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    Day: January 12, 2017

    Shades of ‘bad old days’ in NLD-led Burma: Human Rights Watch
    January 12, 2017in Human Rights, Lead Story, News161by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Shades of ‘bad old days’ in NLD-led Burma: Human Rights Watch

    Nine months into the National League for Democracy government’s term in office, the human rights situation in Burma has improved only marginally, and in some cases even backslid, according to…

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    Karen, Mon armed groups clash in southern Burma
    January 12, 2017in Conflict, Lead Story, News, Tenasserim171by DVB
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    Karen, Mon armed groups clash in southern Burma

    The New Mon State Party reported clashing with the Karen National Union in southern Burma’s costal Tenasserim Division on Wednesday.

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    Namhsan locals run for cover as gunfire breaks out
    January 12, 2017in Conflict, Lead Story, News, Shan87by KHUN ZAW OO / DVB
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    Namhsan locals run for cover as gunfire breaks out

    A high school, a government office and a sawmill were hit by stray bullets when TNLA clashed with Burmese troops.

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    Burma enmeshed in Vatican row over condom distribution
    January 12, 2017in Lead Story, News, Religion1by REUTERS
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    Burma enmeshed in Vatican row over condom distribution

    A sacking involving distribution of condoms in Burma by the humanitarian arm of the Nights of Malta roils the Vatican.

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