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• Parliament objects to new US sanctions
• Residents refuse to demolish their homes
• Daw Suu Kyi seeks ‘effective’ four-way meet
• Obama visits historic Secretariat complex
• ASEAN will remain ‘outward-looking’
• Pyithu Hluttaw rejects PR voting
• Police prepare to establish info unit
• UN secretary general airs concerns about Rakhine
• Trial begins for man accused of assaulting American teacher
• We must act now on TB before it’s too late

Parliament objects to new US sanctions Posted: 16 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw issued a statement last week blasting the US Treasury Department for placing influential lawmaker and businessman U Aung Thaung on a sanctions blacklist at the end of October.

Residents refuse to demolish their homes Posted: 16 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST Angry residents are defying an order to demolish their own homes and move out. Mandalay City Development Committee had ordered the demolition of the nine homes by November 15 as part of a road-building plan.

Daw Suu Kyi seeks ‘effective’ four-way meet Posted: 16 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told supporters earlier this month in Loikaw, Kayah State, that her recent historic meeting with Myanmar's president, head of the armed forces and hluttaw speaker must be repeated if "national reconciliation" is to be achieved.

Obama visits historic Secretariat complex Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST US President Barack Obama toured the historic Secretariat complex in downtown Yangon as part of his visit to Myanmar last week.

ASEAN will remain ‘outward-looking’ Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST Myanmar has used its time as chair of ASEAN to steer the regional organisation toward deeper engagement with its neighbours and stronger links with the rest of the world, President U Thein Sein said last week.

Pyithu Hluttaw rejects PR voting Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST The Pyithu Hluttaw decided last week to retain first-past-the-post voting for the 2015 election, judging the other seven proposed alternatives as unconstitutional.

Police prepare to establish info unit Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST Yangon police are to open up more to the media and the public, it was announced earlier this month. The police will establish a unit to issue news and update information, said EU Ambassador Roland Kobia. The EU has been providing training in community policing.

UN secretary general airs concerns about Rakhine Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last week urged the Myanmar government to accelerate the process of granting of citizenship to stateless Muslims living in northern Rakine State.

Trial begins for man accused of assaulting American teacher Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST The trial is under way for a man accused of sexually assaulting an American grade-one teacher in Mandalay last month.

We must act now on TB before it’s too late Posted: 15 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recently released a report at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health held in Barcelona, Spain, entitled "Out of Step".

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