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• Govt refuses to guarantee security of student marchers
• Cable car set for lift-off
• Religion bill sent back to committee
• Tatmadaw issues warning against murder allegations
• First phase of measles, rubella vaccine campaign ends
• Mizzima pulls plug on daily paper as investors drop out
• Expert forum to focus on dry zone
• Thanlwin dams vulnerable to earthquakes, CSOs warn
• Annual KNU meet to focus on ceasefire
• Corruption, threats keeping child soldiers in Tatmadaw

Govt refuses to guarantee security of student marchers Posted: 02 Feb 2015 12:57 AM PST The government has warned it can no longer guarantee the safety of student demonstrators marching from Mandalay to Yangon, after negotiations in Yangon on Sunday failed to break the deadlock over the National Education Law.

Cable car set for lift-off Posted: 01 Feb 2015 10:08 PM PST Pilgrims and sightseers drawn to Mon State's celebrated Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda atop its golden rock will be able to visit by cable car from 2016, it was announced last week.

Religion bill sent back to committee Posted: 01 Feb 2015 10:07 PM PST Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint has sent a controversial draft religious conversion law back to the bill committee and instructed it to consider comments made by MPs during heated debate last week.

Tatmadaw issues warning against murder allegations Posted: 01 Feb 2015 09:59 PM PST A newspaper owned by the army has concluded that Tatmadaw soldiers were "unlikely" to have committed the two rapes and murders of volunteer teachers in northern Shan State last month, as President U Thein Sein responded to concerns raised by a leading Kachin religious group.

First phase of measles, rubella vaccine campaign ends Posted: 01 Feb 2015 09:54 PM PST Protecting children from highly infectious diseases, teams of health workers have been vaccinating school students in a nationwide campaign against measles and rubella.

Mizzima pulls plug on daily paper as investors drop out Posted: 01 Feb 2015 09:26 PM PST Mizzima Media Group is to cease publication of its Myanmar-language daily, which will transform into an online paper, it announced last week.

Expert forum to focus on dry zone Posted: 01 Feb 2015 09:08 PM PST Sustainable development in the nation's dry zone will be the focus of the fourth Green Economy Green Growth forum (GEGG 4) to be held in upper Myanmar in early February, said U Nay Htun, founder and patron of the non-profit organisation on January 26.

Thanlwin dams vulnerable to earthquakes, CSOs warn Posted: 01 Feb 2015 09:00 PM PST A series of dams planned to harness the hydroelectric potential of the Thanlwin River could raise the risk of earthquakes as well as damaging the environment, putting at risk local residents and their farms, protesters say.

Annual KNU meet to focus on ceasefire Posted: 01 Feb 2015 08:48 PM PST The annual meeting of the Karen National Union (KNU) will be held in the first week of February to thrash out the party's stance on the peace process, especially the proposed signing of a draft nationwide ceasefire agreement.

Corruption, threats keeping child soldiers in Tatmadaw Posted: 01 Feb 2015 08:43 PM PST Corruption and fear of military officials are slowing the release of child soldiers from the Tatmadaw, an international watchdog group says.

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