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• Leading MP backs state of emergency
• Govt rejects Kokang request for ceasefire talks
• Red Cross halts assistance in Kokang after convoy attack
• Pushing women’s rights, on two wheels
• Commission updating Mandalay electoral rolls
• Rare spoon-billed sandpipers return to Gulf of Mottama
• Tens of thousands flee Kokang clashes
• UK, Canada consider action over mine sale
• Govt pushed to act on malnutrition ‘crisis’
• Last call to MPs on funding for projects

Leading MP backs state of emergency Posted: 19 Feb 2015 06:12 AM PST The head of a parliamentary bill committee has give strong backing to the declaration of martial law in northern Shan.

Govt rejects Kokang request for ceasefire talks Posted: 19 Feb 2015 06:11 AM PST The government has ruled out opening negotiations with the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), a Kokang armed group, following clashes that have left scores of soldiers dead on both sides.

Red Cross halts assistance in Kokang after convoy attack Posted: 19 Feb 2015 05:29 AM PST Red Cross volunteers will no longer provide assistance to people displaced by the intense fighting that erupted in northern Shan State, Myanmar Red Cross secretary general U Khin Maung Hla has announced.

Pushing women’s rights, on two wheels Posted: 19 Feb 2015 01:04 AM PST Four Dutch women are cycling halfway round the world to help raise awareness of women's rights.

Commission updating Mandalay electoral rolls Posted: 19 Feb 2015 01:03 AM PST Voter registration is now proceeding in four of the seven electoral districts in Mandalay Region, electoral officer says U Kyaw Kyaw Soe of the Mandalay Region Election Commission.

Rare spoon-billed sandpipers return to Gulf of Mottama Posted: 19 Feb 2015 01:00 AM PST Conservationists say that persuading local people to be more welcoming has helped boost the number of migrating birds that winter in the Gulf of Mottama.

Tens of thousands flee Kokang clashes Posted: 19 Feb 2015 12:48 AM PST Nearly 90,000 civilians in northeastern Myanmar are believed to have fled clashes between troops and ethnic rebels, an official said on February 18, as sporadic violence hampered efforts to evacuate those still trapped.

UK, Canada consider action over mine sale Posted: 18 Feb 2015 11:30 PM PST The British government is examining allegations by Amnesty International that the British Virgin Islands was used to skirt international sanctions on the sale of a controversial copper mining project at Monywa.

Govt pushed to act on malnutrition ‘crisis’ Posted: 18 Feb 2015 11:22 PM PST A silent crisis threatens to rob millions of children of the future they deserve, a senior health official has warned. Dr Yin Thandar Lwin, deputy director general of the Department of Health says 2.5 million children in Myanmar suffered from inadequate nutrition.

Last call to MPs on funding for projects Posted: 18 Feb 2015 11:20 PM PST Your time is up – that's the message Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint has given MPs trying to secure funding for development projects.

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