Tuesday, June 12, 2012

FTUB and Janek’s Tree


Daily Bulletin Daw Suu speaks June 14 at 101st ILC


Dan Gallin IUF general Secretary and FTUB 1992 - 2012

Gold Miners March on Naypyidaw


11-Jun-12
More than 1,000 gold miners from Mandalay Division began 
marching to Naypyidaw on Monday after their demands to 
keep working in the area were rejected.

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Police Begin Clean-up in Sittwe


11-Jun-12
SITTWE, Arakan State—With fearful residents cowering indoors, 
security forces patrolling a tense town in western Myanmar 
[Burma] collected bodies Monday from the debris of homes 
burned down over the weekend in some of the country’s 
deadliest sectarian bloodshed in years.

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Namtu silver mine workers end strike


Monday, 11 June 2012 12:40 S.H.A.N.
Workers calling for increased pay and better treatment ended 
their strike Friday, 8 June, after agreement was reached with 
the Win Myint Mo company, a subsidiary of Asia World, 
reported Kawli Media.

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Singapore firm wins exploration rights


Monday, 11 June 2012 14:04 Mizzima News
An exploration contract on Block EP-5 in the Inpin Tegyigon 
area of Burma has been signed by the government and a 
Singapore’s Istech Energy EP-5 Pte Ltd.  A Burmese privately 
owned firm, Smart Technical Services Ltd, will also share in the deal.

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Emergency rule declared in Arakan state


11-Jun-12
Burma’s western Arakan state began a period of emergency 
rule Monday as authorities struggle to contain explosive 
sectarian tensions following deadly clashes between 
Muslims and Buddhists in the region.

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Situation Tense in Rakhine


2012-06-11

People arm themselves in the troubled Burmese state's 

capital despite heightened security. The situation in 

Burma's troubled Rakhine state remained tense Monday 

as residents in the capital openly carried weapons 

such as knives and spears to protect themselves a day after the

 

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