Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Dawei contractor says infrastructure financing lined up


Tuesday, 10 July 2012 11:47 Mizzima News
An infrastructure development loan for the Dawei deep-sea port in Burma 
is likely to be secured from Japan next week, the president of Italian-
Thai Development Plc (ITD) told The Bangkok Post on Monday.

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Trespassing Thais held by Burmese authorities


Tuesday, 10 July 2012 13:15 Mizzima News
Sixty-one Thai nationals who are accused of setting up a rubber plantation 
inside Burmese territory have been detained on the Burma-Thai border, 
Burmese state-run media said on Monday.

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Euphoria Gives Way to Harsh Reality


10-Jul-12

Burma is on the edge of an economic boom the like of which Southeast 

Asia has not seen for many years, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 

gushed in April. A little over two months later this optimistic assertion 

has been toned down substantially, with a senior bank official warning 

that it could be 30 years before

 

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‘Right to Protest’ Law Passed in Burma


10-Jul-12
Burma’s Ministry of the Interior on Thursday released details 
of a constitutional law that accords civilians the right 
to gather and protest peacefully.

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Citizenship law in spotlight as Suu Kyi returns to parliament


10-Jul-12
Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) 
must play a leading role in repealing the authoritarian 1982 
citizenship law that rendered the Rohingya stateless in Burma, 
a group of human rights organisations urged on Monday.

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