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    Day: May 18, 2016

    May 18, 2016in Bullet Points, Lead Story, News188by DVB
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    DVB Bulletin: 18 May 2016

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    Sagaing workers' march ends in arrests
    May 18, 2016in Labour Issues, Lead Story, News, Protest40by DVB
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    Sagaing workers' march ends in arrests

    Police in the Naypyidaw Union Territory said they arrested eight people as they attempted to march into the capital to set up a rally camp in front of the President’s…

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    US envoy: We want to see peace for all people in Arakan
    May 18, 2016in International Relations, Lead Story, News, Religion78by FELIZ SOLOMON / DVB
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    US envoy: We want to see peace for all people in Arakan

    Shaarik Zafar, the US special representative to Muslim communities, made the remarks ahead of a visit to Burma by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

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    Burma army carrying out airstrikes on KIA positions
    May 18, 2016in Conflict, Lead Story, News68by DVB
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    Burma army carrying out airstrikes on KIA positions

    Local residents of Kachin State’s Mansi Township say three Burmese military aircraft were seen bombing KIA positions at two locations.

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    Some US sanctions eased, but most remain in place
    May 18, 2016in Archives, International Relations, Lead Story, News60by REUTERS
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    Some US sanctions eased, but most remain in place

    The US government has decided to maintain most economic restrictions on Burma in an effort to punish those Washington sees as hampering the country’s newly elected government.

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    May 18, 2016in Bullet Points, Lead Story, News265by DVB
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    DVB Bulletin: 17 May 2016

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