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- Parliament approve next round of China loan
- University rector cancels journalist's lecture
- Migrant worker tells of Kokang kidnapping ordeal
- Birds culled after Monywa flu outbreak
- Licensed bus drivers fail refresher course
- Spanish tourist stabbed on Bago highway
- OMI continues freedom of information push
- Monks back down on education law draft allegations
| Parliament approve next round of China loan Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST Succeding on its second try, the government persuaded has Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to accept a US$300 million from Exim Bank of China on February 25, but only after lengthy debate. |
| University rector cancels journalist's lecture Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST Mandalay University authorities last week cancelled a planned presentation by a prominent foreign journalist just an hour before it was due to go ahead. |
| Migrant worker tells of Kokang kidnapping ordeal Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST A migrant worker captured by soldiers from an unknown armed in the Kokang region managed to escape after being held at gunpoint and tortured. |
| Birds culled after Monywa flu outbreak Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST Poultry breeders have moved fast to control an outbreak of bird flu, state-owned media have reported. |
| Licensed bus drivers fail refresher course Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST Efforts to improve bus drivers' driving skills have a long way to go, transport officials are concluding. A major initiative was launched in May last year following the death of 14 passengers and the injury of 29 others in a bus crash on the Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon Highway. But the results have been disappointing. |
| Spanish tourist stabbed on Bago highway Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST A Spanish tourist was treated at Yangon General Hospital after a violent robbery on February 23 along the Yangon-Bago highway left him with a broken arm and a stab wound on his leg. |
| OMI continues freedom of information push Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST Open Myanmar Initiative (OMI) will continue to press for a freedom of information law, its spokesperson said last week. On February 28, OMI was to host a workshop at Yangon's Orchid Hotel for representatives of non-governmental sectors on the issue. |
| Monks back down on education law draft allegations Posted: 26 Feb 2015 02:30 PM PST Student leaders were to meet senior monks over the weekend in a bid to head off a potential dispute over amendments to the National Education Law that the monks have said could harm Buddhism. |
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