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NAY PYI TAW, 25 April-Union Minister for Border Affairs and for Myanma Industrial Development Lt-Gen Thein Htay received Resident Representatives of United National High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees Mr Johannes Gerhard Ten Feld at 1 pm and French Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Thierry Mathou at 3 pm at his office today.

Construction of a Muslim mosque in Kachin state’s jade-rich Hpakant township in northern Myanmar ceased on April 12 when a group of monks and their supporters proceeded to dismantle the partially built structure.

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The National League for Democracy (NLD), Arakan State, acting chairman U Maung Pwa Aung told the students group of Maungdaw not to use Rohingya in the column of mentioning the race while applying NLD membership application at inaugurated the NLD office opening ceremony in Maungdaw on April 25 at about 9:30am, said a student who join the opening ceremony of NLD office.

Maungdaw, Arakan State:  The National League for Democracy (NLD) has opened a branch office in Maungdaw Township – a border town of Burma with Bangladesh and the border town of northern Arakan state, on April 25 at about 8:00am, according to a student who attended the opening ceremony of NLD New office.

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, April 25 (Bernama) -- Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) has welcomed the European Parliament's resolution of April 20, 2012 which calls for changes to the 1982 law on citizenship to ensure due recognition of the right to citizenship for the Rohingya ethnic minority in Myanmar.

( Mizzima ) – Nine human rights organizations are calling on the U.S. to prioritize democracy and human rights in Burma by exercising caution when it comes to the relaxation of sanctions.

In both words and actions, Burmese officials have demonstrated increasing signs of interest in political, economic, and social development, and national reconciliation, US. Assistant secretary of state Kurt Campbell told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday. Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, reviewed U.S. policy and recent events in Burma in testimony before a U.S. House subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

( Mizzima ) – The Burmese Rohingya Organization (Brouk) has called for the  Burmese government to introduce amendments to the 2008 Constitution – prior to the 2015 elections – that would remove the military's role in civilian politics, notably its seats in both houses of Parliament.