a company that
seized their land.
More than 200 families in southwest Cambodia on Wednesday called on Washington to intervene in a long-running dispute with a Cambodian-linked consortium which they say did not pay them adequate
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(3) Camps overwhelmed during recent unrest : Source : DVB
31-Oct-12
Food,
water and medical help are in short supply at camps in western Burma that are
“stretched beyond capacity”, a UN agency said Tuesday, as authorities struggled
to stem communal clashes.
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(4) Opium Output Jumps in Burma, Laos : Source : RFA
2012-10-31
A
new report says tackling poverty will reduce poppy cultivation in Southeast
Asia.
Opium cultivation in Burma
increased for a sixth consecutive year in 2012 despite increased government
efforts to eradicate the crop, while in Laos land devoted to poppy production
rose by more than half of the previous year, according to a new report released
Wednesday.
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(5) NLD members resign following row with party’s leaders : Source : DVB
30-Oct-12
More
than 130 National League for Democracy (NLD) members have resigned in protest
of alleged “cronyism” within its leadership over the selection of members to
help organise the party’s upcoming national convention.
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(6) Govt Launches Fresh Arakan Strife Probe : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Oct-12
The
Burmese government has launched an investigation into the causes of the latest
violence in Arakan State which erupted last week, according to a Naypyidaw
insider.
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(7)
Overcrowded boat capsizes with Burmese passengers : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 12:59
Mizzima News
A motorboat with 137 people believed
to be from Burma on board has capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Shah Porir
Island in Teknaf close to Bangladesh's southeastern border with Burma, Xinhua
news agency reported on Tuesday.
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(8) Displacement Down in Eastern Burma: TBBC : Source : Irrawaddy
31-Oct-12
The
level of hostilities and forced displacement has been dramatically reduced in
ethnic Karen, Karenni, Shan and Mon communities in eastern and southeastern
Burma following a series of ceasefire deals between the Burmese government and
several ethnic armed groups, according to the leading aid agency at the
Thai-Burmese border.
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(9)
Kachin woman still missing after one year : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:25
Mizzima News
More than one year on, Sumlut Roi
Ja, an ethnic Kachin woman whose husband said she was abducted by the Burmese
Army, is still missing, Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) noted in a press statement on
Tuesday.
Sumlut Roi Ja, 28, who was arrested by Burmese Army soldiers on October 28, 2011, was abducted while
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(10)
Myanmar Air expands its fleet : Source : Mizzima
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 13:41
Mizzima News
Myanmar Airways International (MAI)
has received a leased Airbus A320-200 to expand its fleet of aircraft, in a
lease arrangement with International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a wholly
owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.
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(11)
Burma’s gov’t must honour protection of human rights : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:03
Mizzima News
The sectarian
violence in Burma’s Rakhine State has brought much-deserved international
attention to the long-neglected situation of Burma’s Rohingya community,
Refugees International said in a report released on Tuesday.
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(12) Wa will not become government militia : Source : Panglong
Wednesday,
31 October 2012 14:39 S.H.A.N.
Refuting
earlier reports by SHAN and other news agencies that the United Wa State Army
(UWSA), if push comes to push, would accept a Burma Army-controlled militia
status, a source close to Wa authorities said the Wa would stand by its 21
August 2011 statement.
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(13)
Burma ready to push rice production higher : Source : Mizzima
Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:12
Mizzima News
Burma is looking at turning its
rice-growing sector into a major source of income over the next five years,
with plans to double rice production, according to officials.
