Monday, July 09, 2012

Authorities Block Plans to Commemorate Key Anniversary


6-Jul-12
Members of a student group that planned to mark the 50th 
anniversary of the destruction of the University of Rangoon 
Student Union building were summoned by police in Mandalay 
Division on Thursday and warned not to “dig up the past.”

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BUSINESS ROUNDUP, JULY 7, 2012


7-Jul-12
Bangkok-based construction company, Italian-Thai Development PLC 
(ITD), said it still plans to build a major oil port and industrial 
complex at Dawei on Burma’s southeast coast, despite losing 
a key Burmese partner.

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Student Union Activists Released


2012-07-07
Burma frees two dozen student activists following ceremonies 
commemorating a military crackdown.

Burmese authorities released around two dozen detained 

student activists on Saturday after taking them into custody 

ahead of the anniversary of a sensitive military crackdown, provoking

 

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