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• RCSS faces landmine claims
• TNLA must ‘relinquish all its weapons’: military MP
• Muslim activists’ hearing postponed
• Jailed British, Indian citizens seek to end legal delays
• Zika national guidelines planned
• Political meetings banned at 10 NPT hotels
• China deploys missile as US, ASEAN leaders discuss
• Koh Tao defence seeks second appeal hearing extension
• Talks raise hopes, and fears, of a presidential deal
• Thousands celebrate Lisu New Year in Shan State

RCSS faces landmine claims Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Ethnic Palaung civilians fleeing fighting in Namkham township have accused forces of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) of laying landmines around their village and looting their homes.

TNLA must ‘relinquish all its weapons’: military MP Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Military members of parliament yesterday accused both the Restoration Council of Shan State and the Ta'Ang National Liberation Army of breaching military codes of conduct during recent clashes in northern Shan State. The comments came as MPs unanimously backed a proposal calling for an immediate end to the fighting.

Muslim activists’ hearing postponed Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The next hearing for a case involving two Muslim members of an interfaith group has been postponed until February 26, according to an official of the Chan Aye Tharzan Township Court.

Jailed British, Indian citizens seek to end legal delays Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A British man and three Indian nationals held on fraud charges remain detained in Insein prison, their cases stalled in legal limbo, some 14 months after their initial arrests.

Zika national guidelines planned Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST Health officials are drawing up plans to help protect Myanmar against the Zika virus. Dr Soe Lwin Nyein, director general of the department of public health, said earlier this week that nationwide guidelines would be issued soon.

Political meetings banned at 10 NPT hotels Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST No politics please, this is the nation's capital. Nay Pyi Taw Council has written to 10 city hotels banning the holding of political meetings on their premises.

China deploys missile as US, ASEAN leaders discuss Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST On the second day of the US-ASEAN summit, leaders at the Sunnylands resort in California put their heads together to formulate a common stance on the conflicting claims laid on islands in the South China Sea. The topic, which pits China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei and Malaysia on opposing sides, has long been a delicate issue among ASEAN nations, not least for Myanmar, which wants to remain neutral.

Koh Tao defence seeks second appeal hearing extension Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST The defence team for two Myanmar men facing the death penalty for the murder of two British tourists on Koh Tao will today file a second application to push back an appeal against the sentence.

Talks raise hopes, and fears, of a presidential deal Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST A third round of talks between military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has raised hopes among her supporters that the two sides can reach a power-sharing agreement over the presidency and new government.

Thousands celebrate Lisu New Year in Shan State Posted: 17 Feb 2016 02:30 PM PST More than 2000 ethnic Lisu across the country attended the 51st Lisu ethnic literature and traditional culture New Year Festival in ToonKyaing village, Namhsan township, in southern Shan State.

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