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    Latpadaung Lead Story News

    Additional sentences for Latpadaung activists

    Five activists previously sentenced to prison after a protest Rangoon last year, are sentenced to four months each in prison by the Ahlone township court.

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    Latpadaung mine ‘must be halted’ pending EIA, says Amnesty

    Two years after a brutal police crackdown against protesters at the Latpadaung copper mine site, Amnesty Int’l has issued a press release highlighting ongoing problems with the project.

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    Burmese migrants recovering from coal mine blast

    Three Burmese migrants injured in a coal mine blast in Malaysia’s Sarawak State have been carried by helicopter to another hospital and their condition is improving.

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    Locals, monks resume sit-in protest at Latpadaung

    Sit-in protest resumes as authorities deny protestors permission to visit a historic Buddhist temple which the locals suspect was damaged recently by explosives used when mining operations at the controversial copper mine site in Sagaing resumed.

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    Tensions rise at Latpadaung

    Once again, tensions peak at the Latpadaung mining project after officials begin to fence off farmland that falls within the project zone.

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    Renowned former monk released on bail

    Prominent dissident Nyi Nyi Lwin, who spearheaded the monk-led protests in 2007, was released on bail Monday after being arrested by police earlier this month.

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    After the crackdown

    by Reuters Protestors took to the streets in Rangoon and Mandalay following a brutal crackdown on Buddhist monks last week. Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on 29[…]

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    Thein Sein’s office says crackdown protects ‘rule of law’

    The government today defended its bloody crackdown on hundreds of peaceful activists near a Chinese-backed copper mine, as in accordance with “democratic principles” and the “rule of law”

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    Landslide kills 15 close to China border

    All victims were Chinese workers operating a mine in Burma’s northern Kachin state, close to the border with Yunnan province

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    Iron mine could destroy 7000 Shan homes

    June 29, 2009 (DVB), Russian and Italian engineering companies are reported to be involved in the development of a huge iron ore mine in Burma's eastern Shan state that campaigners[…]

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    Global jewel market slump forces ruby miners out of work

    Mar 11, 2009 (DVB), Gem traders and miners working in two ruby-rich areas have lost their jobs after the global economic crisis hit the Burmese jewel market, locals and gem[…]

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    Explosion at jade mine kills 2

    Jan 9, 2009 (DVB), At least two people were killed and eight injured in an explosion in the Pha-Kant jade mine Kachin state on 31 December, according to local residents.[…]

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    Landmine explosion kills three DKBA soldiers

    Jan 25, 2008 (DVB), Three Democratic Karen Buddhist Army personnel were killed and eight others injured in a mine explosion near the border town of Myawaddy in Karen state, according[…]

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