Three Arakanese seriously wounded in a group attack by Muslim villagers

26 Dec 2012

Mrauk U: Three Arakanese villagers were seriously wounded as they were attacked 
by a group of Muslim villagers while they were reaping paddies in their fields 
on the morning of December 23 in Mrauk-U Township in Arakan State.

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Villager imprisoned for returning to his village after being exposed over Ma Thidar Htwe’s incident

26 Dec 2012

Rambree: The Rambree Township Court has sentenced a villager to one year 
in prison for returning to his village after he was exposed by the police on allegations 
that he carried out incitements after Ma Thidar Htwe was raped and murdered
 in Kyauknimaw’s Sanpya Village in Rambree Township in Arakan State.

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Arakanese fishermen suffer from instability and atrocities

26 Dec 2012

Sittwe: Arakanese fishermen said they want Burmese navy to step up security 
in the sea off the Arakan coast as the situation in the sea is still unstable due to 
the communal violence that took place last June and October in the region.

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Japan’s NEC opens branch office in Rangoon

26 Dec 2012

Japan’s NEC Corporation announced on December 25 that it had established 

a branch office in Rangoon.

In a press release, NEC said it was “aiming to develop the country's information 

and communications technology (ICT) and social infrastructure. The new office 

is scheduled to begin operations in January 2013.”

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Australia pledges $1 million to Burmese emergency fund

26 Dec 2012

The Australian government has pledged AUS $1 million (US $1.04 million)

 to the Humanitarian Multi Stakeholder Fund (HMSF), an emergency response 

scheme established in Burma [Myanmar] and managed by the UN’s Office 

for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

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Burma confirms diplomatic ties with Iceland

26 Dec 2012

The Burmese and Icelandic governments have agreed to establish diplomatic relations, 

according to Burma’s state media on Wednesday. 

“The Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Republic of Iceland, guided 

by the willingness to promote the friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation 

on the basis of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the norms 

of International Law, agreed to establish diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level 

with effect from 19 December 2012,” said The New Light of Myanmar.

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