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    Army steps up air offensive against Kachin rebels
    December 28, 2012in News, Politics22by DVB
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    Army steps up air offensive against Kachin rebels

    The Burmese army has deployed military helicopters and jet fighters in a series of coordinated air attacks against Kachin rebels less than 16 kilometres away from their headquarters in Laiza,…

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    Arakanese party warned over inflammatory pictures
    December 26, 2012in News, Politics289by HANNA HINDSTROM
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    Arakanese party warned over inflammatory pictures

    The government has threatened legal action against the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party for publishing pictures of the woman whose rape and murder sparked sectarian violence in June

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    New Karen leadership signals party shift
    December 25, 2012in News, Politics3by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    New Karen leadership signals party shift

    The Karen National Union has elected pragmatic new leaders for key party positions at its 15th quadrennial congress, which analysts say will speed up peace negotiations with the central government

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    Sex workers clamour for rights in a changing Burma
    December 24, 2012in Uncategorized166by HANNA HINDSTROM
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    Sex workers clamour for rights in a changing Burma

    Faced with exploding HIV rates and daily threats of violence, sex workers in Burma are joining together to challenge prostitution laws they say leave them vulnerable to abuse

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    December 21, 2012in Video246by REUTERS
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    Spitting ban proposed

    Campaigners in Burma are pushing to ban spitting in public, in a country where people chew and spit betel nuts, leaving red stains on buildings and public property.

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    What’s the price for peace in Kachin?
    December 21, 2012in Analysis21by PANGMU SHAYI
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    What’s the price for peace in Kachin?

    While Burma’s quasi-civilian government has come up with yet another proposal to hold talks with the Kachin Independence Army, the Burmese army is trying to bring the recalcitrant Kachins to…

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