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- Currents hamper search for ferry victims
- KIO meet ‘good omen’ for Yangon talks: government
- Detained labour activists threaten hunger strike
- Ethnic parties ready for six-way talks
- White armbands hit streets of Yangon
- Student leaders, NNER to resume talks with parliament
- Border tensions run high as China warns over bombing
- Government seeks approval for $400m WB loan
- UN chief urges world leaders to up disaster reduction investment
- ABSDF report confronts bloody past
| Currents hamper search for ferry victims Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:57 PM PDT
Strong currents yesterday hampered efforts to retrieve the bodies of victims of a ferry accident which killed at least 34 people off Rakhine State, as hopes dimmed for the missing. |
| KIO meet ‘good omen’ for Yangon talks: government Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:44 PM PDT
In a surprise step forward toward a national ceasefire agreement, the government and the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) yesterday agreed to conclude a draft accord at talks starting tomorrow. |
| Detained labour activists threaten hunger strike Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:42 PM PDT Activists and their family members upset at a request from the government to shift trial to a different court. |
| Ethnic parties ready for six-way talks Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:42 PM PDT The Rakhine politician appointed to take part in long-awaited six-way talks on constitutional reform said yesterday he had informed parliamentary authorities of the issues he wants discussed. |
| White armbands hit streets of Yangon Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:38 PM PDT
Opposition to the violent police crackdown on students at Letpadan on March 10 continues to grow, as supporters of the student movement circulate white armbands as a sign of solidarity. |
| Student leaders, NNER to resume talks with parliament Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:36 PM PDT With many of the hardline student leaders now in jail, University Students' Union heads back to negotiating table. |
| Border tensions run high as China warns over bombing Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:31 PM PDT
A local conflict with ethnic Kokang rebels in northern Shan State escalated into a tense stand-off with China at the weekend after Beijing sent warplanes to patrol the region and threatened to take "decisive measures" if Myanmar failed to prevent the fighting from spilling over the border. |
| Government seeks approval for $400m WB loan Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:30 PM PDT The government will seek a US$400 million loan from the World Bank for a project to bring electricity to 98 percent of the country by 2030, parliament heard on March 12. |
| UN chief urges world leaders to up disaster reduction investment Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:27 PM PDT
The United Nations secretary general has urged countries to invest more in disaster risk reduction. |
| ABSDF report confronts bloody past Posted: 15 Mar 2015 09:26 PM PDT The All Burma Students Democratic Front has released the results of an investigation into one of its darkest chapters – the killing of dozens of members accused of being government spies. |
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