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	<title>Burmanet &#187; Drugs</title>
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		<title>VOA News: Burmese political reforms raise hope for curbing opium production &#8211; Ron Corben</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/19/voa-news-burmese-political-reforms-raise-hope-for-curbing-opium-production-ron-corben/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok &#8211; Burma’s political reforms and new ceasefire agreements with ethnic armed groups are raising hopes that the country will also be able to reduce illicit opium cultivation. Ron Corben reports from Bangkok. This week Burma’s government signed another peace agreement with an armed ethnic army. Leaders reached a deal with the Shan State Army, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Shan army to hand over drugs</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/09/democratic-voice-of-burma-shan-army-to-hand-over-drugs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/09/democratic-voice-of-burma-shan-army-to-hand-over-drugs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ceasefire negotiations between the Shan State Army–South (SSA) and government will continue to the next stage after the two sides agreed a tentative truce late last year. Additional conditions of the agreement include the handing over of cachés of drugs seized by the group. More talks will take place between 15 and 20 January in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nation: Opium production rises in Burma</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/19/the-nation-opium-production-rises-in-burma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/12/19/the-nation-opium-production-rises-in-burma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poppy cultivation has doubled in Southeast Asia since 2006, according to a report released by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) in Bangkok yesterday. Burma accounts for most of the opium traded and over the past five years, cultivation in this country has risen remorselessly. The regional cultivation figure for 2011 is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Burma MPs complicit in drug trade: report</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/17/democratic-voice-of-burma-burma-mps-complicit-in-drug-trade-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/17/democratic-voice-of-burma-burma-mps-complicit-in-drug-trade-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least seven MPs in Burma’s three parliaments have been implicated in the country’s lucrative narcotics industry, according to a recent report that again cast doubts on government pledges that it is stamping out the trade.The men all hail from constituencies in the country’s northeastern Shan state, which once held the distinction of being the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Sun (Canada): Former Myanmar drug informant banned for life in B.C. – David Baines</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/15/vancouver-sun-canada-former-myanmar-drug-informant-banned-for-life-in-b-c-%e2%80%93-david-baines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/15/vancouver-sun-canada-former-myanmar-drug-informant-banned-for-life-in-b-c-%e2%80%93-david-baines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=30005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While chairman of company, Hu bought stock using online account of a woman he met through a dating serviceA B.C. Securities Commission hearing panel has banned Surrey business-man Michael Kyaw Myint Hua Hu from the B.C. securities market for life and fined him $1.5 million for illegal insider trading and lying to commission investigators. &#8220;Hu&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Diplomat (Japan): Burma’s opium addiction – Mong Palatino</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/02/the-diplomat-japan-burma%e2%80%99s-opium-addiction-%e2%80%93-mong-palatino/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/11/02/the-diplomat-japan-burma%e2%80%99s-opium-addiction-%e2%80%93-mong-palatino/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opium cultivation is on the increase in the Palaung communities in the northern Shan State of Burma. This fact was revealed in a study published last month by the Palaung Women’s Organization. Indeed, it would seem the local authorities are not only aware of the problem, but are aggressively promoting and protecting the opium trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Shan MP accused of being opium kingpin – Ko Htwe</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/25/irrawaddy-shan-mp-accused-of-being-opium-kingpin-%e2%80%93-ko-htwe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/25/irrawaddy-shan-mp-accused-of-being-opium-kingpin-%e2%80%93-ko-htwe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29677</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opium production and drug addiction have dramatically increased in the Namkham area of northern Shan State since the election of a local warlord in last year&#8217;s general election, according to a new report by the Thailand-based Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO). The report, titled “Still Poisoned,”reveals that in the 2010-11 season, 1,109 hectares (4.28 square miles) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paulang Women’s Organization: Opium cultivation surging in constituency of Burma’s new ruling party</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/25/paulang-women%e2%80%99s-organization-opium-cultivation-surging-in-constituency-of-burma%e2%80%99s-new-ruling-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/25/paulang-women%e2%80%99s-organization-opium-cultivation-surging-in-constituency-of-burma%e2%80%99s-new-ruling-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new briefing paper by the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) exposes a dramatic