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    August 30, 2013in Lead Story, Politics, Video2by ALI FOWLE / DVB
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    1988: Forgive and forget?

    Twenty-five years after the bloody military crackdown on protestors in Burma, activists are asking whether it’s time to forgive and forget.

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    Business Weekly
    August 30, 2013in Archives, Business Weekly, Lead Story, News190by DVB
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    Business Weekly

    US war cry sends gold price soaring; More for your dollar; Dhaka flights to resume; Japanese airline buys 49 percent share in Asian Wings; World Bank loan to cover development…

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    US to boost military ties with Burma, but warns of N Korea connection
    August 30, 2013in Lead Story, News, Politics5by HANNA HINDSTROM
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    US to boost military ties with Burma, but warns of N Korea connection

    The US vows to strengthen its military relationship with Burma, shortly after issuing another warning to Naypyidaw that it must sever its defence ties with North Korea.

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    Parliament calls for land grab recommendations to be expedited
    August 30, 2013in Lead Story, News, Politics4by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Parliament calls for land grab recommendations to be expedited

    Speaker Shwe Mann urges the government to expedite the return of land – specifically land left unused after being confiscated – to its rightful owners as per a parliamentary commission’s…

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    Myanmar Economic Holdings in brewery contract dispute
    August 30, 2013in Archives, Lead Story, News522by DVB
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    Myanmar Economic Holdings in brewery contract dispute

    Singaporean food and beverage conglomerate Fraser & Neave says that its Burmese partner, UMEHL, is trying to oust it from a joint-venture agreement in Myanmar Brewery.

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    Latpadaung protestor sentenced to two years for sedition
    August 29, 2013in Environment, Lead Story, News, Video78by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Latpadaung protestor sentenced to two years for sedition

    Naw Ohn Hla was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment with labour under a charge of sedition in a highly controversial trial in Monywa on Thursday.

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