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    Festival chaos as hot-air balloon crashes
    November 15, 2016in Accidents, Lead Story, News256by DVB
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    Festival chaos as hot-air balloon crashes

    A balloon laden with 65kg of fireworks crashed onto a crowd of revellers at the Tasaungdaing Hot Air Balloon Festival in Pyin Oo Lwin.

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    16 dead as flooding strikes Sagaing, Mandalay, Shan
    July 27, 2015in Lead Story, Mandalay Division, Natural Disasters, News, Sagaing, Shan489by DVB
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    16 dead as flooding strikes Sagaing, Mandalay, Shan

    A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that 40,000 people had been “seriously affected” and that the UN was ready to provide aid.

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    Five charged after scuffle with soldiers in Pyin Oo Lwin
    February 4, 2015in Land, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News112by NANG MYA NADI / DVB
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    Five charged after scuffle with soldiers in Pyin Oo Lwin

    Five villagers from Pyin Oo Lwin are charged following a clash between local protestors and soldiers from the Engineering Battalion over a land dispute.

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    Farmers face eviction in Mandalay
    September 12, 2014in Land, Lead Story, News154by NAW NOREEN / DVB
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    Farmers face eviction in Mandalay

    Twenty-eight farmers near Pyin Oo Lwin, Mandalay Division, are facing eviction after years of property battles, villagers say.

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    Rape case unrelated to Mandalay riots, alleged victim says
    July 9, 2014in Communal Violence, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News, Women's Issues93by FELIZ SOLOMON / DVB
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    Rape case unrelated to Mandalay riots, alleged victim says

    A young Muslim woman who claims she was raped by a court official has dispelled reports that her case is linked to recent riots in Mandalay.

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    June 18, 2014in Lead Story, News, Video429by DVB
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    Farmers hold massive march in Mandalay over land grab

    Around 1,500 farmers from Mandalay Division marched through Pyin Oo Lwin demanding the return of 300,000 acres of farmland allegedly confiscated by the government and private companies.

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