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		<title>New York Times: Burmese Civil War Turns Grimmer for a Guerrilla &#8211; Edward Wong</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/new-york-times-burmese-civil-war-turns-grimmer-for-a-guerrilla-edward-wong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dumhpawng Kawng, Myanmar — When the Burmese soldiers dumped the body of a young ethnic Kachin guerrilla fighter outside a jungle hut in front of his commander, he was still in his uniform. His right hand had been shredded with a knife. There was a large gunshot wound in his stomach. The Burmese had captured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kachin News Group: KIO wants ‘political dialogue’ with Burma government not ‘ceasefire talks’</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/kachin-news-group-kio-wants-%e2%80%98political-dialogue%e2%80%99-with-burma-government-not-%e2%80%98ceasefire-talks%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Laiza, Burma] — The leadership of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), Burma&#8217;s last major armed ethnic group still engaged in armed conflict with the central government, say they want a formal ‘political dialogue’ to begin with Burma&#8217;s retired General Thein Sein&#8217;s government and will not take part in &#8220;ceasefire talks&#8221;. Speaking at public meeting at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shan Herald Agency for News: Ethnic leader: Unless charter is amended, ethnic identity will be in peril</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/shan-herald-agency-for-news-ethnic-leader-unless-charter-is-amended-ethnic-identity-will-be-in-peril/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hkun Okker, Chairman of the PaO National Liberation Organization (PNLO), speaking at the closing ceremony of the 11th batch of the Shan State Social Justice Education Programme training on Sunday, 29 January, said the identities of Burma’s multi-ethnic peoples hang in the balance as long as the country’s latest constitution which is “of the military, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzima News: Sections of proposed media law modeled on Vietnam</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/mizzima-news-sections-of-proposed-media-law-modeled-on-vietnam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new media law bill to be introduced in the Burmese Parliament in February will make major changes to Burma’s media landscape, said an official quoted in the Myanmar Times on Monday. However, he said that the law will apply only to print publications and not to broadcast or online media. The deputy director general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzima News: Political parties discuss Kaladan project &#8211; Ko Pauk</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/mizzima-news-political-parties-discuss-kaladan-project-ko-pauk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/mizzima-news-political-parties-discuss-kaladan-project-ko-pauk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi – Members of eight Burmese political parties arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to discuss the Kaladan River project, a joint India-Burma trade venture. The two-day meeting is hosted by Jamia Millia Islamia University, said Chin National Party chairman Zam Ciin Paul. “I want our people to know what the project intends to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karen Information Center: Burma exiles take-up President Thein Sein’s invite to return home &#8211; Shwe Thite Taw</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/karen-information-center-burma-exiles-take-up-president-thein-sein%e2%80%99s-invite-to-return-home-shwe-thite-taw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On The Border]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One woman pro-democracy activist who took the Burma government’s invitation to return home seriously is Daw San Dar Win, a teacher, who works at Burma Migrant Education Department in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. Saw San Dar Win said that she returned to Burma for family reasons and not because of political motivation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Guardian (UK): Before the gold rush: Burma braces for march of the multinationals – Jason Burke</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/the-guardian-uk-before-the-gold-rush-burma-braces-for-march-of-the-multinationals-%e2%80%93-jason-burke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/the-guardian-uk-before-the-gold-rush-burma-braces-for-march-of-the-multinationals-%e2%80%93-jason-burke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business / Trade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As foreign investors get ready to strike it rich once sanctions are lifted, Rangoon&#8217;s poorest fear they will lose out again In the single street of Rangoon&#8217;s crowded Bothun San neighbourhood, attention is focused on the daily afternoon lottery. Hugely popular among the near-destitute labourers and their families, and played between neighbours on the flattened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Burmese banks to start SE Asia services &#8211; Francis Wade</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/democratic-voice-of-burma-burmese-banks-to-start-se-asia-services-francis-wade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/democratic-voice-of-burma-burmese-banks-to-start-se-asia-services-francis-wade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business / Trade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four privately-owned Burmese banks will next month open exchange services in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in a bid to ease problems with remittances from Burmese migrant workers abroad and increase connectivity