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Shan Herald Agency for News: Junta officials, two teak traders killed over unequal division of...

burmanet.org     17-Jul-2008   1 related          

Two junta officials and two Chinese teak traders from Taunggyi were killed by each other in Kholam, Namzang township, after quarreling over the division of the proceeds from teak trading, according to SHAN sources. The shooting...                    

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Irrawaddy: Corruption scandal prevents timber trade in muse – Min Lwin

burmanet.org     16-Jul-2008          

Tons of timber dumped in a football ground in Muse Township several months ago are still waiting to be exported to China, residents of the town said. A local man at the Burma-China border told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday that...                    

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ASIA/MYANMAR - Appointment of the Auxiliary Bishop of Taunggyi

fides.org     01-Jul-2008          

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 28 June 2008, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Taunggyi (Myanmar) Rev. Basilio Athai, Rector of St. Michael's Major Propaedeutic Seminary in...                    

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