Monday, August 27, 2012

U.S. sends envoys to Myanmar


26-Aug-12
YANGON, Myanmar -- The U.S. has appointed an ambassador to Myanmar 
and helped bring in American businessmen keen on doing business 
in the rapidly reforming Southeast Asian nation. Now, Washington is sending
 professional basketball players and coaches in a bid to boost cultural ties.

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Myanmar agrees to resume border talks


27-Aug-12
CHIANG RAI : The Myanmar government has agreed to resume talks to resolve 
long-standing Thai-Myanmar border issues this October, a Thai foreign 
ministry official says.

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Burmese govt’s review of Rohingya issue meets Rakhine objections


Friday, 24 August 2012 14:33 Myo Thant
Rangoon (Mizzima) – An effort to read a message from President Thein Sein on 
the conflict in Rakhine State to a joint session of the Burmese Parliament was 
cancelled on Thursday, after objections from members of the Rakhine Nationalities 
Development Party [RNDP].

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) Shan survey finds people want peace process to go on


Friday, 24 August 2012 15:01 S.H.A.N.
A recent report submitted by the month long Shan State Army (SSA) South field trip 
to its leadership says most people, despite the on and off clashes that have been 
taking place between it and the Burma Army, have recommended continued talks 
to reach a political solution is the best option available at present.

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Rangoon to undergo urban modernization plan


Friday, 24 August 2012 12:52 Mizzima News
Rangoon is set to start on a long-term urban facelift in cooperation with 
a Japanese agency that is drafting a 40-year upgrading plan to give 
the colonial city more modern urban characteristics, local media reported on Thursday.

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US sanction policy not affected by Rohingya issue: US ambassador


Friday, 24 August 2012 12:21 Mizzima News
The community violence in western Burma was surprising, but it hasn’t affected 
Washington’s views on easing sanctions, the US Ambassador to Burma said 
in a story in The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

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