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Title: Future of Biman flights on the Dhaka - Chittagong - Rangoon -Bangkok Route Uncertain
Description: "The national airlines of Bangladesh, Biman, faces the threat of a loss of Taka 50 million on its three-month long trial flight on the Dhaka - Chittagong - Rangoon - Bangkok route..."
Shwe Lin Yun
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-04-02
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Gambling Schoolteachers of Burma
Description: Sittwe, 11th November: "...[S]tate employees, mostly schoolteachers in western Burma, have for some time been occupied with gambling in the form of what is popularly known as "Shay Htee" - an illegal lottery operation..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-11
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Title: Going to be constructed: Dhaka-Rangoon Highway Sections on Check and Survey
Description: "Maungdaw, Nov 16: Burma Highway Department engineers started to check and survey motor-road sections passing through Maung Daw, Buthidaung and Rathidaung Township, Northern Arakan State, Burma, since September..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-16
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Title: Had a man buried alive come back to life
Description: Sittwe, 29 May 03: "Two men believed to be killed by the Burmese Army in 1997 are now rumoured to be alive as a good number of Arakanese prisoners have recently been released from various prisons, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-05-29
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Harassment at Nasaka Tollgate at Ann Pass: Deliberate attempt by the Burmese junta to wipe out minority business community?
Description: Sittwe, 27 August 02: "On August 2 the Nasaka security forces deployed at #25 toll post at Ann, where the Western Command is headquartered, confiscated ten motorbikes legally imported from China through Lashio, in the Northern Shan State, according to our correspondent quoting a top businessman who declined to identify..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-08-27
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Title: Highway from Dhaka to Bangkok and beyond
Description: "The new Dhaka-Yangon-Bangkok road connection will shorten the distance between Thailand and Bangladesh by at least 500 kilometres. While this road could open up a shorter and speedier linkage with two of our eastern neighbours, the original scheme of the Asian Highway passing through Sylhet can still go ahead which will link India and provide another connection for Bangladesh to China... Bangladesh must proceed with a strong political will to convince Myanmar about the new opportunities that both countries could take advantage of and immediately start working for opening the road to Bangkok..."
M Anwarul Haq
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-06-01
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Title: How are the Burmese refugees in Bangladesh?
Description: Dhaka, 8 December 02: "The Burmese refugees who have been recognized by the UNHCR in Bangladesh are facing difficulty living in the country for lack of job and livelihood, said Khaing Paw Lunn, the President of the Executive Committee for Burmese Refugees (Bangladesh), recently set up with an aim to work for the rights of the refugees..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-12-08
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Title: Huge Myanmar Offshore Gas Field near Bangladesh
Description: "An offshore gas field near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh could be significantly larger than Myanmar's other two operating field and eventually be piped to India, a report here said. The reserves could be more than double those found at either the Yadana or Yetagun gas fields, a report in the Myanmar times cited South Korea's Daewoo International as saying..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-09-02
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Title: Hunger Strike at Bandarban Jail ends
Description: "Some 522 nationals of Myanmar and Thailand at Bandarban prison have ended their hunger strike on condition that they will be sent home within 15 days and given adequate food..."
Source/publisher: UNB, Bandarban via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Hunger strike demanding subsistence allowance from UNHCR
Description: Dhaka, 10th March 03: "Beginning 11 am yesterday, two Burmese refugees, one Karen and another Rakhine nationals, have been on hunger strike at the Refugee Counselling Services Unit (RCSU) operating under the UNHCR, Bangladesh Chapter in Dhaka..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-10
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Title: ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF VIDEO EQUIPMENTS LEGALLY BROUGHT FROM RANGOON
Description: Sittwe, 5 April 02: "A consignment of home electronics appliances to Sittwe, the capital of Arakan (Rakhine State) in the western part of Burma, was illegally confiscated at the Nasaka security checkpoint No. 25 at Ann, in the western foothills of the Arakan Romas, according to our correspondent from Sittwe..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-04-05
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Title: ILO Team visit western Burma
Description: Maungdaw, 1st March: "On 26th January two officials from the International Labour Organization visited the northern part of Rakhine State in western Burma, according to our border correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-01
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: In search of two "exceptionally coloured" elephants
Description: Buthidaung, 10 Jul. 02: "On July 7th two 'exceptionally coloured' elephants were spotted on the Buthidaung Maungdaw motor road near the Mayu Ranges in Arakan State by members of the Burmese Army, according to a captain in the area..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-07-10
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Title: Inaugural of Trade Corridor between Burma and Bangladesh
Description: Cox's Bazaar, 21 August 02: "Since 18th August 02 the first corridor along the Bangladesh Burma international border has begun to operate, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-08-21
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: INDIA MINISTER TO VISIT MYANMAR FOR THREE NATION HIGHWAY PROJECT
Description: "Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh will visit Myanmar April 5-7 to discuss plans to construct a three nation Highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand..."
