Friday, August 17, 2012

Shan girl gang raped by Burmese government soldiers


16-Aug-12
On Saturday, August 11, Burmese government troops gang raped a teenaged Shan 
girl—the 14-year-old daughter of U Thein Win, the headman from Tung Pin 
Village in Kachin State’s Mohnyin district.

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Elected Shan leader calls for more power to the states


Thursday, 16 August 2012 11:30 S.H.A.N.
Hkun Htoon Oo, leader of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy 
(SNLD) that won statewide in the 1990 elections, yesterday called for 
more decentralization by the central government for the states and regions, 
according to reports from Rangoon.

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ATM debit card rollout to start in September


Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:54 Theingi Tun
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Burmese consumers will be able to use a Myanmar 
Payment Union (MPU) debit card in September to withdraw money at ATM 
machines of participating banks and to buy goods at some stores. 

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Heavy flooding destroys 9,500 acres of rice in eastern Burma


16-Aug-12
Record monsoon rains in eastern Burma destroyed thousands of acres 
of rice cultivated by villagers and there are no sign the rains are likely 
to ease any time soon.

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SNLD party leader calls for more gov’t decentralization


Thursday, 16 August 2012 16:21 Mizzima News

The head of the newly registered Shan Nationalities League for Democracy 

(SNLD) has called for more decentralization of regions and states 

by the Burmese government.


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World Bank to fund ‘model villages’ in Burmese townships


Thursday, 16 August 2012 13:10 Mizzima News
A World Bank development program in Burma plans to set up model villages 
in more than 300 townships, in addition to creating 15 plans to alleviate 
chronic poverty in rural areas. 

Flooding closes 41 schools in Pathein


Thursday, 16 August 2012 14:01 Kyaw Phone Kyaw
Rangoon (Mizzima) – Forty-one schools in Pathein [Bassein] Township, 
a flood-stricken area in Irrawaddy Region, have been closed since Wednesday, 
due to heavy monsoon rains.

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Drought Hits Central Burma despite Delta Floods


16-Aug-12
Despite flooding across the Irrawaddy Delta due to heavy rain, drought has 
hit central Burma destroying the crops of farmers in Mandalay Division.

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Suu Kyi’s Silence on Rohingya Draws Rare Criticism


16-Aug-12
BANGKOK—She is known as the voice of Burma’s downtrodden but there 
is one oppressed group that Aung San Suu Kyi does not want to discuss.

Islamic group to take Rohingya issue to the UN


Thursday, 16 August 2012 12:23 Mizzima News
The Islamic summit meeting has decided to take the issue of Muslim 
Rohingyas in Burma to the United Nations, it said in a statement.

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Govt ‘Plotting Kachin Attack’ despite Peace Rhetoric


16-Aug-12
Amid apparent attempts to arrange peace talks, the Burmese military 
is preparing for a large scale offensive against Kachin rebels 
in northern Burma with large troop deployments at the frontline, 
according to local sources.

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Curfews Cut Back in Arakan State as Tensions Ease


16-Aug-12
Local authorities in Arakan State have shortened curfews in townships 
affected by clashes between Arakanese Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims 
as the situation appears to be returning to normal, according 
to government officials and local residents.

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Rakhine Aid Workers Freed


2012-08-16
Burmese authorities release local NGO staff held amid ethnic violence 
between Rohingyas and Rakhines.
Two local staff members of an international aid non-governmental 
organization detained during the height of ethnic violence in western 
Burma’s Rakhine state were released Thursday amid easing tensions 
but several more aid workers continue to languish in detention.

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Islamic body to take Rohingya issue to United Nations


16-Aug-12
The Islamic summit decided on Thursday to take the issue of Burma’s 
Muslim Rohingyas, displaced by deadly sectarian violence, to the United Nations.

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