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• Police hunt mastermind on Langkawi
• Myanmar ruby sells for record $30m at auction
• Kayah alliance pushes for electoral support
• YCDC to test public mood on planned privatisation of garbage collection
• Nurse receives Florence Nightingale prize
• More than 100 fishermen set for homecoming today
• Ceasefire accord in danger, warns chief ethnic negotiator
• Tatmadaw pursues retreating Kokang forces
• Parliament approves $400m World Bank loan
• Arbitration council orders Costec to rehire workers

Police hunt mastermind on Langkawi Posted: 14 May 2015 06:53 AM PDT Malaysian police are scouring the holiday island of Langkawi - transformed by hundreds of Myanmar Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants abandoned by smugglers - in search a Thai man allegedly responsible for overseeing the trafficking of thousands migrants across the region.

Myanmar ruby sells for record $30m at auction Posted: 13 May 2015 08:23 PM PDT A 25.59-carat "pigeon blood" ruby sold for a world record US$30.33 million at auction in Geneva on May 12, while a rare pink diamond believed to have once belonged to Napoleon's niece fetched $15.9 million, Sotheby's said.

Kayah alliance pushes for electoral support Posted: 13 May 2015 08:20 PM PDT Ethnic Kayah and Kayan political parties continued their march toward consolidation into a single political entity yesterday, concluding a three-day conference in the Kayah State capital Loikaw.

YCDC to test public mood on planned privatisation of garbage collection Posted: 13 May 2015 08:19 PM PDT Yangon City Development Committee has promised a public consultation period before it hands over responsibility for collecting and transporting the city's garbage to private companies, officials said yesterday.

Nurse receives Florence Nightingale prize Posted: 13 May 2015 08:17 PM PDT A Myanmar nurse has earned an international award given out by the Red Cross for exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster.

More than 100 fishermen set for homecoming today Posted: 13 May 2015 08:07 PM PDT More than 120 men formerly enslaved on fishing trawlers in Indonesia will arrive home in Yangon this evening, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

Ceasefire accord in danger, warns chief ethnic negotiator Posted: 13 May 2015 08:02 PM PDT NCCT leader rules out two-step process that would see groups fighting in Kokang sign ceasefire at a later date.

Tatmadaw pursues retreating Kokang forces Posted: 13 May 2015 08:00 PM PDT Ethnic armed groups in Shan State's Kokang region have accused the Tatmadaw of launching fresh offensives against their forces close to the border with China, even as some of the insurgents are retreating.

Parliament approves $400m World Bank loan Posted: 13 May 2015 07:59 PM PDT Supporters of a US$400 million World Bank loan on May 12 brushed aside objections to approving it in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw by an overwhelming majority.

Arbitration council orders Costec to rehire workers Posted: 13 May 2015 07:50 PM PDT South Korean company has until today to appeal against ruling by Yangon's labour Arbitration Council.

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