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December 31, 2011
Kyauk Pru: Local farmers in Arakan State have recently lodged a written complaint with the central government because they have become landless after...
December 30, 2011
(Commentary) – The way the political game was played in 2011 will have a huge impact in 2012 Burma politics. 2011 was the year Burma took on a new...
December 30, 2011
( Mizzima ) – As 2011 comes to an end, 11 Burmese journalists and writers still languish in prison for trying to exercise basic human rights.
December 30, 2011
Chittagong, Bangladesh: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officers arrested two drug peddlers with a total of 850 yaba methamphetamine tablets from...
December 30, 2011
Ukhiya, Bangladesh: Local youths in Kutupalong are robbing Rohingya refugees in the local market near the camp under the authority of the Ukhiya...
December 29, 2011
Mizzima News – Burma is No. 10 on a list of wars in 2012, according to the International Crisis Groups (ICC ), an NGO that seeks to prevent and...
December 29, 2011
Mizzima News – Up to 23 people died and more than 70 people were injured in a huge explosion in a state-owned chemical storage warehouse in Mingalar...
December 29, 2011
After being abused by a senior officer, Aung Ko Lat, 21, deserted from his Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion 230 that was operating in Hlaingbwe...
December 29, 2011
Residents of Zin Kyaik village, Paung Township, Mon State claim a fire that destroyed more than a 100 houses on the night of 25 December was a caused...
December 29, 2011
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officers forced a group of Rohingya back to Burma on December 26, said a local from Teknaf.


December 29, 2011
Maungdaw, Arakan State: The majority of the judgments of Maungdaw Law Court come from Burma Border Security Force’s (Nasaka) head office, U Khin Zaw...
December 29, 2011
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Netalegawa ended wide-ranging discussions with top Burmese officials and visited with Aung San...
December 28, 2011
Dhaka: Burmese urban refugees in Bangladesh do not want to return to Burma with the current situation in Burma, despite an agreement between the...
December 28, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Burmese government’s peace team discussed follow-through agreements with the National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern...
December 28, 2011
Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Japan and Burma have agreed to start negotiations to restart economic development aid.

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