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By Zin Linn Asian Correspondent July 31, 2013 Burma’s President Thein Sein received a British delegation led by Speaker of the House of Commons, UK Parliament Mr. John Bercow and party at the Credentials Hall of the Presidential Palace in Nay-Pyi-Taw on Tuesday, the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper said today. The British Speaker of the House of Commons was accompanied by six parliamentarians of UK Parliament. According to the newspaper, President Thein Sein and Mr Bercow had discussions on the release of political prisoners as well as taking penalizing actions against those involved in the conflicts between the two communities in Rakhine State and some other districts.  The two also talked about some issues such as humanitarian assistance to victims in conflict-stricken areas, constitutional amendments, humanitarian assistance for victims in Kachin State and peacemaking development to terminate domestic armed conflicts. They also discussed the freedom of worship and th

KPN News  July, 30, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State: Maungdaw high level officers – U Kyi San, the Township administration officer and U Aung Myint Soe, the district administration officer – provided Rohingyas’ land to the new settlers Rakhine community who migrated from Bangladesh recently, said a village admin officer from Maungdaw. “The officers tactically and forcefully confiscated Rohingyas’ land with or without reason and kept it open for project since 1992 when the Nasaka was established in northern Arakan.” The Burma border security force (Nasaka) used tactics to confiscate the Rohingyas’ land since it established in the Maungdaw and Buthidaung and handed over to the civil and arm force socity to use these confiscated land as project of their own. Most of the lands were provided to resettled Buddhist community who were brought from Bangladesh and central Burma by the ordered of Gen. Khin Nyint who was the main figure to establish the Nasaka, said a politician fro

Lower house speaker Shwe Man in Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw. Photo: AFP Xinhua  July 31, 2013 U Swe Mann, speaker of Myanmar's House of Representative (Lower House), took over the alternate seat of Speaker of the two-House Union Parliament from U Khin Aung Myint Wednesday, parliament source said. U Khin Aung Myint's term of two and a half years in the post expired on the day according to the constitution. But he will retain as speaker of the House of Nationalities (Upper House). USwe Mann, who is also chairman of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), will run for the remaining two and a half years' term for the current five-year tenure of U Thein Sein's government elected through 2010 general election. The handover ceremony was attended by President U Thein Sein and two Vice Presidents Sai Mauk Kham and U Nyan Tun, Commander-in- Chief of the Defense Services Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and ministers. The curr