with ASEAN economies. The move will make life easier for the millions of Burmese living outside the country whose remittances serve as a crucial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Burma’s Minister of Finance presents budget to parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/irrawaddy-burma%e2%80%99s-minister-of-finance-presents-budget-to-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/irrawaddy-burma%e2%80%99s-minister-of-finance-presents-budget-to-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business / Trade]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burma’s Minister of Finance and Revenue, U Hla Tun, formally presented the government’s budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year (FY) to Parliament on Tuesday. The budget reportedly allocates an increased percentage of spending to health and education and a decrease in percentage spending to the military. U Hla Tun visited Parliament on Tuesday and presented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Kachin refugees suffering from preventable disease &#8211; Saw Yan Naing</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/irrawaddy-kachin-refugees-suffering-from-preventable-disease-saw-yan-naing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/irrawaddy-kachin-refugees-suffering-from-preventable-disease-saw-yan-naing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Humanitarian workers in northern Burma have expressed deep concern about the health conditions of thousands of war refugees in Kachin State who have been displaced along the Sino-Burmese border for eight months. Aid workers said that preventable illnesses caused by unsanitary conditions and cold weather are taking their toll on more than 45,000 internally displaced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Myanmar says will put stability ahead of economy-report</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/reuters-myanmar-says-will-put-stability-ahead-of-economy-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/reuters-myanmar-says-will-put-stability-ahead-of-economy-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ASEAN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Singapore – Myanmar President Thein Sein said his government was committed to political reform and would put the stability of the country ahead of economic development, Singapore&#8217;s Straits Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. The president, in Singapore for a three-day official visit that began on Sunday, has overseen dramatic reforms over the past few months, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agence France Presse: ‘No nuclear trade with N Korea’: Thein Sein</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/agence-france-presse-%e2%80%98no-nuclear-trade-with-n-korea%e2%80%99-thein-sein/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/agence-france-presse-%e2%80%98no-nuclear-trade-with-n-korea%e2%80%99-thein-sein/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burmese President Thein Sein has denied his country is trying to obtain nuclear weapons from North Korea, describing allegations of an illicit programme as “unfounded”, in remarks published Tuesday. “We are not acquiring nuclear weapons from North Korea,” the Straits Times quoted him as saying in an interview during a four-day state visit to Singapore. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nation: Asia News Network &#8211; Thailand in pole position on Burma &#8211; Alexander Mohr</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/the-nation-asia-news-network-thailand-in-pole-position-on-burma-alexander-mohr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/the-nation-asia-news-network-thailand-in-pole-position-on-burma-alexander-mohr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent developments in Burma are increasingly being followed by the international community. On January 23 the European national foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss the latest events and developments in Burma, including the release recently of a significant number of political prisoners. As a result of the meeting, the European Union&#8217;s visa ban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: UN envoy to press govt on Kachin &#8211; Francis Wade</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/democratic-voice-of-burma-un-envoy-to-press-govt-on-kachin-francis-wade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/democratic-voice-of-burma-un-envoy-to-press-govt-on-kachin-francis-wade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UN Special Rapporteur for Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana will travel to Burma today (Reuters) The UN’s special rapporteur for Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, will arrive in Rangoon this afternoon to assess claims made by the government that it has embarked on a reform programme to bring to an end decades of human rights abuses against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Kingdom Press Association: Cameron hails &#8216;brilliant&#8217; Suu Kyi</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/united-kingdom-press-association-cameron-hails-brilliant-suu-kyi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2012/01/31/united-kingdom-press-association-cameron-hails-brilliant-suu-kyi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=31101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron has hailed Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung Sang Suu Kyi as a &#8220;figure of brilliance&#8221; who should steer the West&#8217;s response to the opening up of Burma. The Prime Minister was speaking after EU leaders in Brussels vowed to ease EU &#8220;restrictive measures&#8221; following her release after seven years of house [...]]]></description>
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