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    Relief boat capsized by whirlpool in Arakan
    July 18, 2016in Arakan, Lead Story, Natural Disasters, News20by WUNNA KWANYO / DVB
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    Relief boat capsized by whirlpool in Arakan

    One crew member is missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying aid was sucked into a whirlpool near Minbya.

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    August 7, 2015in Lead Story, Natural resources, News, Video208by AYE NAI / DVB
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    Irrawaddy residents abandon flood-racked towns

    Villagers across Irrawaddy Division are abandoning their homes in droves after warnings that floodwaters would remain well over danger levels in the days ahead.

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    Reward and ruin on the Salween River
    July 30, 2015in Development, Electricity, Environment, Lead Story, News, Shan209by MELANIE KEYTE
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    Reward and ruin on the Salween River

    The Mong Ton dam, proposed for construction along the Salween River, has been pitched as a sustainable way of providing electricity to citizens. But local communities remain skeptical of the…

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    Burma, Thailand, China sign MoU for Salween dam
    July 15, 2015in Archives, Development, Electricity, Environment, Lead Story, News196by DVB
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    Burma, Thailand, China sign MoU for Salween dam

    Thailand, China and Burma are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding for the development of the Mong Ton hydropower project Salween River this year.

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    MP: Dhammazedi bell search a ‘national shenanigan’
    November 10, 2014in History, Lead Story, News, Rangoon, Religion5by Nyan Gyi
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    MP: Dhammazedi bell search a ‘national shenanigan’

    An MP says the highly publicised recovery attempt of the Dhammazedi Bell which ended in failure was a “national shenanigan” and the organisers should be charged with fraud.

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    August 12, 2014in Lead Story, News402by DVB
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    Bullet Points: 12 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Helen Regan.

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