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A newspaper with pictures of Soe Min (R) and Aung San Suu Kyi is seen at Thartike village in Kawhmu township on 24 March 2012. (Reuters) An interim press council will form in June following a presidential order aimed at dealing with media regulations before the country’s new media law is adopted. Government’s Information Minister Kyaw Hsan instructed representatives from several independent press associations to nominate six people each from their organisations to participate in the new council.

Taleb Rifai, the secretary-general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, addresses reporters during a news conference in Athens on March 29. (PHOTO: Reuters) Burma’s President Thein Sein has announced that the country will seek to restore its membership with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The decision was confirmed during an official visit by UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai earlier this month.

Ambassador of Myanmar in Bangladesh U Min Lwin pays a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban in the capital yesterday. Photo: PID Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government was keen to build vibrant relations with neighbouring Myanmar in the backdrop of its changing political situation.

Buthidaung, Arakan State: Arbitrary harassments by army personnel of battalion No. 552 of Taung Bazar under Buthidaung Township, Arakan State against the local Rohingya villagers have been increasing since two months ago, said a local villager who did not identified his name for the security reason. 

Maungdaw, Arakan State: A sole agent for wheel taxes is playing between two communities with two types of law for collecting wheel taxes in Maungdaw, said a vehicle owner from Maungdaw. “U Kyaw Zaw- a former intelligent serviceman from Khin Nyunt period- is a Rakhine community and the sole agent of Maungdaw to collect wheel tax from transport vehicle.”

The E.U. Parliament has suspended  sanctions against  Burma for one year.  Photo: europarl.europa.eu Burma will remain a volatile area for business investment if the Obama Administration broadly relaxes U.S. sanctions, according to a dozen investors collectively managing more than US$ 115 billion in assets. 

( Mizzima   ) – It may sound far-fetched when looking at Burma’s history, but some analysts are saying Burmese President Thein Sein is in a position to become a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize if he is successful in ending all ethnic conflicts and moving the country into the ranks of democratic nations.