Source/publisher: "Daily Star" via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Indo-Burma Joint Survey in Western Burma
Description: Sittwe, 16 January 03: "Beginning December 17th last year a joint Indo-Burma survey team has been operating in the hills of western part of Burma bordering with India... The area close to the northeastern state of Mizoram is home to Rakhaing, Khami and Chin nationalities...The survey of existing jungle paths by the joint team is part of a plan to construct a connecting road to Rakhine State directly from the northeastern Indian state..".
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-01-16
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Title: Infrastructure dearth retards trade growth with Burma
Description: Dhaka, 3 June 03: "Visa restrictions, lack of transportation, and absence of effective transaction mechanism have been identified as the as major hurdles to the growth of business between Bangladesh and Burma, a according to today?s "The Daily Star"..." Some Bangladesh business leaders said they had signed contracts with their Burma counterparts during Bangladesh single country fair in Rangoon in March this year. But they said no further progress has been made so far.
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-06-03
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Title: Interest on Unrealised ?Quota of Rice? in Burma
Description: Maungdaw, 13 May 03: "The drive to realize the interest on the money lent to rice farmers in the western part of Burma has been launched beginning first week of May, according to our correspondent. The ?interest? as branded by the ruling Burmese junta is actually a kind of fine imposed on the rice farmers who failed to pay up the quota of rice for this season till April 4, after which the farmers who could not pay up the due quantity of rice were allowed a ?grace period? till 29 April to pay up the overdue loans..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-05-13
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Title: Interview with Khaing San Lunn, Vice President, ALD (Exile):
Description: On the death of Ne Win
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-12-06
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Islamic School Demolished in Western Burma
Description: Buthidaung, 26th March 03: "The local junta authority of Buthidaung Township under Rakhine State in the western part of Burma knocked down a Madrasah or Islamic school on 9th March, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: JAPAN URGED TO AID MYANMAR DEVELOPMENT
Description: Kuala Lumpur; jan 10; "UN envoy Razali Ismali is expected to urge Japan to play a larger role in developing Myanmar s education, health and energy sector, a Malaysian official said Thursday, reports AFP..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: JAPANESE TOURIST WITH MYANMAR VISA BARRED FROM TRAVELLING WITHIN MYANMAR FOR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS
Description: Sittwe, 9th January 02: "Though the State Peace and Development Council Junta of Myanmar have opened up Myanmar for foreign tourists, the western state of Rakhine has been carefully kept off-limits for the foreign tourists visiting the country, says our correspondent from Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Jellyfish gone out of market
Description: Sittwe, 27 May 03: "Jellyfish, the hot item in last year?s export from the western Rakhine State of Burma has hit a snag, reports our correspondent. Unlike in last year, the jellyfish has either eluded the Burmese fishermen or declined in their number in the Bay of Bengal, a source in the fisheries trade said..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-05-27
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Title: Kyat 200 million for Burmese Junta-favoured Pagoda
Description: Sittwe, 17 September 02: "The Burmese junta officials in the western state of Burma have ordered their officials to forcefully collect tolls for the renovation of a controversial pagoda built by themselves at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in the western part of the country, a renowned monk in the city told Narinjara..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-09-17
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Landmine blast kills one and injures five in western Burma
Description: "On October 21, a landmine blast on Burma ? Bangladesh border killed a Burmese army sergeant and injured five others, according to our correspondent quoting a Nasaka border security police source..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-03
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Leasing rivers and creeks
Description: Sittwe, 9 December: "The Burmese junta officials in the western part of Burma are going to lease the rivers and creeks of Arakan (Rakhine) State in sections to the highest bidder, according to our correspondent quoting a top local businessman..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-12-09
