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    Gen. Aung San statue destroyed by mentally unstable man
    March 22, 2017in History, Irrawaddy Division, Lead Story, News132by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Gen. Aung San statue destroyed by mentally unstable man

    A fiberglass statue of Burma’s independence hero was completely destroyed by a man with mental illness in the Irrawaddy delta.

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    Burma praises China for suspending MNDAA bank account
    March 22, 2017in International Relations, Lead Story, News205by REUTERS
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    Burma praises China for suspending MNDAA bank account

    Burma’s government praised China on Wednesday for suspending a Chinese bank account used by ethnic rebels fighting Burmese troops, in a move to prevent potential damage to diplomatic ties.

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    Beset by delays, Burma-China oil pipeline nears start-up
    March 22, 2017in Archives, International Relations, Lead Story, News462by REUTERS
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    Beset by delays, Burma-China oil pipeline nears start-up

    Nearly a decade in the making, a project to pump oil across Burma to southwest China is set for imminent start-up, with a supertanker nearing the port of Kyaukphyu, marking…

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    China's AgBank suspends account used to crowdfund Kokang rebels
    March 22, 2017in International Relations, Lead Story, News156by REUTERS
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    China's AgBank suspends account used to crowdfund Kokang rebels

    One of China’s biggest state-owned lenders has suspended an account used to fund ethnic rebels fighting government troops in Burma, halting an arrangement that could have stoked diplomatic tensions between…

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