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Online Arakan Post Nov-Dec 2008
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| Burmese Amy's operation against poppy farms in Arakan Roma
1/5/2009
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 Ann: With the Burmese Army launching an operation against poppy cultivation in Arakan Roma since the last week of December, many mountain cultivators are avoiding the area for fear of arrest, said local residents.(Read More)
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| Bangladesh to release 20 more foreign prisoners
1/5/2009
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| Bangladesh plans to release more than 20 foreign prisoners shortly. Six foreign prisoners were freed last month, said a report. (Read More)
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| Released Burmese prisoners languish in Bangladesh prison
1/1/2009
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 Cox's bazar: Burmese prisoners accounting for 105 people, though released have been languishing in Bangladesh prison since 2006 because the Burmese military government refuses to recognize them as Burmese citizens.(Read More)
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| Arakanese mark the 224th anniversary of loss of Arakan sovereignty in B'desh
1/1/2009
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 Dhaka: The Arakanese people in exile marked the 224th anniversary of the loss of Arakan sovereignty in Dhaka, Bangladesh on December 31, 2008, vowing to fight against imperialism in Burma.(Read More)
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| Sheikh Hasina wants release of Suu Kyi
1/1/2009
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 Dhaka: The leader of wining grand alliance and President of the Awami League party, Sheikh Hasina told reporters at a press conference that she wants to see the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under house arrest in Burma since May, 2003. (Read More)
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| Indian oil company Essar starts drilling in Arakan
12/30/2008
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 Sittwe: Essar, the Indian oil company, has begun its project to drill for oil in northern Arakan in the first week of December. It is constructing buildings and roads in the area, said a villager. (Read More)
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| Increase in murders on western Burma border
12/29/2008
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| There has been a significant increase in the number of murders on the western Burma border but no one seems to know the reason behind it, said an elder. (Read More)
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| Man arrested for connections with media in exile
12/29/2008
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| Maungdaw: The Burmese Military Intelligence (Sarafa) arrested a man from the western Burma border town of Maungdaw in Arakan on December 22 on the allegation that he had connections with a media organization in exile in Bangladesh. (Read More)
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| Muslims totalling 107 sent back to Arakan from Rangoon
12/23/2008
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| Burmese Muslims, accounting for 107 people, who were arrested by the Burmese Navy last year, were sent back to Arakan on Sunday from Rangoon after their jail term was over recently. (Read More)
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| Forced labour in army rubber plantation
12/23/2008
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| Many villagers in Ponna Kyunt Township, 16 miles north of Arakan state capital Sittwe, have been forced by Burmese Army authorities to work in rubber plantations without any wages, said a villager who worked in the plantation.
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Exchange rate
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1 Taka
= 17
Kyat
1 US$ = 1320
Kyat
1 FEC
= 1200
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