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    Day: December 22, 2016

    Kachin IDPs’ woes grow with fall of KIA’s Gidon outpost
    December 22, 2016in Conflict, IDPs, Kachin, Lead Story, Military, News374by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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    Kachin IDPs’ woes grow with fall of KIA’s Gidon outpost

    A recent offensive by the Burmese military in Kachin State, seizing the Kachin Independence Army’s Gidon mountain outpost, has exacerbated the dire conditions for displaced people living in the area…

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    Profit clouds Burma Army pledge to return seized land
    December 22, 2016in Land, Lead Story, Military, News, Shan379by REUTERS
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    Profit clouds Burma Army pledge to return seized land

    Resolving myriad land disputes, often involving farmers with no documents to back their claims, was a core National League for Democracy campaign pledge. Fulfilling it is proving difficult.

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    3,000 IDPs sheltering in Hsipaw, Namtu
    December 22, 2016in Aid, Conflict, Lead Story, News293by DVB
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    3,000 IDPs sheltering in Hsipaw, Namtu

    Relief workers say that these internally displaced persons are urgently in need of blankets and warm clothing as the cold season sets in.

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    Thai doctor convicted of murdering migrant worker arrested in Burma
    December 22, 2016in ASEAN, Crime, Lead Story, News13by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Thai doctor convicted of murdering migrant worker arrested in Burma

    A former Police General Hospital doctor, Police Colonel Supat Laohawattana, who was handed a death sentence for murdering his Burmese migrant farm worker, has been arrested in Burma, reports say.

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