Wednesday, August 29, 2012

2012 Aug 29 Deputy Minister reshuffled 2012 Aug 29 Deputy Minister Reshuffled 2012 Aug 29 Permission granted to resign from the post of Union Auditor-General 2012 Aug 29 Permission Granted to Resign From the Post of Union Auditor-General 2012 Aug 29 Permission granted to tesign from the post of Union Minister 2012 Aug 29 Permission Granted to Tesign From the Post of Union Minister 2012 Aug 27 Union Minster reshuffled 2012 Aug 27 Union Minster Reshuffled 2012 Aug 27 Union Election Commission member appointed 2012 Aug 27 Union Election Commission Member Appointed 2012 Aug 27 Deputy Minister appointed 2012 Aug 27 Deputy Minister Appointed

United Wa State Army (UWSA) payroll still going Communist way


Monday, 27 August 2012 15:08 NMHO
United Wa State Army which is currently the strongest in terms of finance, 
equipment, weapons and manpower among all the ethnic armed groups 
is said to be practicing its salary system as during the days under 
the Communist Party of Burma (CPB), according to former CPB members.

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6,000 people flee from Hpakant battle


29-Aug-12
 [B]uesday, August 28[/B] — Within two weeks, over 6,000 miners and residents 
in Burma’s Hpakant jade mine have fled from war zones to local Christ churches 
and Buddhist monasteries in Hpakan.  The fighting intensified in the jade mining 
region in western Kachin State when a Burmese Army column took position 
near Maw Mau Bum— the jade

Journalists negotiate press council duties with Burmese gov’t


Tuesday, 28 August 2012 12:51 Mizzima News

Activities of the newly formed Myanmar Core Press Council have been halted 

to allow for negotiations with the Myanmar Journalists Association (MJA), 

government officials said.


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Spirituality comes too late to many national leaders


Tuesday, 28 August 2012 13:14 Myat Thu Pan
 (Commentary) - Reading Chit Hlaing's reminiscence of his last meeting with Ne Win 
in 1995 is quite a revelation. What is most confounding is that Chit Hlaing realized 
the key to Ne Win’s failure as a ruler of Burma only after the nation 
had been left in utter ruins.

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KNU wants relocation of Burma Army high on peace-talk agenda


29-Aug-12
The Karen National Union (KNU) and the Burma Government announced today 
that they have agreed on the dates and location for the third round of their 
‘peace-talk’ negotiation. The two parties finally agreed to meet in Hpan-an, 
Karen State on September 3rd and 4th after the Burma Government had earlier 
postponed the ‘peace-talks’ that were originally scheduled for August 27th to 29th.

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