Authorities in northern Shan State has since 2 September been reshuffling the headmen of neighborhoods in each town in preparation for the upcoming constitutional referendum and the ensuing general elections next year, report sources from the border:
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A Burmese patrol from Light Infantry Battalion 246 based in Kunhing township, Southern Shan State, led by Sergeant Aung Kyaw Moe, shot a villager to death in Laikam on July 3, said a source from Kunhing.
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Yangon: An enigmatic smile appears on his wrinkled face and his faded eyes shine brightly as his fingers caress the ivory keys of the one musical instrument he truly loves, his piano.
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The Thai-Burma Border Consortium has promised to monitor closely the rations it hands out in border refugee camps following complaints that some canned food had exceeded its “sell-by date” and had perished.
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Russia’s biggest arms trader, Rosoboronexport, is planning to open an office in Burma before the end of the year according to a company source.
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New York: South Korea’s top envoy to the United Nations said Tuesday that the next head of the world body must come from Asia.
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Bangkok: Worried that North Korea’s heated nuclear row with the US could end in war, sending millions of refugees across its border, China nudged its Stalinist ally to the negotiating table. Burma, even less stable, could cause China similar trouble. It is already costing restless, inland China jobs by blocking trade to India. Economic necessity and fear of western intervention will drive China to push for change in Burma.
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Many political analysts agree that Burma’s conflict seems intractable
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