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Myanmar moves to ease foreign investment
Groundbreaking legislation eases restrictions on foreign ownership of industries, offering tax breaks and land leases.
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Myanmar ‘rejects talks’ on ethnic violence
ASEAN chief says offer turned down, even as tension between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims simmers in Rakhine state.
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UN calls for action to end Myanmar violence
World body says more than 22,000 people have been displaced after a flare-up in fighting between Muslims and Buddhists.
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Thousands flee renewed Myanmar violence
UN says fighting between Rohingya and Buddhists has triggered a fresh influx to already crammed camps in Rakhine state.
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Riots renew communal tension in Myanmar
At least 64 deaths reported in new outbreak of violence between Rohingya Muslims and Buddhists in Rakhine state.
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Scores killed in Myanmar violence
Violence between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya leaves 56 people dead and 2,000 homes destroyed, say officials.
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UN ‘alarmed’ after new Myanmar unrest
Latest sectarian unrest in country’s west has left at least 20 dead and pushed thousands to flee.
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7 dead in Myanmar sectarian clashes
Authorities have stepped up security measures in a volatile region of western Myanmar amid a fresh outbreak of sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
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Sectarian clashes in Myanmar claim lives
Three people killed and houses burned down as Muslim Rohingya and Buddhists clash in Rakhine state, authorities say.
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US invites Myanmar to joint military drills
Inclusion in world’s largest multi-national military field exercise seen as first step towards US-Myanmar military ties.
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Myanmar scraps Islamic group’s office plan
OIC refused permission to set up liaison office to aid displaced Rohingya Muslims after protests by Buddhist monks.
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US to ease Myanmar import ban
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says the ban on imports from Myanmar will be eased to help normalise commercial ties with the once isolated south-east Asian country
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US to ease ban on imports from Myanmar
The US continues in its rapprochement with Myanmar, following another meeting between Thein Sein and Hillary Clinton.
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Myanmar man admits to Mekong murders
Naw Kham, leader of gang based in Shan state, pleads guilty along with five others in trial of Chinese sailors’ murders.
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US moves toward easing Myanmar imports ban
Diplomats say such a move would boost President Thein Sein’s reform efforts as he and Aung San Suu Kyi prepare to visit America
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Monks stage anti-Rohingya march in Myanmar
Hundreds take to the streets in solidarity with President Thein Sein’s plan to send the Rohingya to another country.
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Myanmar president reshuffles cabinet
Major changes to nine of several dozen cabinet posts announced in move seeking to advance country’s reform agenda.
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Myanmar floods cause mass displacement
At least 85,000 people displaced and 200,000 affected as heavy rainfall causes country’s most severe flooding in years.
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Myanmar abolishes direct press censorship law
Journalists no longer have to submit work to state censors before publication, but self-censorship may remain an issue.
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Myanmar government ends censorship of local media
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s government said Monday it would no longer censor local media outlets, the most dramatic move yet toward allowing freedom of expression in the long-repressed nation.
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