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    Day: August 14, 2014

    August 14, 2014in Lead Story, News150by DVB
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    Bullet Points: 14 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Helen Regan

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    August 14, 2014in Archives, Lead Story, News, Video2by DVB
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    Curfew lifted in Mandalay, but businesses still suffering

    On Monday, a curfew in Mandalay was lifted after 39 days in effect, but business as usual has not been restored in the central Burmese city.

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    Human rights abuses still ‘rampant’ in Burma: Report
    August 14, 2014in Lead Story, News61by DVB
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    Human rights abuses still ‘rampant’ in Burma: Report

    An alliance of rights groups revealed on Tuesday that they have documented 103 cases of human rights abuse in Burma since the start of 2014.

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    Families of missing fishermen to receive compensation
    August 14, 2014in Lead Story, News6by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Families of missing fishermen to receive compensation

    The families of 15 people lost at sea after a fishing boat capsized in early August will receive 1.5 million kyat (US$1,500) each for their losses, according to a spokesperson…

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    Kanbalu farmers demand release of 57 jailed 'plough protestors'
    August 14, 2014in Land, Lead Story, News, Sagaing306by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Kanbalu farmers demand release of 57 jailed 'plough protestors'

    Some 1,500 farmers rallied for the release of 57 jailed land rights activists in central Burma’s Sagaing Division on Wednesday.

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    NLD presents petition to parliament calling to amend 436
    August 14, 2014in Constitution, Lead Story, News, Politics, Suu Kyi71by COLIN HINSHELWOOD / DVB
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    NLD presents petition to parliament calling to amend 436

    The NLD and 88 Generation say they collected 5 million signatures calling for a change to the Constitution that would lift the military’s veto power.

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