13 July 2012
Leaders
of 36 large U.S. companies will meet in Rangoon to look at business
opportunities on Saturday, local media reported.
Since the FTUB/M was formed in 1991, we are working to restore democracy, human rights, social justice and trade unions for Burma and the people of Burma.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
KIA Claims to Have Captured Child Soldiers
13 July 2012
A large number
of child soldiers have reportedly been found among 34 government
troops being
detained by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at its Laiza headquarters.
) US Investment Could Fuel Problems, Say Burma Activists
13 July 2012
Many activists
and politicians in Burma have cautiously welcomed the US president’s
easing of
sanctions on Burma this week, but many stressed that the US must take
into
consideration the unsolved issues in the country.
UN rejects Thein Sein’s potential Rohingya plan
13July 2012
The UNHCR rejected calls
from Burma’s president to resettle the country’s
Rohingya minority group on
Thursday as the Rakine Nationalities
Development Party backed the leader’s
plan.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Clinton to meet Myanmar leader at business forum
13-Jul-12
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — US Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton and
Myanmar President Thein Sein were to hold landmark
talks on Friday
as Washington moves to ease US sanctions on the once pariah state.
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Myanmar farmers listen in to tune out hunger
12-Jul-12
MONYWA, Myanmar
(AlertNet) - Padamyar FM, a radio station
covering the Sagaing region of Myanmar’s Dry
Zone, has been
broadcasting local market prices of crops, from sesame and
maize
to peas and groundnuts, twice a day since March.
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