Angus Watson brings you today’s edition of Bullet Points
Day: July 22, 2014
Ethnic leaders arrive for Laiza ceasefire talks
The Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team meets to discuss terms and conditions for a ceasefire that could end decades of war with Burmese government forces.
UN rights official arrives in war-torn northern Burma
The newly-appointed United Nations’ rights rapporteur for Burma, Yanghee Lee, arrived in Kachin State on Monday to assess the conflict-torn region.
China demands hygiene standards on Burmese rice to legalise trade
Formal sanitary and phytosanitary agreements on rice standards with Burma will assist China in legalising the rice trade between the two countries.
Curfew in Mandalay townships eased after three weeks
Authorities in Mandalay have relaxed the eight-hour curfew imposed upon seven townships three weeks after communal violence broke out.
Census goes ahead at Thai refugee camps
Thousands of refugees line up to be counted in the Mae La camp near the border town Mae Sot, as Thai authorities begin the first census of its kind.