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    Day: February 19, 2014

    Football ref slapped in face by enraged club owner
    February 19, 2014in Lead Story, News, Sport185by THAR NOE WEI
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    Football ref slapped in face by enraged club owner

    Zwegabin United Football Club owner Hla Htay may be prosecuted for assault after he slapped a referee in the face during a Burmese national league game last week.

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    Burma’s VP meets N Korean envoy in Naypyidaw
    February 19, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics56by ANGUS WATSON / DVB
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    Burma’s VP meets N Korean envoy in Naypyidaw

    Vice-President Sai Mauk Kham met the North Korean ambassador to Burma Kim Sok Chol at the Presidential Palace in Naypyidaw on Wednesday. Remaining ties to North Korea have proven to…

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    Literary repression violates basic rights: PEN
    February 19, 2014in Lead Story, Media, News3by DVB
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    Literary repression violates basic rights: PEN

    PEN Myanmar, the newly established Burmese chapter of an international writer’s rights alliance, has publicly condemned the Burmese authorities and religious extremists for harassment and restrictions on literary gatherings.

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    Karen NGO slams Japanese SEZ plan
    February 19, 2014in Archives, Dawei, Development, Environment, Land, Lead Story, News, Politics, SEZ34by ANGUS WATSON / DVB
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    Karen NGO slams Japanese SEZ plan

    A prominent Karen NGO has hit out at a Japanese report recommending further special economic zones be delineated across southeast Burma.

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    Latpadaung locals air grievances to UN Rights Rapporteur
    February 19, 2014in Land, Lead Story, News241by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Latpadaung locals air grievances to UN Rights Rapporteur

    United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, arrived in Monywa, Sagaing Division, on Monday to meet with villagers living near the controversial Latpadaung Copper Mine.

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    February 19, 2014in DVB Debate, Lead Story, News, Society, Video206by DVB
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    DVB Debate: Burma's national identity

    DVB Debate discusses whether an ethnically diverse country like Burma can really have one unified national identity.

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