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Title: LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF MYANMAR AIR FORCE VISITS SITE FOR A NEW AIR DEFENCE BASE NEAR THE BANGLDESH BORDER
Description: Maungdaw, 18th February 02: "Air Defence Chief Lieutenant General Soe Win visited Maungdaw township on the Naf river, opposite the border of Bangladesh, our correspondent reported.."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-18
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Title: The Long Shadow of Burma?s Bank Crisis
Description: Sittwe, 27th March 03: "The majority of businessmen in Rakhine State in western Burma have been reported to have been pinched by the recent currency shortage resulting from restrictions on amount withdrawal throughout Burma, our correspondent wrote..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-27
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Title: Madrasah Students from Burma arrested in Bangladesh
Description: Teknaf, 13th March 03: "The BDR, border guards of Bangladesh, arrested twenty-one Burmese Muslim students from Burma on 19th February, said our correspondent quoting a source in the area. The students were on their way to enrol into an Islamic Madrasah college in Patiya, near Chittagong the main port city of Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-13
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Title: MALARIA AND DIARRHOEA BREAK OUT IN NORTHERN DISTRICT OF RAKHINE STATE
Description: Maungdaw, 23rd January 02: "Doctors from AZG, the Danish Doctors without Boundaries, have been treating the patients of recent outbreak of malaria and diarrhoea in the northern Maungdaw township of the western Rakhine State of Myanmar since December 23..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-23
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Title: Manipuri People?s Army holds 17th Armed Forces Day in Burma!
Description: Maungdaw, 4th March 03: "The Manipur People?s Army, an outfit of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a dissident group from North-east India held the Armed Forces Day in western Burma, our border correspondent quoted reliable sources in the Nasaka Burmese security services..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-04
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Title: Military Checkpoints in Western Burma - for illegal toll collection?
Description: Sittwe, 25 Jun. 02: "Two military checkpoints in Southern Arakan State have been added to already existing hundreds across the state that are engaged in collecting illegal toll, according to traders available at Thandwe town and Sittwe the capital..."
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Date of publication: 2002-06-25
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Title: Military confiscation of land leaves villagers in a pitiable state in Western Myanmar
Description: Sittwe, 15th December 01:
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Date of publication: 2001-12-15
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Title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AGENTS TURNED USURERS
Description: Narinjara news Ponnagyun, 27th February 02: "The Myanmarese military intelligence agents in the south-western part of Myanmar have been conducting money-lending at the cost of the rice growers, according to a rice tr.."der.
Date of publication: 2002-02-27
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Title: MILITARY INTERVENTION IN BURMA
Description: "The United States designated the United Wa State Army a terrorist organization, because of its role as a supplier of narcotics... Kobsak Chutikul, deputy leader of the Chart Pattana political party in Thailand, proposed that the U.S. should not rule out military intervention against the Wa. The Bangkok Post quoted an unnamed diplomat as saying that if the SPDC do not 'put the Wa out of the drug business, the Americans will get directly involved.' The Shan announced that the real terrorists are the SPDC themselves..."
Roland Watson (Dictatorwatch)
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Date of publication: 2002-03-26
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Title: Mizoram ?Burma border sealed to prevent terrorists' entrance
Description: Chittagong, 2nd November 02: "The Bangladesh Army has been kept on red alert along the Mizoram border of north eastern India and the Myamar border along the country?s south-eastern hilly areas to check terrorists crossing out of the country, according to the local press..."
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Date of publication: 2002-11-02
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Title: Mobile rice ?purchase? Drive Unit ?
