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    Experts urge transparency in Burma's businesses
    May 12, 2014in Archives, Lead Story, News2206by THE BANGKOK POST
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    Experts urge transparency in Burma's businesses

    Most companies operating in Burma and Southeast Asia fail to meet international standards for transparency, according to a survey by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC).

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    'Band aid' for displaced Kachin
    May 12, 2014in Culture, Lead Story, News, Society299by KO HTWE
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    'Band aid' for displaced Kachin

    Musicians and activists united in Rangoon on Sunday for a series of concerts benefitting Kachin war refugees.

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    Activists plant seeds of Flower Speech campaign in Pyapon
    May 12, 2014in Communal Violence, Irrawaddy Division, Lead Story, News91by DVB
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    Activists plant seeds of Flower Speech campaign in Pyapon

    Activists representing a new anti-hate speech campaign travelled to Irrawaddy Division’s Pyapon on Saturday to promote religious tolerance, following an invitation from local youth groups.

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    Controversial campaign guidelines drafted
    May 12, 2014in 2015 Elections, Lead Story, News, Politics2by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Controversial campaign guidelines drafted

    Burma’s Union Election Commission (UEC) last week announced that new campaign guidelines have been drafted.

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    May 12, 2014in DVB Debate, Lead Story, Media, News, Video195by DVB
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    DVB Debate: Freedom to report

    Panellists on DVB Debate discuss whether the government is trying to remain in control of the press by invoking current laws that actually stop journalists from doing their jobs.

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    Mandalay villages’ river water polluted with toxic waste
    May 12, 2014in Environment, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News9by DVB
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    Mandalay villages’ river water polluted with toxic waste

    Fifteen villages in Amarapura have no alternative but to bathe in and drink polluted water due to the release of industrial toxins by factories in the city of Mandalay into…

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