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• Lack of donations threatens quake aid
• Students face trial as others join education talks in Nay Pyi Taw
• Senior general seeks ‘truth’ about Kachin murders
• Ethnic party opens new constitution amendment campaign
• Ex-generals expected to join USDP for elections
• Clashes continue between govt, KIA
• Tutu and Soros speak on Rohingya
• Government tries South American bean in latest ploy to kick opium habit
• Asia Pacific continues to be a meth hotspot as seizures quadruple over five years
• Inle Authority to be formed next month

Lack of donations threatens quake aid Posted: 27 May 2015 03:00 AM PDT One month after Nepal's calamitous earthquake, international humanitarian organisations say emergency relief measures have received just a fraction of funds provided to other countries following major disasters, endangering the delivery of aid and support to hundreds of thousands of people.

Students face trial as others join education talks in Nay Pyi Taw Posted: 26 May 2015 08:28 PM PDT The trial of 70 students and activists arrested in the mass crackdown in Letpadan continued yesterday even as their representatives from two unions rejoined talks in parliament over the controversial National Education Law that triggered the protests.

Senior general seeks ‘truth’ about Kachin murders Posted: 26 May 2015 08:27 PM PDT A declaration from Tatmadaw Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing that he wants to get at the truth of the rape and murder last January of two young Kachin women has prompted both scepticism and hope.

Ethnic party opens new constitution amendment campaign Posted: 26 May 2015 08:26 PM PDT Ethnic political parties have opened up a new front in the campaign to amend the 2008 constitution.

Ex-generals expected to join USDP for elections Posted: 26 May 2015 08:24 PM PDT More retired generals are likely to take up top posts in the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party and run as candidates in the November parliamentary elections, according to USDP central committee member U Aung Thein Linn.

Clashes continue between govt, KIA Posted: 26 May 2015 08:23 PM PDT Clashes between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army in Mansi township have continued despite talks held on May 21 in an attempt to end the fighting, peace monitors said yesterday.

Tutu and Soros speak on Rohingya Posted: 26 May 2015 08:19 PM PDT South Africa's archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu called yesterday for international aid to Myanmar to be linked to the plight of the country's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority.

Government tries South American bean in latest ploy to kick opium habit Posted: 26 May 2015 08:12 PM PDT Myanmar's parliament is anteing up yet another substitution crop plan in its desperate attempt to combat a massive resurgence in the cultivation of opium poppies.

Asia Pacific continues to be a meth hotspot as seizures quadruple over five years Posted: 26 May 2015 08:11 PM PDT Methamphetamine use and production continues an upwards surge in the Asia Pacific region where seizures nearly quadrupled over five years, according to the United Nations.

Inle Authority to be formed next month Posted: 26 May 2015 08:07 PM PDT Inle Lake will soon have a long-delayed administrative organisation aimed at preserving one of the country's most important habitats and tourist attractions.

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