increase in opium cultivation in Burma&#8217;s northern Shan State in the constituency of a drug lord elected into the new military-backed parliament.Still Poisoned, a follow-up to PWO’s 2010 Poisoned Hills report, documents how opium cultivation in 15 villages in Namkham township has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nation (Thailand): Mekong incident proves that the Golden Triangle is still volatile – Don Pathan</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/20/the-nation-thailand-mekong-incident-proves-that-the-golden-triangle-is-still-volatile-%e2%80%93-don-pathan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/10/20/the-nation-thailand-mekong-incident-proves-that-the-golden-triangle-is-still-volatile-%e2%80%93-don-pathan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In early 2002, when the Chinese authorities were breaking huge boulders to improve the navigational route between China and northern Laos and Thailand on the Mekong River, local residents and environmentalists were half joking when they said they would be standing by with their slingshots to attack the project engineers and crew members.They were opposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shan Herald Agency for News: Poppy fields on the Thai border destroyed by Wa – Hseng Khio Fah</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/27/shan-herald-agency-for-news-poppy-fields-on-the-thai-border-destroyed-by-wa-%e2%80%93-hseng-khio-fah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=29075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has reportedly been destroying many acres of poppy plantations in its controlled areas in Shan State East’s Mongton township, opposite Thailand’s Chiangmai province, saying anyone who complain about its action will be placed under custody, according to local sources.“People therefore are afraid to show their dissatisfaction against their actions,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Burma failing to counter drugs: Obama &#8211; Lalit K Jha</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/16/irrawaddy-burma-failing-to-counter-drugs-obama-lalit-k-jha/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/16/irrawaddy-burma-failing-to-counter-drugs-obama-lalit-k-jha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=28876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington—Burma, along with Bolivia and Venezuela, have “failed demonstrably” to meet its counter-drug obligations, US President Barack Obama said in a presidential determination, following which the US State Department said Burma would face additional sanctions. Obama said that three countries, Bolivia, Burma, and Venezuela, “failed demonstrably” during the last 12 months to make sufficient or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC News: UN says synthetic drug use overtakes cocaine and heroin</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/13/bbc-news-un-says-synthetic-drug-use-overtakes-cocaine-and-heroin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/13/bbc-news-un-says-synthetic-drug-use-overtakes-cocaine-and-heroin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=28790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations says the use of synthetic illegal drugs such as ecstasy and methamphetamine has overtaken cocaine and heroin.A report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) had become the second most widely used illegal substances. It said data on seizures of tablets and discoveries of clandestine laboratories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agence France Press: Thailand seizes $33m drugs haul from Burma</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/08/agence-france-press-thailand-seizes-33m-drugs-haul-from-burma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/09/08/agence-france-press-thailand-seizes-33m-drugs-haul-from-burma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=28716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok – Thai authorities have seized illegal drugs including heroin and methamphetamine worth an estimated $33 million that are believed to have been smuggled from Burma, officials said on Thursday. A military border taskforce, acting on a tip-off, said it set up a checkpoint in northern Chiang Rai province late on Wednesday. Troops tried to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Thai, Burma police in drugs’ talks – Mahn Saimon</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/08/16/democratic-voice-of-burma-thai-burma-police-in-drugs%e2%80%99-talks-%e2%80%93-mahn-saimon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=28292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior police officials from Thailand were in Naypyidaw yesterday for a meeting with their Burmese counterparts over the perennial issue of cross-border human and drugs’ trafficking.Burma and Thailand share a lengthy and porous border, and Thailand has become the top destination for Burma’s sizeable output of narcotics, much of which comes from Shan state. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Afghan opium output hit by disease but Myanmar&#8217;s up: U.N.</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/06/23/reuters-afghan-opium-output-hit-by-disease-but-myanmars-up-u-n/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2011/06/23/reuters-afghan-opium-output-hit-by-disease-but-myanmars-up-u-n/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drugs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=27212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok – Global production of opium fell 38 percent in 2010 as plant disease hit crops in top producer Afghanistan, but output in second-largest producer Myanmar jumped after a big increase in land under cultivation, the United Nations said on Thursday.In its annual World Drug Report, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) [...]]]></description>
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