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• Presidential pardon frees loggers and handful of political prisoners
• Cyclone batters Rakhine coast
• Sagaing village’s electric ambitions drown in flooding
• Officials use social media to fight flood rumours
• Senior delegation stands with groups fighting in Kokang
• Survey blames flouting of road rules for traffic woes
• Religion looms large over poll as NLD, Ma Ba Tha trade words
• Activists press Chinese mining firm for answers
• Students warn of further protests over law
• YCDC expands waste services after privatisation fails

Presidential pardon frees loggers and handful of political prisoners Posted: 30 Jul 2015 09:01 PM PDT A mass presidential pardon yesterday saw nearly 7000 prisoners freed, including foreigners, former military intelligence officers and Chinese loggers whose imprisonment had provoked Beijing's outrage.

Cyclone batters Rakhine coast Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:59 PM PDT Cyclone Komen was battering Rakhine State yesterday as 112-kilometre (70-mile) an hour winds felled trees and lamp posts, flooding drove residents from their homes and phone lines went down, effectively cutting off great swathes of the coastal state.

Sagaing village’s electric ambitions drown in flooding Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:52 PM PDT Sagaing Region's flooding nightmare of the past few days has quenched villagers' dreams of electric power.

Officials use social media to fight flood rumours Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:51 PM PDT Local government officials are turning to social media in an effort to share information on the flooding situation in upper Myanmar – and head off rumours of impending dam overflows and other catastrophes.

Senior delegation stands with groups fighting in Kokang Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:46 PM PDT Armed ethnic groups insist that they will not budge from their demand that all members of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team be permitted to sign the draft ceasefire – including Kokang rebels fighting the Tatmadaw in northeastern Shan State.

Survey blames flouting of road rules for traffic woes Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:39 PM PDT More than 500 people surveyed for traffic report, which finds average commute is 30 minutes to one hour.

Religion looms large over poll as NLD, Ma Ba Tha trade words Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:34 PM PDT Daw Aung San Suu Kyi responds to criticism the party is soft on "race and religion", accusing her attackers of violating the constitution.

Activists press Chinese mining firm for answers Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:28 PM PDT Myanmar Yang Tse fails to provide promised information on compensation to displaced villagers, say activists.

Students warn of further protests over law Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:27 PM PDT A second wave of student protests may be on the way following the rejection of the amended version of the National Education Law by student leaders.

YCDC expands waste services after privatisation fails Posted: 30 Jul 2015 08:25 PM PDT Where there's muck, they say, there's kyat. Yangon City Development Committee's hopes of getting out of what is politely called the night-soil trade have been dashed, leaving it neck-deep without a paddle.

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