Description: Ramree Island, 24 February: "Since the target for the rice collection for the fiscal 2002-03 has not been fulfilled in Ramree Island in Rakhine State, in the western part of Burma, a ?Mobile Rice Purchase Drive Unit? has been formed by the Burmese junta?s Ramree (Rambree) Township Council to step up this year?s rice collection, according to our correspondent. Unlike in previous years the newly formed Mobile Units have been going round the village tracts including the rice collection depots at Doratha and Kung-zatt villages in the island. Each of these mobile units has recruited six ?rice collectors? from the village tracts. The units have been composed of members of the police department, village Peace and Development Council junta, and township administrative officials..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-02-24
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Title: MONKS FORBIDDEN FROM LISTENING TO RADIO BROADCASTS
Description: Sittwe, 19th December 01: "The student monks of the biggest Buddhist centre of learning in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State in Western part of Myanmar, have been prohibited from listening to the radio..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2001-12-19
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Title: More Burmese Families arrive at western Burma for rehabilitation
Description: Buthidaung, 17th January 03: "A number of Burmese families have arrived at Buthidaung, a township close to the south-eastern part of Bangladesh, on the 11th January, according to our correspondent. The thirty-seven families have been brought from Rangoon to be rehabilitated in the western Burmese state under the arrangements made by the ruling Burmese junta, SPDC (State Peace and Development Council). According to sources in the Nasaka security forces these families are part of the ninth batch of Burman nationals ?rehabilitated? in Rakhine State..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-01-17
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Title: MORE THAN 60% OF THE TARGET OF THE PURCHASE OF RICE BY THE JUNTA COMPLETED IN RAKHINE STATE
Description: Sittwe, 12th February 02: "More than sixty percent of the target of forced purchase of rice from Rakhine State by the State Peace and Development Council junta of Myanmar has been completed..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-12
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Title: Mro tribe engaged in vendetta due to police reluctance
Description: Maungdaw, 13th December 01: "Two Mro ethnic nationals from Kywaing-bauk Pruju village were killed by the villagers from Fawaik-chhaung Khung-daing village of Maungdaw township of Rakhine State, Myanmar, on October 9th this year...The reluctance of the police to take action against the perpetrators have inflamed widespread vengeance among the minority Mro ethnic community in the area..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2001-12-13
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Title: MUSLIM EMPLOYEES OF UNHCR BRIBE THE NASAKA HQ FOR TRAVEL PERMIT
Description: Maungdaw, 5 April 2002: "Five local Muslim employees of the UNHCR, Maungdaw, the western border town of Burma, had to pay bribes for their return home on leave to Rangoon, according to a reliable source..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-04-05
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Title: MUSLIM VILLAGERS ARRESTED AS ANOTHER VILLAGER ALLEGEDLY ROBS A BUDDHA IMAGE
Description: Buthidaung, 4 April 02: "Ten Muslim villagers were arrested when they beat up a member of the Military Intelligence and a police constable who had been sent to Nghak-thay-braung Muslim village, Buthidaung township in the western state of Burma for investigating the looting of a bronze Buddha image, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-04-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Muslims from Burma flee forced labour
Description: Cox's Bazaar, 5 November: "A fresh intrusion of Muslims from Burma including the Rohingya Muslims has been reported through the porous borders of the south-eastern district of Bangladesh close to Burma's western border, reports our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-12-05
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Muslims pay rice for Burmese settlers
Description: Maungdaw, 18th November: "Muslim villagers living in Maungdaw Township in the western Burma bordering with Bangladesh have been forced to give rice to the Burmese junta officials for the upkeep of the Burmese settlers in the area..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-18
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Mutual Inspection of the creeks of the Naaf River between Bangladesh and Burma
Description: Maungdaw, 20th March 02: "On the 9th March, the battalion commander level inspection of the creeks of the River Naaf was mutually conducted by the Bangladeshi and Burmese border security forces..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR - CHINA TRADE RISING
Description: "Trade between Myanmar and its giant northern neighbour China increased 3.1 percent during the first 10 months of 2001 to 499 million dollars, according to an economic magazine published here..."
Source/publisher: AFP via Daily Star via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-01-16
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR AGREES TO JOIN ASIAN RICE CARTEL
Description: "Myanmar has agreed in principal to be part of a rice "cartel" formed by Asia's Leading rice exporters aimed at regulating prices as well as stabilizing the world market sources here said..."
Source/publisher: Daily Star via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-17
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR ARMY FORCIBLY COLLECT CHARCOAL FROM VILLAGERS
Description: Narinjara news Sittwe, 20 February 02 : "Troops of the Myanmar Army are busy forcibly collecting charcoal in Ponnagyun township in the south-western state of Myanmar, according to a charcoal trader from Sittwe..."
Date of publication: 2002-02-20
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Title: MYANMAR BECOMES WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST PULSES EXPORTER
Description: YANGON, JAN 10, "Myanmar has become the second largest exporter of pulses in the world, replacing Australia and standing only after Canada, according to the latest issue of the local weekly journal The Myanmar Times, reports Xinhua..."
