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• Seized drugs burned in ceremony
• Schoolchildren to receive oral health education
• 3MDG grant to strengthen healthcare system
• Growing pains: Myanmar's ethnic media
• Villagers demand democracy in wards
• Monks warn of possible return to military rule
• Myanmar bans TIME cover story

Seized drugs burned in ceremony Posted: 26 Jun 2013 08:15 AM PDT The government has marked International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking by burning drugs valued at almost US$9 million.

Schoolchildren to receive oral health education Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:10 AM PDT Dental experts are planning to teach more than 4 million of the country's schoolchildren about the importance of looking after their teeth.

3MDG grant to strengthen healthcare system Posted: 26 Jun 2013 07:06 AM PDT The prescription: US$2.3 million, to be administered over two years, in support of the health system in Myanmar.

Growing pains: Myanmar's ethnic media Posted: 26 Jun 2013 04:11 AM PDT Myanmar's ethnic news outlets are quietly finding their place in the country's shifting media landscape, writes Tim McLaughlin.

Villagers demand democracy in wards Posted: 26 Jun 2013 03:20 AM PDT Villagers in Myinmu township, Sagaing Region say their ward administrator's appointment was not legal or democratic.

Monks warn of possible return to military rule Posted: 26 Jun 2013 01:38 AM PDT Monks who coordinated the 2007 protests have issued a statement saying they are concerned that recent internal unrest will result in a return to military rule.

Myanmar bans TIME cover story Posted: 26 Jun 2013 12:46 AM PDT Government spokesman U Ye Htut has announced a ban on TIME magazine's cover story on Buddhist-Muslim religious violence in order to "prevent further conflict".

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