BNI Weekly News - January 12, 2004

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. Bangladesh officials device a new method to force repatriation of Burmese refugees; . Ethnic Nagas forced to work ahead of New Year celebration; . Burma to crack down Indian Insurgents soon; . Authorities destroy 26 houses in a northern Arakan village; . The authorities had also promised to provide compensation and alternative site for the rehabilitating the displaced villagers; . SPDC using cultural troupes for propaganda, defaming democratic forces; . Farmers ordered to grow Mustard, green gram on paddy fields in northern Arakan; . Nasaka collecting Paddy for Buddhist village in Northern Arakan; . Maung Daw authorities arrest three Muslim youth; . Burmese Navy arrests eight Bangladeshi; . Burmese Military Intelligence arrests ten democracy activists; . Bangladesh Army seizes weapons near Bangladesh-Burma border; . A Nasaka check-post erected to frisk and check Rohingya travellers; . Burmese PM claims support of six cease-fire groups for democracy Road Map; . Burma: A Thorny Question for the Region.

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Burma News International (BNI)

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2004-01-12

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2004-01-11

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English

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