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Refugees face uncertain future as Myanmar opens up
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2013
» Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Myanmar and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighbouring Thailand.
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China opens gas pipe from Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 29/07/2013
» China has switched on a new pipeline bringing natural gas from Myanmar, a state company said Monday, in a project that has raised concerns in Myanmar's nascent civil society about whether its giant neighbour's resource grabs will benefit local people.
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Myanmar protest Myitsone dam project
Associated Press, Published on 23/03/2014
» YANGON - Dozens of protesters began a 2,400-kilometre march Sunday to northern Myanmar, calling for the cancellation of a Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam project over environmental concerns.
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Myanmar amends public protest law
Associated Press, Published on 25/06/2014
» YANGON - Myanmar's parliament amended a controversial law that requires people to obtain permission for public protests and subjects violators to penalties, including prison terms, state media reported Wednesday.
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Hun Sen: Dam won't start until 2018
Associated Press, Published on 24/02/2015
» PHNOM PENH — Construction of a massive dam in southwestern Cambodia will not start until at least 2018, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday, in an apparent effort to stop heavy opposition to the project which has focused criticism on him.
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California evacuates 200,000 but dam threat eases
Associated Press, Published on 14/02/2017
» OROVILLE, California - The water level dropped Monday behind the nation's tallest dam, reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream.
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California fires spread quickly; blazes tamed in Colorado
Associated Press, Published on 09/07/2017
» SANTA MARIA, California -- A pair of California wildfires have quickly spread, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations at a popular lakeside campground and a summer camp where flames temporarily trapped children and counsellors, a fire official said.
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Thousands flee wildfires in California, Canada
Associated Press, Published on 10/07/2017
» OROVILLE, California -- Wildfires barrelled across the baking landscape of the western US and Canada, destroying homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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China's new Silk Road hits political, financial hurdles
Associated Press, Published on 11/01/2018
» BEIJING: China's plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan.
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Census finds increase in Irrawaddy dolphins
Associated Press, Published on 23/04/2018
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's government and a major conservation group say the number of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins along a stretch of the Mekong River has increased for the first time in 20 years but the animals still face serious threats.
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