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    Day: February 28, 2017

    Tussle over Mon State bridge continues with revived naming bid
    February 28, 2017in Lead Story, Mon, News100by SHWE AUNG / DVB
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    Tussle over Mon State bridge continues with revived naming bid

    A proposal to name a new bridge across the Salween River in Mon State after Burma’s independence hero, General Aung San, was accepted for discussion by Parliament’s Lower House on…

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    USDP MP threatens action against speculation tying him to Ko Ni killing
    February 28, 2017in Crime, Lead Story, News266by NAY PHYO WIN
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    USDP MP threatens action against speculation tying him to Ko Ni killing

    Lawmaker Lin Zaw Tun, a classmate of the Defence Services Academy graduate who allegedly masterminded the plot to kill prominent lawyer Ko Ni, has threatened to sue those speculating that…

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    Rohingya refugees sucked into booming Bangladesh drug trade
    February 28, 2017in Crime, Drugs, Lead Story, News, Rohingya108by REUTERS
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    Rohingya refugees sucked into booming Bangladesh drug trade

    Bangladesh says the influx of Rohingya fleeing Buddhist-majority Burma is partly to blame for soaring methamphetamine use in its cities.

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