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    Over 2 billion kyats in illicit narcotics seized in Hpakant
    October 25, 2017in Kachin, Lead Story, News69by DVB
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    Over 2 billion kyats in illicit narcotics seized in Hpakant

    Police seize a stash of illicit narcotics worth 1.6 billion kyats ($1.17 million) and arrest two suspects at a checkpoint in Lel Pyin village, part of Kachin State’s Hpakant Township,…

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    NLD-led Parliament accused of legislative lethargy
    October 25, 2017in Lead Story, News, Politics245by KIMBERLEY PHILLIPS / DVB
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    NLD-led Parliament accused of legislative lethargy

    Critics have accused the NLD-led government of over-promising and under-delivering on legislative reform.

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    US weighs calling Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
    October 25, 2017in International Relations, Lead Story, News, Rohingya190by REUTERS
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    US weighs calling Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’

    The State Department is considering formally declaring the crackdown on Burma’s Rohingya Muslims to be ethnic cleansing, US officials said on Tuesday, as lawmakers called for sanctions against the Southeast…

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    Burma, Bangladesh agree to cooperate on refugee repatriation
    October 25, 2017in International Relations, Lead Story, News, Refugees, Rohingya788by REUTERS
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    Burma, Bangladesh agree to cooperate on refugee repatriation

    Burma and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and took steps to boost border security as relations between the neighbours have been strained by…

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