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    Day: October 18, 2015

    Foreign currency licenses revoked for govt, private businesses
    October 18, 2015in Archives, Lead Story, News97by DVB
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    Foreign currency licenses revoked for govt, private businesses

    The Myanmar Central Bank has announced it will revoke licenses allowing private and government businesses to accept foreign currency on 19 October.

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    'We are tired of being poor', Kayaw villagers hope election brings change
    October 18, 2015in Lead Story, News, Politics19by REUTERS
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    'We are tired of being poor', Kayaw villagers hope election brings change

    Htay Kho, a remote village tucked away between the valleys of this ragged strip of eastern Burma, was for decades off-limits as armed rebels fought the military before a recent…

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    Civilian 'special police' to provide security during election
    October 18, 2015in Lead Story, News, Politics12by DVB
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    Civilian 'special police' to provide security during election

    The Burmese Police Force have recruited some 40,000 civilians as ‘special police’, to assist with security during the 8 November general election.

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    The peace process and ethnic education in Burma
    October 18, 2015in Analysis, Education, Lead Story, News152by DR ASHLEY SOUTH AND PROF MARIE LALL
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    The peace process and ethnic education in Burma

    As Burma undergoes a period of political transition, ‘first language’ learning in schools is a valuable tool in the ongoing peace process.

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