Source/publisher: via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-01-12
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR JUNTA CATCH A 'STRANGE SPOTTED ELEPHANT' IN RAKHINE STATE
Description: Maungdaw, 8th February 02: "The Mynamar junta recently caught a ' strange-coloured ' cow elephant in Rakhine State, our correspondent from the border town of Maungdaw, close to Bangladesh said..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR JUNTA HEAD CALLS ON THE CHRISTIANS
Description: Sittwe, 24th December 01: "Secretary One of the State Peace and Development Council Junta of Myanmar, General Khin Nyunt attended a pre-Christmas prayer meet and dinner held by the Christian Churches Council of Myanmar on the 22nd December, our correspondent quoted a Myanmar Radio news..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2001-12-24
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR JUNTA SECRETARY NUMBER ONE VISITS MAUNGDAW
Description: Maungdaw, 31st December 01:
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2001-12-31
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Title: MYANMAR NAVY ENGAGED IN EXTORTION IN THE MAYU RIVER
Description: Buthidaung, 7th January 02: " Two Myanmar Naval guard posts have been reported to be engaged in extorting money and materials from all the civilian vessels passing them, according to a businessman available at Buthidaung, a small township in the western part of Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-01-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR PUSH INDIAN FAMILY SUSPECTED OF ESPIONAGE TO BANGLADESH
Description: Maungdaw, 22nd January 02: "On December 24th 2001, an Indian family suspected of espionage was arrested and pushed to Bangladesh by the Myanmar Nasaka border security forces in Maungdaw township, in the western part of Rakhine State, according to a policeman who wanted to remain anonymous..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR QUASHES RUMOURS OF BANK NOTE WITHDRAWAL
Description: "Myanmar's military junta Wednesday moved to quash rumours that it will introduce two high-denomination bank notes and withdraw all other currency in circulation..."
Source/publisher: AFP via "Daily News" via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR SUPPORTS DHAKA-YANGON ROAD LINK
Description: Dhaka, August 30: "The Myanmar government firmly supports direct road communication between Dhaka and Rangoon through Teknaf-Sittwe border points to help improve economic and trade relation between Bangladesh and Myanmar, reports BSS.
Source/publisher: BSS via "Today" & "Independent" via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-08-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR TO BUILD NUCLEAR RESERCH REACTOR
Description: YANGON, Jan 22: "The military regime in Myanmar is planning to build a nuclear research reactor and is in negotiations with Russia over the facility, Deputy Foreign Minister Khin Maung Win has confirmed, report AFP..."
Source/publisher: AFP via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR TROOPS COLLECT TOLLS FROM THE MONEY GIVEN TO THE POOR BY A FRENCH NGO
Description: Buthidaung, 1st February 02: "The recipients of the monetary support from NGOs have been forced to pay back a chunk of their subsistence allowance to the village leaders and the Myanmar troops, according to a trader from Taungbazar market of Buthidaung in the northern part of Rakhine State in the south-western part of Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-01
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR- INDIA CONSULATES
Description: Yangon, Jan 26: "With ties between the countries on the mend, India and Myanmar will reopen consulates in two major cities..."
Source/publisher: "Independent" via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-01-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYANMAR-INDIA GAS PIPELINE VIA BANGLADESH AWAITS PM'S NOD
Description: "An international consortium has proposed setting up of a gas pipeline over Bangladesh connecting Myanmar with India states of Tripura and West Bengal..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-27
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Myanmar: Schools to Take Exams Before Courses Complete
Description: Sittwe, 26th February 02: "All the primary school students of the south-western state of Myanmar have been ordered by the township administration of the ruling Myanmarese junta to sit for the annual examination, according to a parent from Zedidaung of Buthidaung township in Rakhine State...This year, the primary teachers have been away from schools and working elsewhere throughout the year to keep their body and soul together due to poor salary which could hardly make ends meet so that courses could not be finished..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: MYNAMAR AND THAI PRISONERS SHIFTED TO DIFFERENT JAILS IN BANGLADESH
Description: BANDARBAN, April 17: "A total of 140 Myanmar and Thai prisoners have been shifted to Comilla and Noakhali jails from Bandarban jail on charge of agitation..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-04-17
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: NASAKA AT ANN CONFISCATE SHRIMPS CARRIED TO BURMA PROPER
Description: Sittwe, 31st January 02: "Shrimps carried in a truck from Sittwe was confiscated at the Nasaka Immigration and Security camp No. 25 at Ann, according to a manager of a Shrimp export company in Sittwe, capital of Rakhine State..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Nasaka behind indicting a UNHCR official retaliation to reports on forced labour?
