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Burma Partnership is pleased to announce that we have launched our new website. We hope it will be a useful tool for governments, journalists, researchers, and especially activists from Burma and all over the world.

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In Solidarity,

Burma Partnership Secretariat

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Burma Update: July 30, 2008

News from Burmese Media

Mizzima News: About 200 Karen villagers flee in fear of imminent war
Mizzima News: Rangoon bus authority raises highway bus fares
Mizzima News: Price rise force farmers to reduce fertilizer use
Kachin News Group: Junta bribed to release prisoners in Kachin State
Kachin News Group: 1,000 acres of paddy fields flooded in heavy rain in Bhamo
Kaladan News network: Unsafe zone in Northern Arakan
Kaladan News network: Primary school headmistress collects admission fee forcibly
Kaladan News network: Farmers landless after authorities seize farms in Maungdaw
Shan Herald Agency for News: China tightens border security
Shan Herald Agency for News: Relief comes to Shan State
Shan Herald Agency for News: SSA-North denies BBC story
The Irrawaddy: Burma’s fishery industry near standstill
The Irrawaddy: Bush signs Burma Jade Act, adds to sanction’s list
The Irrawaddy: UN’s lost aid may be tip of the iceberg
The Irrawaddy: Malaysian immigration giving refugees to traffickers, say activists
Independent Mon News Agency: Army orders cutting down of rubber plants near base


Opinion/Other

India Post: Myanmar: Be careful what you wish for [Perspective] - Ann Kopuzha
The Guardian: Burma and Zimbabwe witness the last gasps of the supreme global sheriff - Martin Jacques

Report/Briefer

Relief Web: Myanmar: A month in the Delta


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