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• Parties fail to meet UEC deadline on white cards
• Hpakant jade mine landslide death toll expected to rise
• One-third of Yangon homes off water grid
• NLD says Daw Suu has not settled for speaker
• Ethnic armed groups split over nationwide ceasefire proposal
• Activists travel to Monywa for protest
• Pressure builds on Letpadaung committee
• Star tortoises released to mark Independence Day
• YCDC winner facing allegations of cheating
• Study details illegal wil cat trade in two border towns

Parties fail to meet UEC deadline on white cards Posted: 11 Jan 2015 06:17 PM PST Barely 10 parties have informed the Union Election Commission of their compliance with a recent law change that bans temporary ID card holders from being party members, according to a commission official.

Hpakant jade mine landslide death toll expected to rise Posted: 11 Jan 2015 05:49 PM PST Four people died and more are missing after a landslide near jade mines in Hpakant township, Kachin State, according to local sources, who say up to 20 people may have been killed.

One-third of Yangon homes off water grid Posted: 11 Jan 2015 05:20 PM PST It might be 2015 but one in three Yangon residents – up to 1.7 million people – still does not have access to municipal water, according to the Yangon City Development Committee's sanitation department.

NLD says Daw Suu has not settled for speaker Posted: 11 Jan 2015 05:15 PM PST A Senior National League for Democracy official has rejected a report that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has given up on the presidency and will instead settle for a speaker role in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

Ethnic armed groups split over nationwide ceasefire proposal Posted: 11 Jan 2015 05:09 PM PST Momentum may be gathering for a decision on the proposal of President U Thein Sein to sign the national ceasefire agreement on Union Day, February 12, even as some ethnic groups complain of being pressured – and say underlying problems have yet to be resolved.

Activists travel to Monywa for protest Posted: 11 Jan 2015 05:02 PM PST Activists from across the country travelled to Sagaing Region last week to support hundreds of farmers protesting over land seizures at the Letpadaung copper mine and the killing by police of a local land owner.

Pressure builds on Letpadaung committee Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:59 PM PST Report implementation committee launches attack on activists it says are stoking violence "behind the curtain".

Star tortoises released to mark Independence Day Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:49 PM PST Endangered tortoises marked their own Independence Day when conservation officials released them into the wild on January 4.

YCDC winner facing allegations of cheating Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:47 PM PST One of Yangon City Development Committee's newly elected members, U Khin Maung Tint, is the subject of a complaint from his defeated opponent, who has accused him of illegal activities on election day.

Study details illegal wil cat trade in two border towns Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:43 PM PST The trade in tiger and other wild cat parts from Myanmar into China has grown in recent years but diminished into Thailand, a new study released by wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic says.

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