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October 9, 2012
Some of the most troubled areas of Burma will be the focus of a US$ 144 million United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which will tackle three...
October 9, 2012
The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) , commonly known as SSA North, that is facing an ultimatum to withdraw from another...
October 9, 2012
Eight farmers from the first group that lodged complaints over illegal cuts to their farming loans in Taunggup Township, Arakan State, were...
October 9, 2012
Burma has extended its 15-year drug eradication plan (1999-2014) for another five years, state-run media reported on Saturday.
October 9, 2012
Dhaka: Four Buddhist minority families from the southern part of Chittagong Hill tract in Bangladesh left home and moved to Burma after brutal arson...
October 9, 2012
Leaders of the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party met the British Ambassador in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, on the 2nd of October.
October 9, 2012
The police at the Sittwe Township police station have denied a request to hold a demonstration in front of the Bangladesh consulate in Sittwe, the...
October 8, 2012
Mauungdaw, Arakan State: British Ambassador Andrew Heyn and two others travelled from Maungdaw to Rathedaung Township on the morning of October 6 to...
October 8, 2012
This week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Burmese government to drop all charges against 13 activists who organized a September 21 peace day...
October 8, 2012
The Karen National Union Executive Committee has dismissed the head of its army, and two other KNU leaders for breaching its ‘peace-talk’ protocols...
October 8, 2012
Leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) held meetings with Burma Army commanders led by Commander...
October 8, 2012
The European Karen Network (EKN) urged the Burmese government and international aid donors not to seek to divide the Karen under the guise of ‘peace-...
October 8, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday she would be willing to serve as Burma’s president and her political party would offer proposals to amend the Burmese...
October 8, 2012
Burma’s President Thein Sein arrives in South Korea on Monday for a three-day state visit designed to boost economic cooperation between the two...
October 8, 2012
An official of the Central Bank has assured depositors that Burmese privately owned banks are financially sound after rumours spread last week...

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