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• Home Affairs seeks to remedy border concerns
• Rakhine IDP camp conditions 'deplorable'
• Extra security promised for Taungbyone nat festival
• Confusion over Pathein coal plant stokes tension
• Ethnic leaders begin conference in Laiza
• Migrants flock to Thailand for worker registration
• ‘Now we will be able to send our kids to school’
• More heavy rain expected this week

Home Affairs seeks to remedy border concerns Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:58 PM PDT The department for hom eaffairs is forming legislation to allow its border police force to tackle issues along the Bangladesh border in northern Rakhine, with officials confirming local militias have received firearms training.

Rakhine IDP camp conditions 'deplorable' Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:30 PM PDT A senior United Nations official says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) should be allowed to resume work in Rakhine State without hindrance, as she warned that health conditions in Rakhine State IDP camps have become "deplorable".

Extra security promised for Taungbyone nat festival Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:12 PM PDT Recent violence in Mandalay will not affect the annual Taungbyone nat festival but officials have promised heightened security at the event, which begins this week in Madaya township.

Confusion over Pathein coal plant stokes tension Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:10 PM PDT Civil society groups are calling for greater transparency regarding the future of a coal-fired power plant in Ayeyarwady Region's Pathein township.

Ethnic leaders begin conference in Laiza Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:07 PM PDT Ethnic leaders were locked in talks over the weekend aimed at resolving disagreements over a proposed nationwide ceasefire agreement, and pave the way for the signing of the accord and the start of political dialogue.

Migrants flock to Thailand for worker registration Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:05 PM PDT Tens of thousands of new migrants from Myanmar have flooded into Thailand in recent weeks because of a new worker registration scheme launched on June 30, a labour rights network says.

‘Now we will be able to send our kids to school’ Posted: 27 Jul 2014 12:03 PM PDT The registration of migrant workers in Thailand is being welcomed with cautious optimism from people who now feel they will not have to operate in secrecy.

More heavy rain expected this week Posted: 27 Jul 2014 11:59 AM PDT A low pressure area forming in the Bay of Bengal will intensify the monsoon rains this week, a senior Department of Meteorology and Hydrology official says.

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