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    Day: January 6, 2014

    January 6, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Video1by DVB
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    Criminals walk free – activists remain behind bars

    More than 13,000 inmates have walked free from various prisons across Burma since the president declared an amnesty on 31 December in honour of the 66th anniversary of Burma’s independence.

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    Permit denied for journalists seeking justice for Ma Khine
    January 6, 2014in Lead Story, Media, News194by DVB
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    Permit denied for journalists seeking justice for Ma Khine

    A bid by journalists and activists in Mandalay for permission to protest against the detention of reporter Naw Khine Khine Aye Cho was rejected by local police on Sunday.

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    Embassy plotter Taufik sentenced to 7 years in Jakarta
    January 6, 2014in Lead Story, News, Rohingya33by DVB
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    Embassy plotter Taufik sentenced to 7 years in Jakarta

    A district court in Jakarta on Monday has reportedly sentenced Achmad Taufik to seven years and six months in prison for his role in a failed plot to bomb the…

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    KNU meet for talks with Thein Sein, Min Aung Hlaing
    January 6, 2014in Lead Story, News, Peace Process2by DVB
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    KNU meet for talks with Thein Sein, Min Aung Hlaing

    A delegation of representatives of the Karen National Union (KNU), led by Chairman Mutu Say Poe, met with Burmese President Thein Sein and military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyidaw…

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    January 6, 2014in Constitution, Lead Story, News, Video277by DVB
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    Rangoon protestors show support for constitutional reform

    Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Burma’s former capital Rangoon on Sunday, calling for an amendment to the military-drafted constitution that would allow Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to become…

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    Suu Kyi calls on govt, military to help amend constitution
    January 6, 2014in Constitution, Lead Story, News, Politics0by DVB
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    Suu Kyi calls on govt, military to help amend constitution

    In a speech to mark Burmese Independence Day, Aung San Suu Kyi stressed that both the government and the military should play important roles in amending the constitution and urged…

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