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    Day: March 28, 2014

    Sittwe riot damages Arakanese image: RNDP leader
    March 28, 2014in Communal Violence, Lead Story, News, Politics, Rohingya14by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Sittwe riot damages Arakanese image: RNDP leader

    RNDP leader criticises Buddhist mob for attacking international NGOs; meanwhile focus turns to the security of Sittwe’s Rohingya minority.

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    March 28, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Video0by DVB
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    Energy price hike sparks outrage

    Four people have been arrested in Mandalay and two in Rangoon for protesting against a government-backed energy price hike, which will come into effect on 1 April.

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    March 28, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Video208by DVB and REUTERS
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    Snr-Gen defends nation’s charter at Armed Forces Day

    Whereas his inaugural speech last year focused on the military’s commitment to reform, the commander on Thursday affirmed the importance of the military in the reform process and defended Burma’s…

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    Intl community ‘deeply concerned’ over Sittwe riots
    March 28, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics107by DVB
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    Intl community ‘deeply concerned’ over Sittwe riots

    The European Union and the United States expressed “deep concern” on Thursday evening after mobs of Arakanese Buddhists attacked homes and offices of humanitarian aid workers in the capital of…

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    Burmese govt pledges to investigate Sittwe riot
    March 28, 2014in Lead Story, News, Politics, Rohingya1by DVB
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    Burmese govt pledges to investigate Sittwe riot

    Seventy-one aid workers, including 32 foreigners, are evacuated to a local police station in Sittwe after a crowd turns on international aid organisations. Reports say an 11-year-old was killed when…

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    Thai shrimp processor to lay off 1,200 Burmese workers
    March 28, 2014in Lead Story, Migrants Issues, News2by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Thai shrimp processor to lay off 1,200 Burmese workers

    Nearly 1,200 migrant workers from Burma will be laid off in April by Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, a seafood processing company based in Samut Sakhon, Thailand.

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