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Day: August 12, 2014
Karen honour fallen leader on Martyrs' Day
Karen communities across Burma gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the 64th Karen Martyrs’ Day.
Renewed search underway for the fabled Dhammazedi Bell
Efforts are underway on the Rangoon River by a local team to find and recover the Great Bell of Dhammazedi, which sank 400 years ago.
Thousands need water after storms in Mon State
Thousands of people in eastern Burma are urgently in need of drinking water after the area’s lakes and wells were polluted by floodwater last week.
Kanbalu villagers say they’ll get some land back from military
According to Sagaing villager, 384 acres of land will be returned by military, which confiscated 3,000 acres in Hyaukshai village in 1999 for a sugarcane plantation project.
Aung Min urges MPs to play role in post-ceasefire dialogue
Burmese govt negotiator makes the call following an agreement to facilitate political dialogue with armed minorities within 90 days of the signing of a nationwide ceasefire.