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• Media bill gets freedom of expression clause
• Talk of CNG price hike could prove true
• MP says army will give unused confiscated land back to farmers
• Sources deny SSA extortion report
• Two men sentenced over Meiktila
• Farmers level new claims at Than Shwe’s former PSO
• 88 Gen. to mark 25-year anniversary
• Government auctions off state-run hotels
• Women look to join the police force
• Uncertainty over Thein Htay sanction

Media bill gets freedom of expression clause Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:18 AM PDT Lower house MPs approved 24 amendments to the Ministry of Information's Printing and Publishing Enterprise Bill on July 4.

Talk of CNG price hike could prove true Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:12 AM PDT A Ministry of Energy spokesperson says rumours of a change in the price of compressed natural gas could prove true.

MP says army will give unused confiscated land back to farmers Posted: 08 Jul 2013 08:05 AM PDT The parliamentary land confiscation investigation committee will make arrangements to return unused farmland confiscated by the Tatmadaw to the original owners from this month, a committee member told The Myanmar Times last week.

Sources deny SSA extortion report Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:52 AM PDT A number of sources have rejected a report in state-run media accusing the Shan State Army-South of extortion.

Two men sentenced over Meiktila Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:48 AM PDT Myanmar has sentenced two Buddhist men to seven years in prison for murders during the bloodshed in March.

Farmers level new claims at Than Shwe’s former PSO Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:42 AM PDT Major General Soe Shein using land for limestone extraction and lime production business, say farmers.

88 Gen. to mark 25-year anniversary Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:33 AM PDT The 88 Generation student group will mark the 25th anniversary of the 1988 uprising next month.

Government auctions off state-run hotels Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:28 AM PDT Some of the country's most prized state-run hotel properties have quietly been put out to tender.

Women look to join the police force Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:27 AM PDT More than half of all applications for a recent training program in Mandalay Region were submitted by women, say officials.

Uncertainty over Thein Htay sanction Posted: 08 Jul 2013 07:25 AM PDT Observers have reacted with uncertainty to the United States Treasury's decision to sanction a senior military officer for weapons deals with North Korea.

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