Description: Maungdaw, 10 October 02: "The Nasaka, Burmese border security forces, have masterminded for filing a legal case against Mr Garry, the Philippine Education-in-charge at Maungdaw, the western border town in Burma's Rakhine State bordering with Bangladesh, according to an insider source..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-10-10
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Nasaka Burmese Security shoot smuggling boats for its share of tolls
Description: Maungdaw, 11th March 02: "A number of boats were shot and nabbed by the Burmese Nasaka Security and Immigration forces in the mouth of the Naaf river..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-11
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: NASAKA BURMESE TROOPS CAPTURE TEN BANGLADESHIS
Description: Maungdaw, 12 April 02: "The troops from the Nasaka Burmese Security troops Area No. 3 captured ten Bangladeshi citizens from the border near Ukhia town on Bangladesh side, according to a source in Maungdaw, the western border town of Burma..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-04-12
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: NASAKA IMMIGRATION CAMP #25: FOR CHECKING FOREIGN TOURISTS' ENTRY TO RAKHINE STATE IN WESTERN MYANMAR
Description: Ann, 22nd January 02: "A Swiss tourist, Ms Alessandra Marie Joelle, was interrogated for three hours at Ann at the Nasaka (Security and Immigration) Camp #25 on January 3rd , 2002, on her return from a visit to the historical sites in Rakhine State, the western state of Myanmar, a higher official in the State Agricultural Department who was on the spot told our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: NASAKA ISSUE ORDERS NOT TO ALLOW NGO'S TO WORK WITHOUT INFORMING LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Description: MAUNGDAW, 24th January 02: "On December 20th, the Nasaka border security and immigration headquarters at Kyi-gan-braung, issued an official order not to allow NGOs working in the area to work without informing and getting permission of the Nasaka and local authorities..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-24
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: NASAKA MYANMARESE SECURITY FORCES ARREST THREE BANGLADESHIS
Description: Maungdaw, 1st March 02: T"he Nasaka immigration and security forces of Myanmar arrested three Bangladeshis on 13th February 02 on the zero line between Myanmar and Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-01
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: NASAKA PHOTOGRAPH MOSQUES IN MAUNGDAW
Description: Maungdaw, 31 January 02: "Nasaka Immigration and Security forces have been busy taking photographs of mosques in Maungdaw, the border township of Rakhine State in Myanmar..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: New Conscription for the Burmese Army
Description: Maungdaw, 20 February: "Forced conscriptions into the Burmese Army have been reported from Rakhine State in the western part of Burma, according to our correspondent from Maungdaw Town..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-02-20
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Newly released Arakanese Politicians ostracized
Description: Mrauk-u, 22nd May 03: "Three prominent Arakanese politicians in the western Burmese state of Rakhine who have been recently released from prison have been reportedly ostracized by the intelligence agents of the ruling State Peace and Development junta of Burma, according to family sources. The three are members of the Arakan League for Democracy (ALD), Mrauk-u Township branch..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-05-22
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Nine Indigenous People?s Political Parties speak out on the present political crisis in Burma
Description: Dhaka, 8th June 03: "Nine indigenous people?s political parties from Burma expressed their great concern and unhappiness at the recent Friday killings of 30th May in which the State Peace and Development Council junta-affiliated thugs are believed to have staged an ambush against the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and it is feared that approximately 80 leaders and supporters of the opposition National League for Democracy may have been murdered in the ambush..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-06-08
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Title: NO HOPE FOR THE RELEASE OF JAILED RAKHINE LEADERS IN MYANMAR
Description: Sittwe, 29th December 01: "...Though many of the NLD leaders have been released so far, most of the Rakhine nationality leaders including U Aye Tha Aung, the General Secretary of the Committee to Represent the People's Parliament (CRPP) and Joint Secretary of Arakan League for Democracy, have been kept behind bars..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2001-12-29
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: No Myanmar Independence Day Supplement in Top Bangladesh Newspapers
Description: Dhaka, 05th Jan 02: "The 54th anniversary of Independence Day of Myanmar was hosted by Myanmar Ambassador U Ohn Thwin at a reception held at his residence yesterday. Ministers, politicians, diplomats, journalists, academics, and high civil and military officials attended the reception. But no special supplement celebrating the occasion on the Myanmar Independence Day in major Bangladesh newspapers were seen as in previous years..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-01-05
