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Al Jazeera: Rioters burn down Muslim homes in Myanmar 27 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Police in Myanmar say they have restored order after a riot during which homes and shops, largely Muslim-owned, were burned to the ground in the country’s northwest. Members of a 1,000-strong Buddhist...
Al Jazeera: Twelve arrested after fresh unrest in Myanmar 27 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
At least 12 people have been arrested after a renewed bout of religious violence in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region in which dozens of homes were set ablaze. The Ministry of Information said the sec...
Democratic Voice of Burma: Rohingyas continue to be persecuted despite Nasaka disbandment 27 Aug 2013 | 03:56 am
Burma’s ethnic Rohingya continue to face heavy persecution in northern Arakan state, despite the dissolution of a controversial border guard force which had been implicated in mass atrocities against ...
Mizzima News: Kyauk Phyu-Kunming pipeline protesters to be adjudicated 27 Aug 2013 | 03:55 am
The 10 residents who led a protest demanding development programs around the Shwe Natural Gas Pipeline will be adjudicated in September. “We will be adjudicated in September after attorneys from both ...
Mizzima News: Seized lands to be returned 27 Aug 2013 | 03:55 am
U Soe Thein, the Presidential Office Minister announced that seized farmlands will be returned to rightful owners in October upon production of ownership certificate. The announcement was made at a me...
Mizzima News: Minister Soe Thein to resolve civil societies registration delays 27 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
Minister U Soe Thein said that he will personally resolve delays in registration of civil societies on August 25 at the Myanmar Peace Center in Yangon. He made the announcement in response to a query ...
The Irrawaddy: Sacking of Naypyidaw schoolteacher draws condemnation 27 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
Teachers associations in Rangoon and Mandalay have condemned Burma’s Education Ministry for the sacking of a schoolteacher who attended a commemoration earlier this month of the country’s 1988 pro-dem...
The Irrawaddy: Myanmar Times’ future uncertain after shareholders call for its dissolution 27 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
An internal dispute between the owners of The Myanmar Times is threatening the survival of the English-language newspaper, after the company’s majority shareholders asked a court earlier this month to...
The Irrawaddy: Karen leader’s tale of escape from island prison makes Burma debut 27 Aug 2013 | 03:53 am
Among those who rushed in to take advantage of the end of censorship in Burma, Mahn Nyein Maung is a latecomer. One year after Burma pulled the plug on its censorship regime, the leading member of the...
Associated Press: Hundreds of Muslims in western Myanmar relocated 27 Aug 2013 | 03:52 am
Hundreds of Muslims trapped in ghetto-like conditions in western Myanmar after their homes were torched by Buddhist-mobs last year were moved Saturday to a camp for internally displaced people, offici...
