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    Day: August 20, 2014

    August 20, 2014in Lead Story, News416by DVB
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    Bullet Points: 20 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Angus Watson

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    August 20, 2014in Culture, Lead Story, News94by DVB
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    Rice wine remains perfect tonic for Karenni farmers

    As brands of Burmese alcohol compete with recently approved foreign liquor imports, Karenni villagers are fighting to retain local brewing customs.

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    Karenni State villagers ask Min Aung Hlaing to let them farm
    August 20, 2014in Lead Story, News191by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Karenni State villagers ask Min Aung Hlaing to let them farm

    Local villagers in Karenni State’s Hpruso Township sent a letter to Burma’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing for permission to farm on land that was allegedly seized from them by…

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    Ooredoo’s services lacking, customers say
    August 20, 2014in Archives, Lead Story, News2by THANOE WAI AND DENE-HERN CHEN
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    Ooredoo’s services lacking, customers say

    Despite promises of better voice connection and access to the Internet, mobile phone users in Rangoon say that Ooredoo’s services are falling short of high expectations.

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    Farmers sentenced 8 months for Mandalay plough protest
    August 20, 2014in Land, Lead Story, News332by PAING SOE / DVB
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    Farmers sentenced 8 months for Mandalay plough protest

    Local farmers from Mandalay Division’s Sintgai Township were sentenced to prison terms of up to eight months on Tuesday under charges of trespassing and destroying property while staging a plough…

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