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• Arrests made over July 21 Mandalay blast
• Bombing sentences ‘an injustice’: accused
• Government meets MPs to talk peace
• Internal pressures take their toll on the peace process
• US to fund restoration of historic Mandalay monastery
• Press council to send bill directly to parliament
• Old debts delay agriculture loans in delta
• Thai system fails Myanmar migrants
• Dancing policeman ad lands organisers in hot water
• Daw Bauk Ja to face court on July 31

Arrests made over July 21 Mandalay blast Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:31 AM PDT Police have arrested two people in relation to last week's Mandalay bombing who were captured on CCTV footage in the area just prior to the blast.

Bombing sentences ‘an injustice’: accused Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:25 AM PDT Five men convicted for a series of bomb attacks that rocked Mandalay, Nay Pyi Taw and Pyin Oo Lwin on June 24, 2011, have described their sentences as an "injustice".

Government meets MPs to talk peace Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:23 AM PDT Clearing the air – that was the aim of a meeting between government peace negotiators and senior parliamentarians at the Myanmar Peace Center last week, Minister for the President's Office U Aung Min says.

Internal pressures take their toll on the peace process Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:16 AM PDT MPs should be careful not to disrupt progress already made toward a national ceasefire and political talks, ethnic leaders warn.

US to fund restoration of historic Mandalay monastery Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:09 AM PDT The United States will provide US$500,000 for the restoration of Shwe Nan Daw Monastery in Mandalay, one of the few remaining links with King Mindon's royal palace.

Press council to send bill directly to parliament Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:04 AM PDT The Interim Press Council plans to submit its draft media law directly to parliament through an MP rather than the Ministry of Information, a council member said last week following a meeting with a parliamentary committee.

Old debts delay agriculture loans in delta Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:44 AM PDT The Myanmar Agriculture Development Bank is refusing to issue more than US$8 million in loans to thousands of farmers in Ayeyarwady Region's Maubin district because many still owe money from last year.

Thai system fails Myanmar migrants Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT Illegal workers are dying unnecessarily because employers do not let them access the health system – and Thai officials are not enforcing the law.

Dancing policeman ad lands organisers in hot water Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:29 AM PDT What started as a simple, choreographed scene for a vitamin C television advertisement has ended in charges for a dancer, a director and the general manager of Mango Marketing Services.

Daw Bauk Ja to face court on July 31 Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:28 AM PDT National Democratic Force member and land rights activist Daw Bauk Ja will appear in court this week on three charges related to the death of a man in 2008.

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