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Nowhere to go for HIV/AIDS patients
Description: Sittwe, 9th June 03: "For the people affected with AIDS/HIV there is nowhere to go for succour, said a doctor in Sittwe, the capital of the western Burmese state of Rakhine. When a man aged 45, Thein Zoe Aung, of Kyaungdaklan Street of the town died of AIDS in his own house in April his corpse was bundled in plastic sheeting by the workers of the state hospital and taken for cremation. His house was also disinfected. His relatives said that there is no place to go for any medication or treatment for those suffering from HIV/AIDS. The lone state-run hospital also does not have any wards for HIV/AIDS patients though the number of HIV/AIDS sufferers is on the increase in the state. There has been no study or data collection conducted on the number of HIV/AIDS positive people all over the seventeen townships of Rakhine State including Sittwe..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-06-09
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Official border trade closed, illegal smugglling opened
Description: Teknaf, 14th December 01
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2001-12-14
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Onions seized at Burmese security gate
Description: Sittwe, 28 November: "A large consignment of onions brought from Burma proper to Arakan (Rakhine) State was confiscated at the Nasaka security gate No. 25 at Ann Pass, close to the Magwe Division..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: PM Bangladesh leaves for Rangoon tomorrow
Description: Dhaka, 18th March 03: "Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia leaves Dhaka on a three-day official visit tomorrow. The premiere is scheduled to hold talks with the Burmese side covering road links, expanding trade cooperation and the whole gamut of bilateral relations, said a number of local newspapers including the Ittefaq today..."
Source/publisher: Ittefaq etc. via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-18
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Police Constable arrested on charge of rape!
Description: Mrebon, 27th March 03: "A Burmese police constable, Htway Thein (La 182811), was arrested in Mrebon Town, in the middle part of Rakhine State in western Burma on charge of rape, according to our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-27
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Power in Western Burma faces serious setback
Description: Sittwe, 26th March 03: "The power sector in Rakhine State in western Burma is in utter jeopardy due to the inability on part of the ruling State Peace and Development Council junta to run the power houses, reports our correspondent from Sittwe, the capital of the western member of Burma..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-26
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Title: Preparations for Bangladesh Trade Fair in Rangoon
Description: Dhaka, 12 March 03: "Keeping aside the existing bottlenecks in banking, shipping and port facilities with its next-door neighbour Bangladesh is set to hold second trade fair in Rangoon from March 20, a number of news agencies in Dhaka reported..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-03-12
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Title: "Primary schools for foreign tourists" at the expense of villagers
Description: Sittwe, 8th October 02: "In a bid to spruce up the villages along the Sittwe Rangoon motor road, in the western part of Burma, the Burmese junta SPDC have forced the villagers along the road to collect at least 55% of the fund required to construct hundreds of new primary schools, reports our correspondent from Sittwe..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-10-08
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Title: Prison labour in Western Burma
Description: Sittwe, 10th June 2003: "Prisoners at Thabra (Thabya) Island prison camp under Pauktaw Township in the western Burmese state of Rakhine have been reportedly used in a privately owned salt works in the vicinity..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-06-10
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Title: PRIVATE MONASTIC EDUCATION IN DEMAND IN ARAKAN
Description: Sittwe, 14th March 02: "The private monastic education has once again become popular in Arakan State, in the western part of Burma... All over Arakan State the primary level students are more and more interested to join the monasteries for their education as a result of most of the government-appointed and non-government teachers' inability to conduct regular classes in the face of the skyrocketing prices of daily necessities and meagre wages given by the military regime..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-03-14
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: QUAKE HITS NORTHEAST MYANMAR
Description: YANGON, FEB 4: "A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, shook a sparsely populated region in north eastern Myanmar early on Sunday, the country's Meteorology and Hydrology Department (MHD) said, reports Reuters..."
