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Landslide hits Myanmar jade mines
dpa, Published on 26/12/2015
» YANGON - As many as 50 people are feared dead after another landslide at gold and jade mines in northern Myanmar, a local official said on Saturday.
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Myanmar, rebels reach breakthrough ceasefire accord
dpa, Published on 30/03/2015
» YANGON – The government of Myanmar and ethnic rebel groups on Monday agreed on a draft for a long-awaited ceasefire agreement, with officials saying it could be signed next month.
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100 arrested for Myanmar logging
dpa, Published on 06/01/2015
» YANGON - More than 100 foreigners, most of them Chinese, were arrested in northern Myanmar in a crackdown on illegal logging, a media report said Tuesday.
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Myanmar census a Pandora's Box
dpa, Published on 27/02/2014
» YANGON - As Myanmar's first nationwide census in 31 years nears, ethnic minority groups are stepping up a campaign to postpone the exercise for a few more months or risk a political backlash.
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UN special envoy visits Rakhine state
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» YANGON - United Nations special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state on Friday following reports of new atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority living there, officials said.
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Kachin girls fall easy prey on border
dpa, Published on 10/11/2013
» JE YANG CAMP - A 17-year-old Kachin girl was locked in a room for three weeks while a Chinese couple tried to sell her as a "temporary wife" to the highest bidder.
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Hope for Myanmar ceasefire
dpa, Published on 05/11/2013
» YANGON - Myanmar's minister in charge of peace negotiations with the country's ethnic insurgent groups expressed optimism on Tuesday that a ceasefire could be signed soon.
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Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners
dpa, Published on 08/10/2013
» Myanmar released 56 political prisoners Tuesday as peace talks began with a rebel group in the northern Kachin state.
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