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• International groups to monitor elections
• Ethnic parties fear voting cancellation
• Kachin groups urge more aid for IDPs
• Constitution amendment bill gains MP backing
• Government plans housing for 16,000 factory workers
• Armed ethnic group leaders appoint new negotiating team
• Regional government rejects proposal on controversial property projects
• Election commission hits back at NLD claims on electoral rolls
• Star-studded party set for Insein Prison students
• Sagaing family rejects court eviction

International groups to monitor elections Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:20 PM PDT Five foreign elections observers from the US, the Netherlands and the EU have been invited to monitor the campaign, voting and government formation.

Ethnic parties fear voting cancellation Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:19 PM PDT Ethnic parties have expressed their concern that the Union Election Commission (UEC) will use security concerns as a pretext to cancel voting in areas where pro-government parties are seen as having little chance of winning.

Kachin groups urge more aid for IDPs Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:12 PM PDT Aid groups yesterday appealed for more donations to support internally displaced persons camps in Kachin State, where many families are reportedly in desperate financial straits.

Constitution amendment bill gains MP backing Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:11 PM PDT Bill to be tabled for debate as parliament loses patience with stalled high-level political talks.

Government plans housing for 16,000 factory workers Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:10 PM PDT The government is planning a housing rental project for 16,000 factory workers from Hlaing Tharyar and Shwe Pyi Thar industrial zones, according to Daw Win Maw Tun, deputy minister for labour, in the first such move to support the private sector.

Armed ethnic group leaders appoint new negotiating team Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:04 PM PDT Leaders of ethnic armed groups meeting in Kayin State have formed a new high-level team to replace negotiators who worked for more than 18 months on a nationwide ceasefire agreement with the government.

Regional government rejects proposal on controversial property projects Posted: 09 Jun 2015 08:00 PM PDT The Yangon Region government has shot down a proposal to suspend or cancel controversial property projects near Shwedagon Pagoda, as a committee of monks announced they intend to stop the projects from going ahead.

Election commission hits back at NLD claims on electoral rolls Posted: 09 Jun 2015 07:55 PM PDT Electoral chief U Tin Aye has hit back at the opposition National League for Democracy, accusing the party of concealing facts.

Star-studded party set for Insein Prison students Posted: 09 Jun 2015 07:43 PM PDT Seven inmates pass matriculation exams this year, following the prison's first two graduates in 2014.

Sagaing family rejects court eviction Posted: 09 Jun 2015 07:37 PM PDT A family of eight who have been living in the same house for 15 years are refusing to leave, despite a court order to demolish their house and quit the premises.

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