Source/publisher: "The Independent" via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: QUEST FOR A NEW GROWTH QUADRANGLE
Description: "Conference in city to boost economic cooperation" "Speakers at the inaugural session of a two-day international conference on regional cooperation have underscored greater understanding among Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar on economic and trade issues. A new ' growth quadrangle' comprising these nations can be developed to explore the untapped resources in the landlocked areas of Myanmar, Southwest China and the north western state of India, they observed..."
Source/publisher: "The Daily Star" via Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Rakhine community in Bangladesh needs attention
Description: Dhaka, 7th June 03: "Speakers at a seminar arranged by the Rakhaing Development Foundation an NGO for integral development of the Rakhine community of Bangladesh stressed on the need for more attention on the developmental activities for the Rakhine community, the Independent reported today..."
Source/publisher: "The Independent" (Dhaka) via Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-06-07
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: RAKHINE STATE NAVAL BASE MOVED TO KYAUKPYU IN WESTERN MYANMAR
Description: Sittwe, 12th January 02: "As part of a sweeping change in relocating defence headquarters in Rakhine State, the western region of Myanmar, the Dhanyawaddy Naval Base has been moved to Kyaukpyu from Sittwe, according to our correspondent from Sittwe..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-01-12
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Remembering Unforgettable August 8, 1988: Rally in Dhaka
Description: Dhaka, 8 August 2002: "Members of Burmese community composed largely of Arakanese held a peaceful rally in Dhaka this morning commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Burmese Democratic Uprising of 1988..."
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Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-08-08
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Renewed forced relocation of villagers in Arakan State of Burma
Description: Maungdaw, 25 Jun. 02: "Thirty-nine families of a village in north-western part of Arakan State in Burma were relocated between June 7 and 16, a village councillor in the area told our correspondent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2002-06-25
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: REPATRIATION OF ALL BURMESE MUSLIM REFUGEES FROM BANGLADESH BY JUNE 2003
Description: Dhaka, 4th June 2002: "Bangladesh government is taking all out measures to complete repatriation of remaining 21,982 registered Rohingya refugees by June 2003 through negotiation with neighbouring Burma, According to today's the independent..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-06-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Restriction on the transport of rice relieved in western Burma
Description: Sittwe, 23 May 03: "The ruling State Peace and Development junta of Burma have lifted the restriction officially imposed on the open transport of rice from one township to another in the western Burmese state of Rakhine, according to our correspondent in the capital, Sittwe (previously Akyab)..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2003-05-23
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: RESTRUCTURING AND RENAMING THE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION IN RAKHINE STATE
Description: Sittwe, 13th February 02: The administration of Rakhine State under the State Peace and Development junta has recently been restructured and renamed, according to our correspondent.
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-13
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Rice Bags from UN World Food Programme arrives at Western Burma
Description: Maungdaw, 26 February: "On 6th February, rice bags from the UN World Food Programme arrived at Maungdaw, the border town of Rakhine State in the western part of Burma, our correspondent said..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara News
Date of publication: 2003-02-26
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: RICE MILLS BARRED FROM MILLING RICE IN SOUTH-WESTERN STATE OF MYANMAR
Description: Sittwe, 2nd February 02 : "All the privately owned rice mills in the south-western state of Myanmar have been barred from milling rice without the permission of Township Peace and Development Council (Mayaka) authority, our correspondent reported..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-02
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Rice Price goes up in Western Burma
Description: "Maungdaw, 4 November 02: The price of rice, the staple food of Burma, has gone up once again in Rakhine State in the western part of Burma, according to our correspondent. The price of a 50 kilo bag of fine rice sells at kyat 25,000 while the coarse variety sells at 16,000 kyat at Maungdaw, the town bordering with Bangladesh..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-04
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: RICE PRICE SHOT UP AS JUNTA CLOSES DOWN PRIVATE RICE MILLS
Description: Sittwe, 19th February 02: "The price of rice, the staple food of the people of Myanmar, recently shot up sharply in the south-western state of Myanmar due to forced shut-down of all privately owned rice mills, our correspondent writes..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-02-19
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Rice price steadily goes down in western Burma
Description: Sittwe, 29 November 02: "The price of rice in the western part of Burma has recorded a steady but slow downward slide due to forced harvest of only just ripe rice and the official rationing of rice to the state employees, according to our correspondent from Sittwe, the capital of Burma?s western state, Arakan (Rakhine)..."
Source/publisher: Narinjara news
Date of publication: 2002-11-29
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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